Baseball Recap: Drew Fredrickson can't quite lead Kasson-Mantorville over Byron

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 7:25pm

Baseball Recap: Kasson-Mantorville Komets vs. Byron Bears

Kasson-Mantorville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 5-1 to the Byron Bears. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Kasson-Mantorville of the 4-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2023.

Kasson-Mantorville got a good showing from Benjamin Larsen, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.

On the hitting side, Kasson-Mantorville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Fredrickson, who went 1-for-3 with a double.

Kasson-Mantorville's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Byron, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.

While Kasson-Mantorville had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

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