Baseball Recap: Central City/Centura has no trouble against Crete

By Team Reports Apr 9, 2024, 6:54pm

Baseball Recap: Central City/Centura Kernels vs. Crete Cardinals

In what's become a running theme this season, Central City/Centura gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Crete Cardinals as the Central City/Centura Kernels made off with a 12-2 win. The victory was nothing new for Central City/Centura as they're now sitting on three straight.

Blake Jensen was a standout: he scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Barrett Fries was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.

On Crete's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooks Piening, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.

Central City/Centura is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Crete, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-10.

Central City/Centura will take on Lincoln Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Lincoln Lutheran: 3.3, Central City/Centura: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Crete, they will be playing at home against Fairbury at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

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