Baseball Recap: Gretna East Finds Home Field Redemption Against Lincoln Northwest

There's no place like home for Gretna East, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They skirted past the Lincoln Northwest Falcons 5-3.

Nolan Green

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04/04/25 - Home

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Nolan Green made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has become a key player for Gretna East: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one hit, but 8-9 otherwise. Green was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one triple. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.

In other pitching news, Trevor Cox looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He is becoming a predictor of Gretna East's success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 6-2 (and 6-7 when he doesn't).

Back at the plate, Tyler Cox was excellent, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Kasen Brown, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Gretna East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lincoln Northwest only posted a batting average of .200.

Gretna East's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-9. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Lincoln Northwest, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-14 record this season.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Gretna East is set to face off against their familiar foe Grand Island at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Griffins 3.3, the Islanders 4) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Lincoln Northwest will take on rival Elkhorn North at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.