Baseball Recap: Wayne Beats Fairbury for Their Third Straight Victory

While Wayne put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Fairbury. The Blue Devils were the clear victors by a 6-0 margin over the Jeffs. Considering the Blue Devils have won three matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Drew Reinhardt

Hits (Career)

03/27/26 @ Fairbury	3
05/09/25 vs Auburn	2
04/22/25 vs Twin River	2
04/17/25 vs Tekamah-Herman	2
04/15/25 @ Thurston-Cuming County	2

Drew Reinhardt and Adrian Contreras did most of the damage at the plate: Reinhardt went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double, while Contreras went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. Those three hits gave Reinhardt a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxson Kneifl, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

The victory (which was Wayne's third in a row) raised their record to 3-3. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Fairbury, they now have a losing record of 2-3.

Coincidentally, Wayne and Fairbury will both be playing Malcolm the next time they take the field. The Blue Devils will host the Clippers at 3:15 p.m. on Friday, while the Jeffs will play them later in the day, at 5:30 p.m.