The Hastings Tigers will head out to challenge the Kearney Bearcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Hastings turned things around against Holdrege on Tuesday. They never let the Dusters get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory.
Ben Wibbels
| 04/22/25 @ Standing Bear | 5 |
| 04/17/25 @ Bennington | 4 |
| 04/08/25 @ Seward | 2 |
| 04/29/25 vs Holdrege | 1 |
| 04/03/25 vs Ralston | 1 |
Not much got past Ben Wibbels, who gave up just a hit and racked up 12 Ks to keep Holdrege off the board. Wibbels is becoming a predictor of Hastings' success: when he allows at most two hits the team is undefeated (and 7-10 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Hastings got a big performance out of Tucker Synek, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Those two hits gave Synek a new career-high. Elliott Sidlo also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Meanwhile, Kearney was not the first on the board on Wednesday, but they got there more often. They came out on top against Standing Bear by a score of 5-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bearcats.
Derrick Nonhof spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up six Ks. Those six strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Kole Throckmorton was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Andersen, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one double.
The win got Hastings back to even at 10-10. As for Kearney, their record now sits at 17-9.
Hastings suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Kearney in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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