Seniors fall in opening round of state tournament
By Kyle Cummings, Columbus Telegram, Neb. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
"Sometimes it's tempting to get into a situation where you try to make a perfect pitch against a guy like that and there's no such thing," Columbus head coach
Stobbe reached base and scored in all five plate appearances, while Charvat scored twice and brought home one and Ehly knocked home six runs and scored once for the Millard West Roof Tech Wildcats.
"I thought we nibbled on the corners of the plate and got behind in the count and had to throw it across the plate," Kesier said. "When you throw it across the plate and they know it's coming, bad things are going to happen. I thought we did a good job attacking their hitters the first couple of times through, but later in the game, we kind of let our guard down a little there."
On the mound,
"When you get to Day 1, you're going to see the aces," Keiser said. "We saw what we know as their top two guys, so we feel really good about how we competed as a young group out there against two old pitchers who really know what the heck they're doing."
After
"I thought that was very much the result of the good at bats we had been putting through," Keiser explained. "Miles and the other guys in the lineup had been grinding through those first couple of times through. He was comfortable and he felt like he was going to get a pitch to hit and he really did a nice job of handling it."
"You only end up with three runs to show for it, but I felt good with what we did offensively," Keiser said. "We competed in the box against some really good pitchers. We just needed to clean up some things, and play better defensively, then I think it's a totally different game."
For Columbus,
"We've been working him up, building him up slowly through the season," Keiser said. "He looked real good. He really honed in on his fastball, but especially late in the game I thought his off-speed stuff was really good. The best part about Tyler though is he's not happy with what happened. That's encouraging. He's not happy because we didn't get a W. Our team has that same mentality and thats a good sign for us going forward."
Columbus will play today against the loser of the
American Legion State Tournament
Saturday at Omaha
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-- Pitching: WP-
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-- Millard West Leading Hitters:
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