A couple of delays would hinder the Moo as the Sodbusters walk-off the Moo for the second time this season. The Fourth of July battle saw the Fremont Moo make the day trip down to Hastings to face the Sodbusters. Fremont would start with Zach Vincent (Midland), someone with great success at Duncan Field. Opposite of him was Creighton Jacobwitz. The top of the first would see the Moo put two on before a short rain delay in the action. When it subsided, the Moo would load the bases on a walk. Seve Aguirre (Southeastern Oklahoma State) would have his RBI hit stolen by Luke Caussey with a diving catch in right field to end the Moo threat. The rain would continue and contribute to the Sodbusters' four runs off of Vincent in the bottom of the first. Luke Caussey would highlight the inning with an RBI triple to make it 4-0 Busters at the end of the opening frame. Another rain delay would put the game on pause for an hour before resuming in the bottom of the second. The two offenses remained quiet through the two innings until the Moo batted around and tied it at four in the fifth. Tyman Long (North Dakota State) would score on a Henry Hayman (Akron) double that hit off the base of the wall at Duncan Field, putting the Moo on the board. Hayman scored on a single from Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) to cut the lead in half. A slow rollover to Graham Hylton was seemingly the end of the Moo fifth. But a wild throw to the covering Braden Cork would bring home both Luke Saxton (Missouri-St. Louis) and Gajewski to even it up at 4. The Sodbusters would push across one run in the bottom of the fifth, as Tyman Long would misread a ball in right, allowing Drew Vega to score. The sixth would see a passed ball bring home Brock Cross to give the Sodbusters a 6-4 lead at the end of the sixth Fremont would draw even in the score in the top of the seventh. Gajewski would reach on a hit, and Tanner Jacobsen (Cloud County) would reach on a walk. Caiden Brezinski (Butler) would make the second out of the inning but move both runners into scoring position. Cooper Fuchino (Creighton) would single home both runners to tie the game, 6-6. Preston Gajewski would record his third hit of the game to lead off the ninth. He would make his way to second on a stolen base. With two away, Fuchino would dig in and hit a liner to right. Off the bat, it looked to be the go-ahead hit, but once again Luke Caussey would rob the Moo of runs with another spectacular diving grab. It kept the game at 6-6, going to the bottom half of the inning. This one would go to the extras to decide a winner. To Moo would go quietly in the top of the inning. Joe Hauser (Creighton) would relieve Eli Larson (Sioux Falls). With one out and the bases loaded, the lights at Duncan Field went out. Another delay would ensue, and when it came back on, Graham Hylton would go from a 0-2 count to walking home the winning run. 7-6 Sodbusters in 10 innings. The final line saw the Moo score six (6) runs on eleven (11) hits and commit four (4) errors. The Sodbusters scored seven (7) runs on seven (7) hits and had two (2) errors defensively. Cohen Nelson picks up the win for the Sodbusters while Joe Hauser gets handed the loss. Fremont moves to a 13-16 record overall and a 3-3 second-half record. The Prospects move to a 16-13 overall record and a 1-1 second-half record. The Moo are back tomorrow night at Moller Field to take on the Prospects at 4:00 for game one of a doubleheader.

