This is the Daily Moo! Getting Moo fans ready for every single game day with storylines, insight, stats, and more about the Fremont Moo. Check in every day for the Daily Moo here on the Fremont Moo official website. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Snooze Fest The Moo where outscored twenty-four (24) to three (3) and outhit seventeen (17) to eight (8) in the two game series against the Zap Not Again… The Moo committed six (6) errors in the two game series against the Zap. The final four games against the Sasquatch, Fremont committed only three (3) errors. Nearly There The Moo wrap up a, 8-game in seven day road trip with a duel against the inter-state rival, the Hastings Sodbusters Victory but the V stands for Vincent Zach Vincent (MIdland) makes his second start of the season. Vincent pitched twice last season against the Sodbusters, throwing a six (6) inning complete game, along with thirteen (13) total innings, allowing three (3) earned runs, and striking out ten (10) batters. He was on his best May 30th. Seven (7) innings, no earned runs, seven (7) hits, and seven (7) strikeouts in the 6-1 win over Hastings. The Mighty Mighty Sodbusters The Sodbusters have started a perfect 6-0 to begin the 2025 season, outscoring opponent 49-24 (+25) to sit a top the ILB table. PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR: FREMONT: #19 - RHP/OF TYLER WISE (B/T: R/R) Wise (Kansas Wesleyan) has reached base safely in each of the last three games. A walk against Oahe keeps Wise’s on base streak. He has the second highest OBP on the Moo behind Michael Baker. #6 - INF PRESTON GAJEWSKI (B/T: R/R) Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) has been a reliable bat in the lineup. In six games this season, Gajewski has a hit in five (5), as well as having six (6) RBIs. HASTINGS: #25 - OF LUKE CAUSSEY (B/T: L/L) Caussey (Arkansas Tech) only made one plate appearance in the spring for the Wonder Boys, but his time in the ILB has been invaluable. Caussey is batting .429 and has an OPS of 1.222. Caussey made headlines by being the first Sodbuster to hit a home run at Duncan Field in two seasons #4 - INF DREW VEGA (B/T: R/R) Another Arkansas Tech product, Vega has started the season on a tear. A .364 BA in six games, looks nice next to his team leading seven (7) RBIs early on in the 2025 campaign. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first pitch is set for 6:35 CT at Duncan Field in Hastings, Nebraska. The games will be on the air at the Fremont Moo Mixlr and the Big Dog 98.9 FM - 1340 AM. Join Moocasters, Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with pregame at 6:15. -Game Notes

It was 85 and sunny in the South Dakota capital, Pierre, as the Moo looked to right the ship. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky for what would become a less than perfect afternoon for the Moo. Much like the night prior, errors would hurt the Moo early. The Zap would score two on a Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) error at third to make it an early 2-0 Zap lead in the 2nd inning. The Zap would continue their offensive attack, pushing across three in the third and forth. The Moo would score a run in the top of the fifth as Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) would make a mad dash home on a stolen base and throwing error combo to put the Moo on the board. The Moo had a singular run before the Zap would score two in the bottom half to answer back the Moo’s lone run to make it, 10-1 Zap at the end of the fifth. The nail in the coffin came in the bottom of the 7th. Pitcher-coach, Tyler Dunham (Midland) would come on and surrender the walk-off run to send the Moo packing. A sac fly from Andrew Phillips would score Nick Golden to end the game at 11-1. The Moo would be ten-run ruled for the second time in two nights The Moo fall to a 3-4 record as they head into Hastings. The Zap improve to 3-5 and sweep the Moo during their opening home stand. Join the 2025 Moocasters Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show tomorrow night from Hastings, beginning around 6:10 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).

