Baseball Recap: Columbus Drops Season-High Score on Lincoln High

By Team Reports Apr 12, 2025, 7:15pm

Baseball Recap: Columbus Discoverers vs. Lincoln High Links

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04/12/25 @ Lincoln High12
04/10/25 vs Bellevue East11
04/11/25 @ Omaha Central10
04/03/25 @ Norris7
03/22/25 vs Seward5

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbus). They blew past the Lincoln High Links 12-1 on Saturday. The Discoverers haven't had any issues with the Links recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Karsten Killham looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

On the hitting side, Sawyer Kimberling was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Cade Wurdemann was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.

Columbus' victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Lincoln High, their defeat was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-10.

Looking ahead, Columbus will square off against Norfolk at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lincoln High, they will venture away from home to challenge Lincoln Southwest at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. The Links' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Silver Hawks have averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season.

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