The Moo dropped game two of the series against the Prospects 6-2 on Wednesday night. Moller Field was the site for the final game of the two-game series against the Nebraska Prospects. The Moo entered the contest with the best record in the second half at 3-1 and looked to continue the good start. Logan Anderson (Sioux Falls) would return to Moller Field, and the Prospects would welcome him back with swinging bats. Three hits against Anderson, the biggest being a two-run shot from Mike Valdivia to cap off a 3-0 lead before the Moo could bat. The Moo would strand runners on the corners in the bottom half and would come up empty in the first. Anderson would work an easy second, striking out two and not allowing a base runner to reach. The same would go for the Moo in the bottom of the second as Isaac Bourges would strike out two. Anderson would begin to settle in during the third as he would rack up two more strikeouts, upping his total to six.. He would finish five innings with eleven total strikeouts. The Prospects would go scoreless during the third and the fifth. The Moo would push across a run in the fourth. Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) would plate a run because of his hustle, causing a wild throw to first to break up a would-be double play. Brayden Jones (Doane) would scramble home in the chaos to make it 3-1. The Prospects would answer with two runs in the fifth and a lone run in the sixth to make it 6-1 Prospects. The culprit causing trouble for the Moo offensive woes would come from the right arm of Gil Schroeder. Schroeder would throw four and a third innings, allowing one run (after he was removed in the ninth) and struck out three batters. The Moo’s last bit of offense would come in the ninth. Grant Rychnovsky (Northwestern-IA) would sacrifice himself on a long fly ball to bring home Nate Wachter (South Dakota State) to make it 6-2. The next batter, Brayden Jones, would ground out to end the ballgame with a final score of 6-2 in favor of the Prospects. The final line saw the Moo score two (2) runs on four (4) hits and commit four (4) errors. The Prospects scored six (6) runs on seven (7) hits and had four (4) errors defensively. Gil Schroeder picks up the win for the Prospects while Logan Anderson gets handed the loss. Fremont moves to a 13-15 record overall and a 3-2 second-half record. The Prospects move to a 5-12 overall record. The Moo are back Friday night at Duncan Field in Hastings to take on the Sodbusters at 6:35 for a Fourth of July celebration.

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. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview - Game 28 Moller Field, Fremont, Nebraska, USA FREMONT MOO (13-14 / 3-1) vs. NEBRASKA PROSPECTS (4-13) First Pitch: 7:05 CT Gates Open: 6:15 CT Promotion: Winning Wednesday - Red, White, and Moo Radio: Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM Audio Stream: Moo Mixlr Video Stream: BSDN Live on YouTube -Game Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Opening July Right The struck for 10-runs in the 8th inning to secure their third win of the second half with a come from behind win over the Nebraska Prospects Plenty-O-Streaks Caiden Brezinski (Butler) has reached base in his last thirteen ballgames while Seve Aguirre (SE Oklahoma State) has hit safely in his last nine ballgames. Feeling First Place With the Moo win and the Sasquatch loss, the Moo now sit in first place in the second half standings. Start of the Second Half The Spearfish Sasquatch punched their ticket to the 2025 ILB Championship Series by clinching the first half pennant. The second half began on June 28th. This means that the records effectively return to 0-0. The winner of the second half will face the Sasquatch in the ILBCS. If the Sasquatch win the second half, then the team with the second-best overall record will clinch the second spot in the championship series. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYERS OF NOTE: MOO: #20 - INF JOSHUA HARDAMON (B/T: R/R) Joshua “The Hammer” Hardamon (Midland) lived up to the nickname last night, driving in a team high 7 RBI’s in the win. He collected three hits including the go-ahead bases clearing double, that gave the Moo the lead. #12 - C NATE WACHTER (B/T: R/R) Nate Wachter (South Dakota State) went 3-4 in his game last night, coming a home run shy of the cycle. He drove in 3 RBIs to help the Moo pick up the win. PROSPECTS: #17 - INF AIDEN MARTIN (B/T: R/R) Martin lived up to the hype last night, going 3-4 in yesterday’s game. One of his hits was an extra base hit and he would score twice in the contest. #12 - INF RIPKEN FLECK (B/T: R/R) Fleck collected two hits in the lead-off spot last night for the Prospects. He was also one of three players to score twice in the contest for the Prospects.

