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Casey, Kottich swinging hot bats
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Dylan Casey (.631, 12 for 19) and Cody Kottich (.588, 10 for 17) had outstanding efforts at the plate going a combined 22 for 36 for the weekend. Casey had six extra-base hits in the tournament, including at least one double in each of the first four games.
UNMC (Bryan) exploded for 20 runs and 22 hits in the opener – a 20-14 win over Hastings.
Trailing 13-7 after five innings, UNMC took the lead with a 10-run sixth. UNMC sent 14 batters to the plate in the frame, putting together eight hits. JD Urban had two hits in the inning to drive in three runs, and Casey drove in a pair of runs with a single. The only extra-base hit in the inning came off the bat of Aaron Beil, who doubled home Urban.
Every UNMC starter had at least one hit, led by Casey’s 5 for 5 effort. Kottich was 4 for 5 with six RBIs, and Joe Gonzalez and Jesse Glasgow had three hits apiece. Urban and Matt Mitera, who homered in the first, each drove in four runs.
In other tournament games:
Grand Island 11, UNMC 2 – Grand Island jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never trailed. UNMC lone runs of the game came in the second and third innings as Anthony Kuhl and Kottich delivered RBI singles. Kottich had two hits in the loss.
UNMC 3, Lincoln SE 1 – Gonzalez and Glasgow combined on a five-hitter as UNMC bounced back for the loss to G.I. UNMC scored single runs in the second and third innings, the first on Glasgow’s RBI single. Kottich added a run-scoring single in the fifth.
Kearney 18, UNMC 10 – Tied at 10, Kearney put the game away with a five-spot in the bottom of the fourth. Casey, Gonzalez, Kottich, Urban and Glasgow had two hits apiece.
UNMC 10, Lincoln East 4 – UNMC scored four times in the fourth and five in the sixth to close out the tourney on a high note. The key blow in the fourth was Casey’s bases-loaded triple, and UNMC scored all its runs in the fifth with two outs. Casey, Glasgow and Jon May had two hits each to back the pitching performance of Beil.
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