On Friday, Grand Island faced Kearney in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Grand Island Islanders never let the Kearney Bearcats onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest win Grand Island has managed all season.
Cohen Nelson tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cedric Sullivan relieved him and did a solid job, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Broxton Barrientos was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
On Kearney's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karter Lee, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Kearney didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Grand Island has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Kearney, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Grand Island will head out on the road to take on Elkhorn South at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Elkhorn South is coming into the match with three straight victories at home, so Grand Island will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Kearney, they will head out on the road to challenge Millard West at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Millard West is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
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