This is the Daily Moo! Getting Moo fans ready for every single game day with storylines, insight, stats, and more about the Fremont Moo. Check in every day for the Daily Moo here on the Fremont Moo official website. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Zap Attack The Zap picked up their second win of the season, thanks in part to a pair of three-RBI doubles in the bottom of the fifth from Ty Farwell (Dickinson State) and Aiden Johnson (Avila). The age-old, US Measurement of “Length in Football Fields” The Moo walked a season high eleven (11) batters in yesterday’s ball game. Eleven walks down to first base times the ninety (90) feet it takes to get there comes out to 990 feet, or 330 yards. That’s over three (3) football fields of walks given out. All Hands of Deck The Moo have called upon five (5) different position players to pitch this season. (Grant Rychnovsky, Tyler Wise, Tanner Jacobsen, Joshua Hardamon, Brayden Jones) Can’t Help But Hit Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) has hit safely in four-straight contests for the Moo. Baker had a ten-game hit streak at Cal State-Chico this past spring (April 13 to May 1st). Capital Punishment The Moo have an 11-11 record in Pierre since the Moo have had to play on the road in the South Dakota capital (Pierre Trappers 2018-2022 / Oahe Zap 2023-Present) PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR: FREMONT: #1 - INF ROB HODGES (B/T: R/R) Appearing in only three (3) games this season, Hodges has been productive at the plate. In his nine (9) plate appearances, Hodges has recorded two (2) hits, an RBI, has walked four (4) times, and has scored three (3) times this season. #6 - INF PRESTON GAJEWSKI (B/T: R/R) Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) has been a vital run producer early on this season for the Moo. Gajewski has driven in six (6) runs in the last three (3) games he has appeared in. He has three (3) hits in each of those games as well. OAHE: #11 - IF/C QUINN LUDVIGSEN (B/T: R/R) Ludvigsen (MSU-Mankato) went 2-3 in last nights contest, scoring twice and walking twice. Ludvigsen raised his on-base percentage to .519, which is the highest on the team for a player with more than six (6) plate appearances. #29 - IF AIDEN JOHNSON (B/T: R/R) Johnson (Avila) went 1-2 with two (2) runs and four (4) RBIs in yesterdays ballgame against the Moo. Johnson now leads the Zap with five (5) RBIs this season. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first pitch is set for 2:30 CT at Hyde Stadium in Pierre, South Dakota. The games will be on the air exclusively on the Fremont Moo Mixlr . Join Moocasters, Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with pregame at 2:15. -Game Notes

It was a warm night in the South Dakota capital as the Moo rode into Hyde Stadium on a three-game win streak. They would start the scoring in the 2nd inning against Easton Pratt (MSU-Mankato) as Luke Saxton (Missouri-St. Louis) would come in on a Caden Brezinski (Butler) sacrifice fly. Grant Rychonvosky (Northwestern) would come around to score from second on a Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) single to make it 2-0 Moo. The home side would ambush Aiden McGrath (Skyline) as with two out, a pair of Moo errors would bring home two Zap runs to tie it at two at the end of the 2nd. After McGrath’s two innings, Drew Gilbert (Ohlone) would have a difficult time finding the zone in the 3rd. Four runs would score, all earned against Gilbert. Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would make a surprise appearance in relief and work out of the inning. The Zap had batted around without registering a hit. The Moo would not muster any more runs in the contest. It would go from bad to worse as the Zap would put up a touchdown on the scoreboard, seven runs. Two bases-clearing doubles would highlight the inning as Hardamon worked his way through his 2.1 innings. It was 13-2 Zap at the end of the 5th. Brayden Jones (Doane) would come in relief and shut down the Zap in the bottom of the sixth. The Moo would put up a little fight in the top of the 7th, but would ultimately fall to the Independence League’s newest rule: the 10-run rule. The Moo would drop the first game in Pierre, 13-2 in seven innings. The Moo fall to a 3-3 record as they head into Sunday. The Zap improved to 2-5 as they look to sweep the two-game set tomorrow afternoon. Join the 2025 Moocasters Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show beginning around 2:15 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).

