The Millard North Mustangs will challenge the Gretna East Griffins at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Millard North is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
Millard North proved they can win big on Monday (they won by seven) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Papillion-LaVista 2-1. The two-run effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Alexander Michaud looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Marcus Hankins and Spencer Phillips did most of the damage at the plate: Hankins went 1-for-2 with one home run, while Phillips went 1-for-2 with one home run.
Millard North lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Gretna East faced Bennington in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Griffins fell just short of the Badgers by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Griffins couldn't push the score so high this time.
Trevor Cox was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Gretna East saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tanner Erdkamp, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Millard North's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Gretna East, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
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