Baseball Recap: Kearney Triumphs

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Previous 6 Games

04/29/25 - Home	2-1 W
04/23/24 - Away	3-5 L
04/25/23 - Home	4-2 W
04/26/22 - Home	11-5 W
04/27/21 - Away	7-0 W
04/23/19 - Home	2-1 W

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Lincoln Southwest, Kearney was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Bellevue East Chieftains 2-1. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Kearney got a great performance from Owen Waha as he struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Waha has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Kearney saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryce Andersen, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Kearney has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Bellevue East, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-15.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Kearney will challenge rival Standing Bear at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Bellevue East is set to square off against their familiar foe Papillion-LaVista at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.