On a chilly (cold) Saturday morning at the MAC, the Mustangs played well enough to win, defeating Bracken County 10-7 , despite committing 4 errors and allowing only 2 earned runs.  Luke Neltner was our starter, going 4 complete innings, allowing 2 runs on 1 hit, while striking out 6 and walking 1.  Neltner gave way to Ben Doyle who went 2 2/3rds innings,  yielding 5 runs of which only 2 were earned and 3 hits, striking out 4 and walking 2.  Ben would be the pitcher of record and get the win.  Kasey Moeller come on to close out the contest facing and retiring one Polar Bear.   At the plate Isaac Amin had the hot hand, going 2 for 3, scoring 3 runs and knocking home 3 more.  Brady Rowe was 1 for 1, scoring 2 and getting 1 RBI, bringing his season total to 10.  Amin (2) and Nolan Schroeder had doubles.  For Bracken County, who has not submitted stats for any of their five games played making our broadcasting/reporting job difficult, Senior Noah Bachman was the starter and loser.  Cole Sharp went 2/4 at the plate and knocked in 5 runs.  Thanks to Brian and Andy for broadcasting the game under challenging (wind and cold) conditions.  We look forward to hearing them over the airwaves again soon.

With the win, our Mustangs improve to 5-2 on the season, and will advance to the second round of the 10th Region All “A” at a date, time, and opponent to be announced.   A full slate of games awaits the Mustangs next week starting at Bellevue, a great place to play and watch a game on Monday, a district seeding game with Calvary on Tuesday at home, at Boone County on Wednesday, and Holy Cross at (Y’All’s) Thomas More Field on Thursday.  All games are scheduled for 5pm, with the exception of the Holy Cross game which will go at 11am in the morning.