Cows win their second game of the second half with a 17-9 final over the Nebraska Prospects. The Moo came home after their four-game road trip looking to pick up another win in the second half. Waiting for them when they got back were the Nebraska Prospects, an all too familiar foe who have had their success against the Moo this season, picking up three wins. Brooks Kniefl (Wayne State) would take the mound opposite Nathan Anderson to start this one off at Moller Field. The Prospects would put runners on immediately as the first two batters in the lineup would reach on a hit and a walk against Kneifl. A ground out from Jacob Perrin would make it 1-0 Prospects after the top half of the first. The Moo would answer the Prospect first with a five-run first. Tanner Jacobsen (Cloud County) would reach on a walk and score on a Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) sacrifice fly to draw even. Then, with the bases loaded, Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would bring home two on a single into center. After Hardamon’s single brought the fans to their feet, Nate Wachter (South Dakota State) would keep them there with a two-RBI triple to make it 5-1 Moo at the end of the 32-minute first inning. Both teams would go quietly in both the second and third as the score would remain 5-1, Moo. The fourth would be Kniefl’s toughest inning to work through. Five runs would score on six hits and two Moo errors to put the Prospects up by a run. It was 6-5 Prospects as Fremont wouldn’t answer in the bottom of the fifth. Parker Otte would relieve Kneifl in the sixth, and it took a few batters for him to find his rhythm. Two walks would begin the inning, then a double steal would move them into scoring position. A passed ball would bring home a run to make it 7-5. The Moo would go scoreless in the sixth and the seventh, and the Prospects would push across another run on another Moo error in the seventh, making it 8-5 Prospects. As the fans stretched for the seventh, it would rejuvenate the Moo bats. Michael Baker would reach on a walk, and Henry Hayman (Akron) would hit a double to put them both in scoring position for Joshua Hardamon. Hardamon would rocket one at Finn Hockstein at third. Hockstein knocked it down but lost track of the ball. Baker scored on the initial contact, and Hayman wouldn’t stop around third, and when Hockstein found the ball, he fired home. The throw would be in the dirt, allowing Hayman to score to make it 8-7 As soon as the Moo pulled it within one, the Prospects would get a run back with an RBI double from Avery Moore down the left field line to make it 9-7 Prospects in the top of the eighth. Brinden Floyd (RCSJ) would lead off the bottom of the inning for the Moo with a walk. Behind him, Tanner Jacobson would work a walk. Brezinski (Butler) would extend his on-base streak to 13 games in a row as he would get plunked to load the bases. Seve Aguirre (Southeastern Oklahoma State) would bring home a run on a fielder’s choice to pull it within one. Then, Michael Baker would double down the right field line to tie the game at nine. Tyman Long (North Dakota State) would get the intentional walk. Bases would remain loaded after Hayman would pop out to second. For the second out of the inning. Then, Prospect pitcher Jack Harris would face The Hammer. Joshua Hardamon would double to right to clear the bases to give the Moo a 12-9 lead. From there, it went from better to best for the Moo as they would push across five more runs on doubles from Nate Wacther, Tanner Jacobsen, and Seve Aguirre to end the ten-run inning. Moo started the eighth down 9-7 and finished it in front 17-9. Joe Hauser (Creighton) would slam the door in the top of the ninth, securing the Moo’s 17-9 victory. The final line saw the Moo score seventeen (17) runs on fourteen (14) hits and commit three (3) errors. The Prospects scored nine (9) runs on twelve (12) hits and had two (2) errors defensively. Parker Otte (Iowa Central) picks up the win for the Moo while Jack Harris gets handed the loss. Fremont moves to a 13-14 record overall and a 3-1 second-half record. The Prospects move to a 4-12 overall record. The Moo are back tomorrow night at Moller Field to take on the Nebraska Prospects at 7:05, to finish the two-game series.

