Seniors fall to Norfolk, 3-0
Unfortunately, that momentum failed to carry over as the Cornerstone Insurance Group Seniors fell in an
Despite a suddenly stagnant offense, which could only produce four hits, one aspect of its game which did follow them back was solid pitching.
According to Columbus head coach
"Tyler went above and beyond what we asked of him," Schilling said. "All we expected was a few innings, but he went the whole game and did a really good job with his knuckleball."
Unfortunately for the Seniors, Wessel's counterpart was even better, hurling a shutout, while only allowing four hits and striking out five.
After a scoreless first inning for the visitors, the home side struck with a single marker in the bottom of the inning, after back-to-back singles off Wessel and a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.
Wessel settled down after that, allowing only two more runs the rest of the way, but his teammates were unable to pick him up with any offense of their own.
In the second,
Next up was
Schilling rued the fact his club failed to push across a run in that situation.
"Early on, if we tie the score there, it could've been a different game," he said. "But, we seem to ride peaks and valleys and once we didn't score there, we were down a bit."
Schilling put his club's lack of offense down to a lack of discipline at the plate.
"We're good at laying off breaking balls early in the count," he said. "But, we have to get better at managing the strike zone later in the count and need to be able to recognize situations of what a pitcher's throwing."
Morse continued his hot hitting of late with a two-out double in the fourth, but was left stranded when Uhlig grounded out to end the inning.
Uhlig singled in the top of the seventh to mount Columbus' last chance, but it wasn't meant to be, as Smejkal struck out, followed by a
Morse finished 2-for-3 with a double to lead Columbus at the plate.
Schilling recognized the fact Morse managed to keep his bat going after a strong tournament over the weekend.
"Jacob's continuing to come on strongly," he said. "He's definitely become an important part of our offense."
Morse's success is no accident, Schilling added.
"He's been putting in a lot of extra work in the cages all season," he said. "Now, he's finally starting to find some of the treasure."
Columbus (8-14, 1-5 Cornhusker West) will next play at the Omaha South Van Meter tournament on Saturday, where they will open against the Millard Sox at
Scott Akanewich is the sports editor of
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