Baseball Game Recap: Hastings Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 10:19am

Baseball Recap: Hastings Tigers vs. Kearney Bearcats

Hastings fell victim to Kearney and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 12-0 to the Kearney Bearcats. Having soared to a lofty 17 runs in the game before, Hastings' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

For Kearney's part, they got a great performance from Derrick Nonhof as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Bryce Andersen was incredible, going 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kole Throckmorton, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.

Hastings' loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Kearney, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season.

Hastings will be playing at home against Fairbury at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hastings is facing Fairbury at the right time seeing as Fairbury is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Kearney, they will head out on the road to square off against Lincoln Southwest at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kearney is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.

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