The rubber match of the 5-game series was set to be a good one. The Moo entered winners of the last two and looked to make it three in a row before heading to Pierre the next day. The Sasquatch looked to get back into the win column and take the series. Chase Nelson (St. Thomas) took the mound for the Moo, opposite of Caleb Hoppe (Dakota State). Nelson would give up the first run as a fielding error and a wild throw from Rob Hodges (would allow the first Sasquatch run to score. The top of the second would be all Moo as Hoppe had struggles throwing strikes. After walking the bases loaded, a run would score on a walk, a passed ball, and a groundout making it 3-1 Moo without registering a hit. The Sasquatch would answer back in the bottom half of the inning, as Giovanni Mastrorosa (Captial U.) would bring home a run on a single and Ethan Mooser (Northern Colorado) would bring home another on asac fly to right to tie it at 3 at the end of the 2nd inning. The third would spell disaster for Caleb Hoppe. 4 earned runs would cross the plate for the Moo, all charged against Hoppe. All nine would step to the plate in the inning as the Moo would take a 7-3 lead. The Squatch would get a run back in the 4th. The Moo would respond with a run of their own in the 5th with Carter Schellsmidt (Marshalltown CC) driving in Tyler Wise (Kansas Wesleyan) to make it 8-4 Moo. After a few scoreless innings, the Sasquatch would close the gap as they would bring home a run with an RBI in the 8th to make in 8-5, Moo still in front The Moo would tack on one insurance run during the top of the 9th thanks to Nik Wede (MSU-Mankato) with a fielder’s choice to make it 9-5 Moo. Tanner Jacobsen (Cloud County CC) would be called upon to finish the game on the mound. Throwing 3 innings of 1 run ball to secure the Moo victory, 9-5 in 9. The Moo improve to a 3-2 record as they head to Pierre to start a two-game series with the Oahe Zap on May 31st. The Sasquatch drop to 2-6 and they’ll play the Nebraska Prospects starting on June 1st. Join the 2025 Moocasters Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show beginning around 5:45 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).

This is the Daily Moo! Getting Moo fans ready for every single game day with storylines, insight, stats, and more about the Fremont Moo. Check in every day for the Daily Moo here on the Fremont Moo official website. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Rubber-Match After dropping the first two games of the season, the Moo have an opportunity to take the opening series after winning the last two games. St. Thomas’ Chase Nelson makes his season debut with a chance to get the Moo their third win in a row. Put Me In Coach Moo assistant coach, Tyler Dunham (Midland) made his season debut on the mound in yesterday’s game in relief of Broc Songster’s (Doane) outstanding debut, securing the Moo’s second win of the season. Play-Maker Baker Michael Baker went 3-5 in yesterday's game, hitting two doubles. He now has more doubles than singles entering tonight’s game. With 4 RBIs this season, he is second on the team behind Joshua Hardamon 8th Inning Wonders Out of the 22 runs scored this season, no inning has seen more Moo runs than the 8th. The Moo have scored a combined 10 runs in the 8th inning of games this season. They Clean Up Since committing 6 errors in the first game of the season, the Moo has only committed 2 errors in the field since the season opener. PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR: FREMONT: #17 - C CARTER SCHELLSMIDT (B/T: R/R) Schellsmidt (Marshalltown CC) went 2-4 in yesterday’s game, scoring twice in the affair. Schellsmidt has begun this young season batting .400 and looks to build upon a solid start as the backstop. #31 - INF MICHAEL BAKER (B/T: R/R) Baker (Cal State-Chico) has been the deadliest hitter in McGonigal’s lineup this season. Baker enters tonight batting .538 with an OPS of 1.418. He has 7 hits this season, 4 of which have been for extra bases. SPEARFISH #11 - OF LUCAS TERILLI (B/T: L/L) Terilli (Eastern New Mexico) made his debut last night, going 2-5 in the contest. Terilli previously played summer ball with the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods League. With Eastern New Mexico over the past two seasons, Terilli has a batting average of .387. #2 - IF PAYTON FORT (B/T: R/R) Fort (NIACC) has appeared in every single Sasquatch game this season and is batting.174. He went 2-3 at the plate yesterday and looks to build upon that performance tonight to try and take the series against the Moo. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Pitch for the rubber match is set for 7:05 CT from Black Hills Energy Stadium in Spearfish, South Dakota. The games will be on the air at the Fremont Moo Mixlr and the Big Dog 98.9 FM - 1340 AM. Join Moocasters, Booby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with pregame at 6:45. -Game Notes