Moo begin July with a bout against the Nebraska Prospects

The Fremont Moo wrapped up their road trip with a 6-2 victory over the Hastings Sodbusters on Monday from Duncan Field. The Moo made the nine-hour trip west from Casper to face their in-state rivals in Hastings to wrap up the road trip. The Bovine Nine entered Duncan Field with one thing in mind: getting win number two of the second half. Both Fremont’s Aiden McGrath (Skyline) and Hastings' Markus Miller would work a one-two-three scoreless first inning. Going to the second, the Moo would score first for the fourth game in a row. Brinden Floyd (RCSJ) would get grazed by a pitch to be put on first. Behind him, big bad Brayden Jones (Doane) would line a double into center to score Floyd from first to make it 1-0 Moo. Next batter, Grant Ryan (Northwest CC) would slap a slow-rolling single into center to score Jones to make it 2-0 Moo at the end of the top of the second. McGrath would shut down the Sodbusters in the bottom half, striking out two batters to keep it at 2-0 Moo. The top of the third would be a quiet one for the Moo. Three batters, three outs for Markus Miller to send it to the bottom half. The Sodbusters would get on the board from a Drew Vega RBI single to bring home Zane Wilson to cut the lead in half. McGrath would work out of it with a fly ball to left, ending the threat, stranding a runner. The scoreboard read 2-1, Moo heading to the fourth. The Moo once again went in order. A four-pitch inning for Markus Miller as the McGrath would answer with a three-batter up, three-batter down fourth inning. The fifth would see the Moo strike for four runs and chase Miller out of the contest. Caiden Brezinski (Butler) would bring home two on a slow bouncer through the right side. Then, Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would bring home a run on a single. To round out the scoring, Brinden Floyd would double home Brezinski to end the frame up 6-1. McGrath would shut down the Sodbusters in the bottom of the fifth, and the Moo would go scoreless in the top of the sixth. The bottom half would see the Busters burst for a run to close the deficit to four runs. It was 6-2 as it went to the seventh. Both teams would go scoreless in the seventh. Aiden McGrath was dynamite in his start, going seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits, and a trio of walks, while striking out nine batters. Chase Nelson (St. Thomas) would come in relief in the eighth and secure the win in the ninth, to give the Moo their second win of the second half. 6-2 Moo the final. The final line saw the Moo score six (6) runs on nine (9) hits and commit one (1) error. The Sodbusters scored three (3) runs on six (6) hits and had no errors defensively. Aiden McGrath picks up the win for the Moo while Markus Miller gets handed the loss. Fremont moves to a 12-14 record overall and a 2-1 second-half record. The Sodbusters move to a 15-13 overall record and a 0-1 record in the second half. The Moo are back tomorrow night at Moller Field to take on the Nebraska Prospects at 7:05, to begin a two-game series.

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. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview - Game 26 Duncan Field, Hastings, Nebraska, USA FREMONT MOO (11-14 / 1-1) vs. HASTINGS SODBUSTERS (15-12 / 0-0) First Pitch: 6:35 CT Radio: Big Dog Country 98.9 FM / 1340 AM Audio Stream: Moo Mixlr Video Stream: Hastings Sodbusters on YouTube -Game Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Not So Friendly Spuds The Moo dropped the final game of the three game series against the Spuds 12-2 in seven innings. The Moo are now 2-8 versus the Spuds all-time. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) has reached base safely in his last 10 games. In the same span, Caiden Brezinski (Butler) also has himself a 10 game on-base streak. Seve Aguirre (Southeastern Oklahoma State) also has an 8-game hit streak going for him A Quick One The Moo’s four game road trip is the longest road trip until July 16th throught the 20th. The Moo will only play one away game before then on July 4th in Hastings. Start of the Second Half The Spearfish Sasquatch punched their ticket to the 2025 ILB Championship Series by clinching the first half pennant. The second half began on June 28th. This means that the records effectively return to 0-0. The winner of the second half will face the Sasquatch in the ILBCS. If the Sasquatch win the second half, then the team with the second-best overall record will clinch the second spot in the championship series. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYERS OF NOTE: MOO: #2 - OF JAKE MITCHELL (B/T: L/R) Mitchell is batting .500 this summer in the two contests against the Sodbusters played. Mitchell has an OBP of .667, SLG of 2.000, and a OPS of 2.667 with one home run against the Sodbusters this season. #20 - INF JOSHUA HARDAMON (B/T: R/R) Hardamon (Midland) has proven himself as a worthy bat during road trips. Hardamon has 11 hits on the road this season, including a team leading 9 runs batted in. SODBUSTERS: #26 - C/INF WESTON JOHNSON (B/T: R/R) Johnson has been a big cog in the Sodbusters offensive machine, leading the team with a .343 batting average. He also leads the Sodbusters with 17 RBI’s this summer. #25 - OF LUKE CAUSSEY (B/T: L/L) Caussey has been dynamite for the Sodbusters this summer. Caussey brings a lot of power to the plate, with one home run this season at the expansive Duncan Field (It was the first home run for a Sodbuster batter in two season!).

