The third road matchup was the charm for Elkhorn South, as they earned their first road win of the season. They came out on top against the Lincoln Northeast Rockets by a score of 5-1 on Friday. That's two games straight that Elkhorn South has won by exactly four runs.
Elkhorn South got a great performance from Tanner Foertsch as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Carson Opitz relieved him and did a solid job, pitching two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Keegan Walters was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Connor Charvat was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
On Lincoln Northeast's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Roberts, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Lincoln Northeast didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The victory got Elkhorn South back to even at 2-2. As for Lincoln Northeast, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Waverly the next time they take the field. Elkhorn South will host Waverly at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, while Lincoln Northeast will play them later in the day, at 11:00 a.m.
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