The Moo looked to even the five-game series with a win as the Thursday night contest would be a nail-biter. The Moo got the scoring started in the 2nd inning when after his lead-off double, Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) would later score on a Luke Saxton (Missouri-St. Louis) sac fly to put the Moo up, 1-0. The Moo would go up two because of a balk call that would score Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) to make it 2-0 Moo. The Sasquatch would threaten in the 5th with a run to cut the lead in half. But the Moo would respond with a two-run 6th to chase Spearfish starter, Evan Luke (Central Missouri) out of the contest. Luke Saxton would once again come through with an RBI single for one run and Preston Gajewski would bring home another to make it 4-1 Moo. Spearfish looked to cut the lead in half again and after the 7th-inning stretch, they would with an Ethan Mooser (Northern Colorado) RBI single. 4-2 Moo still in front. The Moo would answer in the top of the 8th. Preston Gajewski would bring home a run with an RBI double to make it 5-2. The Moo would strand the bases loaded as Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would fly out to end the inning. Spearfish would put on the pressure in the 8th. One run would come in on a bases-loaded walk allowed from Tyler Dunham (Midland). A sac fly would allow another run to come in to score. But Dunham would hunker down and get the final out, stranding two in scoring position. 5-4 Moo as it went to the 9th. The Sasquatch would raise the blood pressure in the 9th with the tying run on third and the winning run on first when Dunham would slam the door shut to get the Moo their second win of the season. Broc Songster (Doane) would have a spectacular season opener, going 6.2 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, walking 3, and striking out 5. It was the longest outing for a Moo starter in 2025 to date. The Moo improved to a 2-2 record and currently sit three games back from the first-place Hastings Sodbusters. The Sasquatch fall to 2-5 on the season and remain in last place. Join the 2025 Moocasters Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show beginning around 6:45 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).

This is the Daily Moo! Getting Moo fans ready for every single gameday with storylines, insight, stats, and more about the Fremont Moo. Check in every day for the Daily Moo here on the Fremont Moo official website. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES First of Many We Hope The Moo would get their first win of the season in game two of the scheduled 7-inning doubleheader, winning by a score of 5-2 with 6 hits and not committing an error. Joshua “Hits them Hard-”amon Joshua Hardamon’s start to the season has been impressive. He has a 3-game hit streak to begin the season as he is batting .462 with an OPS of 1.192 and 5 RBI. Half of his hits are for extra bases. Catchers are Supposed To… Moo catchers have allowed 9 passed balls in three games this season. That’s the third most this season amongst ILB squads (Casper and Spearfish both have 11) All Tied Up With the doubleheader split, the Moo have tied the all-time series at 16 games each. The Sasquatch improved to a 8-7 home record against the Moo. Better Late Than Never In the Moo’s first three games this season, they have scored 8 total runs in the first 6 innings of each game and 9 total in the 7th, 8th, and 9th in those same contests. PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR: FREMONT: #8 - C BRINDEN FLOYD (B/T: R/R) Floyd (RCSJ) has been a vital tool as a Moo backstop this season. At the plate, Floyd has collected a hit in each of his first two games this season as well as having collected an RBI in game two of the doubleheader yesterday. #20 - INF JOSHUA HARDAMON (B/T: R/R) Hardamon (Midland) continues to be a menace at the plate to opposing pitchers. Hardamon has 6 hits this season, half of which have been doubles. He leads the team with 5 RBI’s and looks to continue his plate dominance this season. SPEARFISH #3 - IF BEN FEUER (B/T: R/R) Feuer (Southwestern) has shown exceptional prowess on the infield, not having committed an error in all six of the games he has played this summer. He has made a team leading 9 assists in the field and has a fielding percentage of 1.000. #27 - OF ETHAN MOOSER (B/T: L/R) Mooser (Northern Colorado) is off to a great start this season in Spearfish. With 8 hits in 22 at bats, Mooser has a .364 average which leads the team. He also leads the team with 6 RBIs, 2 extra base hits, and has scored 8 times. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Pitch is at 7:05 CT from Black Hills Energy Stadium in Spearfish, South Dakota. The games will be on the air at the Fremont Moo Mixlr and the Big Dog 98.9 FM - 1340 AM. Join Moocasters, Booby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with pregame at 6:45. -Game Notes

