Baseball Preview: Gretna East Griffins vs. Bellevue West Thunderbirds
Gretna East has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Bellevue West Thunderbirds at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Gretna East: 3, Bellevue West: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Gretna East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Millard South, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Gretna East was ranked 18th). Gretna East took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Millard South on Monday.
Curran Boswell was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
Meanwhile, Bellevue West entered their tilt with Park Hill South with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over the Panthers on Monday.
Colin Flores was a standout: he got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Ty Smolinski was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Gretna East's loss dropped their record down to 14-6. As for Bellevue West, they pushed their record up to 21-4 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
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