Courtesy of the Fremont Moo
The Moo picked up their fifth consecutive win with a 10-5 victory over the Bison Baseball Club on Tuesday night at Moller Field.
The final game of the ten-game homestand also marked the end of the four-game series against the Bison. The Moo aimed to sweep the Bison to reach their twentieth win of the season and secure a winning record for the first time since May.
The Moo began their scoring in the first inning. After a clean top of the first from Moo starter Logan Anderson (Sioux Falls), the Moo managed to score a run from Joshua Hardamon (Midland).
Hardamon stepped into the box with 2024 Moo returner Carter Sintek (Houston) on second base. Hardamon hit a sharply grounded ball to third baseman Remmy Hart, who could not field it cleanly and threw the ball wide of first baseman Curtis Lindsey. The wild throw allowed Sintek to score, giving the Moo a one-run lead. Cooper Fuchino (Creighton), following Sintek, was caught trying to score on a strike from Lindsey from the foul ground behind first base, ending the inning.
The Moo’s next scoring opportunity came in the third inning. Fuchino reached first on a two-out walk and advanced to second on a passed ball. Hardamon then hit a line drive into left field to move Fuchino to third. Another passed ball allowed Fuchino to score the second Moo run of the game.
In the fourth inning, the Moo scored their third run. Tyler Wise (Kansas Wesleyan) tagged up from a Sintek pop fly, advancing from second to third. Caiden Brezinski (Butler), behind him, tried to tag up from first but got caught in a rundown between first and second. During the play, Wise scrambled home and scored, while Brezinski was tagged out shortly after, ending the inning. The Moo led 3-0.
In the top of the fifth, Curtis Lindsey hit the Bison’s first hit of the game—a two-run homer over the Moller Monster—cutting the lead to one.
The Bison responded again in the sixth. Nate Moquin (Nebraska-Omaha) made his Moo debut, but the Bison jumped on him early with four hits in the inning, leading to three runs and giving them a two-run lead.
The Moo’s sixth inning was not empty. Brayden Jones (Doane) led off with a double and scored two batters later on a double play, reducing the Bison’s lead to one. At the end of the sixth, the scoreboard showed 5-4 in favor of the Bison.
After the seventh-inning stretch, the crowd’s energy boosted the Moo offense in the bottom of the inning. Seve Aguirre (SE Oklahoma State) led off with a walk. Following a flyout from Fuchino, Tyman Long (North Dakota State) was hit by a pitch to move Aguirre to second. Consecutive singles from Hardamon and Jones brought home two runs, tying the game and giving the Moo the lead. Hardamon then advanced to third and scored on a passed ball. The Moo led 7-5 and were six outs away from sweeping.
Nate Moquin shut down the Bison in the eighth, throwing a scoreless inning, and the Moo added three insurance runs in the bottom of the inning. Brezinski drew a walk and scored on an error, Joshua Hardamon drove in two more runs with a hard-hit single into left field. After the eighth, the scoreboard read Moo 10, Bison 5, as the team prepared for the ninth.
Tyler Dunham (Midland) faced some trouble in the ninth as a run scored on an error, but he managed to get the final three outs, securing the sweep of the Bison, their fifth straight win, and their twentieth win of the season.
The Moo scored ten runs on nine hits and made two errors. The Bison scored six runs on six hits and committed four errors.
Nate Moquin earned his first win of the season, while Remmy Hart took the loss.
Fremont improves to a 20-19 record overall and 10-6 in the second half. The Bison fall to 0-12 overall.
The Moo hit the road again tomorrow night for a five-game trip. The first game of a three-game series against the Oahe Zap starts at 6:05 from Hyde Stadium.
