Yesterday in legion baesball the WESTCO Zephyrs won on the road over Douglas (WY) by the final of 17-7 as the Z’s brought the bats to the ballpark.
WESTCO banged out 14 base hits. Traven Jackson cracked a home run and drove in six runs while Jahrell Mendez had a 4-5 game with three RBI and Oscar Felix finished with two hits, three RBI, and three runs scored.
Moi Panduro got the win, going five innings allowing five earned runs while striking out five.
The Zephyrs are now 4-1 to begin the year after winning just eight games last season. They’ll play next Tuesday at Torrington.
Rockies win 7th straight
Streaks happen in baseball and right now the Rockies are riding a good one. They won their seventh straight game on Wednesday as they closed out a road sweep over the Padres with a 8-0 win.
Rookie outfielder Jordan Beck, a fast riser on prospect lists early this season, had a big day with three hits, his first major league homer, and he drove in five runs.
Brenton Doyle hit his 5th homer of the year.
Austin Gomber started and pitched six innings of shutout ball while striking out five as he earned his first win of the season.
Colorado has today before a weekend series starts tomorrow in San Francisco.
Huskers at Michigan State
Nebraska heads into their final regular season series of the year alone in second place in the Big Ten standings. Nebraska (14-7) trails Illinois by one game and then you’ve got Indiana, Purdue, and Michigan all one game back of the Huskers in a log jam tied for third place.
Michigan State is middling along at 10-11 in the conference this year.
- Thursday: KNEB AM 960/100.3 FM, pregame at 3:30 pm
- Friday: KNEB AM 960/100.3 FM, pregame at 3:30 pm
- Saturday: KNEB AM 960/100.3 FM, pregame at 10:30 am