A doubleheader was on the slate for the Moo on Wednesday, May 28th. The Moo looked to clean up defensively, get the bats going, and obtain their first win of the 2025 season. Here’s how it all went down. Game 1 Game one would not go the way of the Moo as they would fall 8-3 in seven to the Sasquatch. It was a scenic mountain morning in Spearfish as kids day at the park would bring a sold out and energetic crowd, ready to cheer on the home heroes. The Sasquatch would strike first in the bottom of the 3rd. With two on and two out, Jordan Boman (Cerro Coso CC) would dribble a ball out in front of the plate and when Carter Schellsmidt (Marshalltown CC) went to fire the ball down to first, it sailed past Grant Rychnovsky (Northwestern (IA)), allowing the first run to score. The Moo would strike back to tie and take the lead in the top of the 5th when with two on base, Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) would continue to swing a hot bat, driving in a run with an RBI double. After a Joshua Hardamon (Midland U.) double, Carter Schellsmidt would hit a sacrifice fly to right to bring home Baker to give the Moo a 2-1 lead. The lead would not last for the Moo however, the Spearfish bats would wake up and quickly retort the Moo’s top of the 5th with a 4-run inning, highlighted by the Moo’s inability to throw strikes. The top of the 6th would see an errand throw from Giovanni Mastroras (Capital U.) allow Caden Brezinski (Butler) home to score from second on a stolen base attempt to pull the Moo within two runs. The Moo relievers could not keep the score at 5-3. An RBI single and a pair of passed balls would score three in the inning and effectively ended any chance for a comeback as the Moo’s comeback attempt would end with a 4-6-3 double play to secure the Sasquatch’s second win of the series, 8-3 the final in seven innings. Fremont would score 3 runs on 6 hits while committing 1 error while Spearfish scored 8 runs on 4 hits while committing 2 errors in the field --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game 2 The second feature presentation of Independence League Baseball from the Black Hills would start when the sun began to set behind the mountainous features to the east. Luca Dickinson (Skyline) would toe the rubber for the Moo in Game 2 and would dazzle in his Moo debut. Five strong innings of work, allowing two hits and two walks and retired four via the strikeout in Dickinson’s curtain raiser. The Moo would strike first in the top of the second as Luke Saxton (Missouri-St. Louis) would score on a passed ball. The Sasquatch would match with an Isaac Martinez (Cerro Coso CC) single to score Payton Fort (North Iowa Area CC) to draw even at 1 in the fifth. Jumping to the bottom of the seventh, the Sasquatch had the Moo on the ropes. The winning run on second with two outs. Isaac Martinez, the runner. Ethan Mooser (Northern Colorado) at the plate. Tyler Wise (Kansas Wesleyan) would deliver a strike that Mooser would drop in front of Grant Rychnovsky (Northwestern (IA). Martinez rounded third when Rychnovsky would toss a laser home to gun down Martinez at the plate, keeping the score at 1-1. Extras would be short and exciting. Rychnovsky would take his place at second to begin the inning. Luke Saxton would lay down a bunt to move Rychnovsky over to third, but Owen Michelson’s (UNC-Asheville) throw to first would sail down the right field line to score Rychnovsky, the Moo the lead. Another run would score on a ground out and with two outs, Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would belt a double to centerfield, scoring two runs to make it 5 to 1. The bottom of the 8th would be brief. Tyler Wise would allow a runner to score to make it 5 to 2 but he would hold the Sasquatch to just that one run to secure the Moo’s first win of 2025. The Moo scored 5 runs on 6 hits with no errors while the Sasquatch score 2 runs on 3 hits while committing 2 errors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Moo finish the day with a 1-2 record while the Sasquatch move to 2-4 on the season. The Moo and Sasquatch go again tomorrow at 7:05 from the Black Hills Energy Stadium to try to even the series a two wins apiece. Join the 2025 Moocasters, Bobby Hessling and Coop Lipski on the call with the pregame show beginning around 6:45 on the Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM and on the Fremont Moo Radio Network (Mixlr).