Courtesy of the Fremont Moo
The Moo were back at home for the first time in the 2025 season. They looked toward the stands to provide the energy as the team looked to reward them with a win in return.
A familiar foe in the Spearfish Sasquatch made the trip down to Fremont after hosting the Moo for five games
The scoring started early for the Moo. Two runs would score in the bottom of the first off of William Furry. Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) would drive in a run and Nikolai Wede (MSU-Mankato) would hit a sac fly to left to make it 2-0 Moo at the end of the first.
The Sasquatch would ambush Brooks Kneifl (Wayne State) with three doubles, all scoring runs, four in total to put the Sasquatch in front. They would push across one more on a hit-by-pitch in the third to make it 5-2 Spearfish.
Michael Baker would strike again in a big way. A solo home run (his and the team’s) first of the season would bring the Moller Maniacs to their feet as the Moo hoped it would kickstart a comeback. The Moo trailed 5-3 at the end of the third.
The scoreboard would sit at 5-3 Spearfish for the next four innings. The seventh would see the Sasquatch put across a run on an error on Grant Rychnovsky (Northwestern) out in left field. The ninth would see Spearfish push across a run on a double steal.
It was 7-3 Spearfish in the bottom of the ninth. With two outs, Jake Mitchell would reach base after being hit by a pitch. He would take second on a passed ball to put him in scoring position. Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) would hit a grounder to second and an errant throw would allow Mitchell to score to make it 7-4 in the 9th.
That’s all the Moo could muster in the 9th as the Moo would fall 7-4 and lose their fourth straight.
The final line saw the Moo score four (4) runs on seven (7) hits and committed five (5) errors. The Sasquatch scored seven (7) runs on fourteen (14) hits while committing one (1) error.
The Moo fall to a 3-6 record as their 15-game home stand begins. The Sasquatch improve to a 4-6 record.
Join the 2025 Moocasters Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show tomorrow night for the home opener, beginning around 6:45 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).
