Nebraska's Top 10 individual high school baseball performances

Millard South's Jake Gish goes 5-for-6 and plates 13 runs collectively in two of Nebraska's top three baseball performances in 2018.

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Jun 8, 2018, 11:00am
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Now that the Nebraska prep baseball season has come to a conclusion, we have decided to comb through our baseball statistics database and display what we believe are the Top 10 single-game offensive performances in the Cornhusker State this spring.

And we were not disappointed.

Millard South's Jake Gish leads off this week's Top 10 with what we believe was the top offensive performance of 2018. Gish went 3-for-4 from the plate, scored a couple of times and knocked in seven runs in a 10-5 triumph over Millard North March 23.

The second team All-Nebraska selection by the Omaha World Herald also landed in the No. 3 spot following a two home run outing that allowed six runs to cross the plate in a 15-3 win over Papillion-LaVista South April 10.

Trevor Kaslon of Columbus grabbed the runner-up spot with a 4-for-4 performance that plated seven runs in a 13-6 win over Bellevue West. Kaslon belted two home runs and a triple in the outing and scored two runs himself. Waverly's Jay Adams, who collected second team Super-State honors from the Lincoln Journal Star, claimed the fourth spot, while Matt Hotovy of Elkhorn rounds out this week's Top 5.

Six athletes tied for the final five spots based on a point system that we used to determine this week's Top 10. Eight of Nebraska's top baseball programs placed at least one player in this week's Top 10 with Millard South, Columbus and Elkhorn all placing athletes in two spots. Kaslon came up just a double short of hitting for the cycle in his incredible performance.

Nebraska's Top 10 individual baseball performances

1. Jake Gish, Millard South (Omaha), Jr. — INF
3-for-4, two runs, seven RBIs, triple, two home runs in a 10-5 win over Millard North, March 23

2. Trevor Kaslon, Columbus, Sr. — 1B, 3B, P
4-for-4, two runs, seven RBIs, triple, home run in a 13-6 win over Bellevue West, March 23

3. Jake Gish, Millard South, Jr. — INF
2-for-2, three runs, six RBIs, two home runs in a 15-3 win over Papillion-LaVista South, April 10

4. Jay Adams, Waverly, Jr. — INF, P
3-for-4, two runs, six RBIs, two home runs in a 15-11 loss to Elkhorn, April 12

5. Matt Hotovy, Elkhorn, Sr. — OF, SS
4-for-5, three runs, four RBIs, double, two triples in a 17-1 win over Plattsmouth, March 19

6. (tie) Drew Reetz, Elkhorn South (Omaha), Jr. — SS, 2B
3-for-4, two runs, six RBIs, two doubles, triple in a 15-5 win over Omaha Northwest, April 23

6. (tie) Austin Oswald, Skutt Catholic (Omaha), Jr. — INF
3-for-4, two runs, five RBIs, two doubles, home run in a 15-4 win over Mount Michael Benedictine, April 27

6. (tie) Drew Christo, Elkhorn, Fr. — OF, RHP
2-for-3, two runs, five RBIs, two home runs in a 15-11 win over Waverly, April 12

6. (tie) Josh Aho, Plattsmouth, Sr. — C, P, 3B
4-for-4, run, five RBIs, double, two triples in a 12-3 win over Fort Calhoun, April 23

6. (tie) Tyler Palmer, Columbus, So. — INF, OF, P
5-for-5, three runs, three RBIs, two triples in a 17-9 win over Lincoln Pius X, April 27

6. (tie) Cole Evans, Grand Island, Jr. — 1B, P
3-for-4, two runs, four RBIs, two home runs in a 10-8 win over Columbus, April 30

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