Lincoln East put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Kearney Bearcats a 3-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for the Spartans, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Santino Arranaga looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Lincoln East's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Troy Peltz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Spartans
| 04/03/25 vs Kearney | 3-0 |
| 03/29/25 vs Columbus | 11-1 |
| 03/29/25 vs Columbus | 14-0 |
| 03/27/25 vs Lincoln High | 25-3 |
| 03/25/25 vs Lincoln Southeast | 10-0 |
| + 17 more games |
Lincoln East pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Kearney, they now have a losing record of 3-4.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Lincoln East is set to take on their familiar foe Gretna East at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Spartans 3.1, the Griffins 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Kearney will face off against rival Papillion-LaVista at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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