The Moo can’t overcome a seven-run Spud attack in the sixth and fall 12-2 in Casper. The rubber match of the series took place on a sunny day in Casper. The Moo looked to carry over their success from their nineteen-run performance the night before and start the second half 2-0. The first two innings would be quiet on both sides. The Spuds and Moo would threaten but were unable to break the deadlock until the third. Fremont would strike first in the third. Walks to Caiden Brezinski (Butler), Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico), and a single from Cooper Fuchino (Creighton) would load the bases for Seve Aguirre (Southeastern Oklahoma State). Aguirre would drop a single into right to bring home two runners to make it 2-0 Moo after the third. The Spuds would strike with an RBI double from Cael McCarville in the fourth to cut the Moo lead in half. Dickinson would strand McCarville on second to keep the Moo in front 2-1. An inning later, the Spuds would strike for another as Preston Gajewski (NOC-Tonkawa) would make an incredible diving back-handed pick at second to get an out, but Matt Marsic would scramble home to tie it at two. Luca Dickinson (Skyline) would work through five, giving up two earned runs on four hits while walking three and striking out two. Grant Rychnovsky (Northwestern-IA) would come in relief and have an unfortunate time in the sixth. Seven runs, one earned, on five hits would blow this one open. His defense would not provide much help, committing two errors. The scoreboard read 9-2 Spuds at the end of the sixth inning. The Moo would go scoreless in the seventh, and Cooper Lucas (East Texas Baptist) would relieve Rychnovsky. Lucas would struggle with command on the mound, and the two runs that would score to end it would be charged against him. The Spuds would take the 12-2 win in seven because of the ILB run rule and win the series. The final line saw the Moo score two (2) runs on six (6) hits and commit two (2) errors. The Spuds scored twelve (12) runs on nine (9) hits and had one (1) error defensively. Mathew Ramos picks up the win for the Spuds while Grant Rychnovsky gets handed the loss. Fremont moves to an 11-14 record overall and a 1-1 second-half record. The Spuds move to a 17-10 overall record and a 1-1 second-half record. The Moo are back tomorrow afternoon at Duncan Field to take on the Hastings Sodbusters at 6:35.

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. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview - Game 25 Mike Lansing Field, Casper, WY, USA FREMONT MOO (11-13 / 1-0) vs. CASPER SPUDS (16-10 / 0-1) First Pitch: 4:00 CT Audio Stream: Moo Mixlr Video Stream: Casper Spuds on YouTube -Game Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORYLINES Second Half Smackdown The Moo’s second-half opener couldn’t have gone better, as they scored nineteen runs (eleven in one inning) to take the second game in Casper, 19-5 Cycle-chino Cooper Fuchino (Creighton) had a historic day at the plate, going 5-6 with 5 RBI’s. Fuchino hit a home run in the 1st, a single in the 3rd, a double in the 4th, and a triple in the 9th to collect the cycle. Super Spuds Michael Baker (Cal State-Chico) has reached base safely in his last 10 games. The streak began on June 7th, and since then, Baker’s OBP sits at .609, the second best on the ballclub. Start of the Second Half The Spearfish Sasquatch punched their ticket to the 2025 ILB Championship Series by clinching the first half pennant. Today begins the second half. This means that the records effectively return to 0-0. The winner of the second half will face the Sasquatch in the ILBCS. If the Sasquatch win the second half, then the team with the second-best overall record will clinch the second championship series spot. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYERS OF NOTE: MOO: #35 - RHP LUCA DICKINSON Dickinson (Skyline) was phenomenal in his last outing. Against the Prospects, Dickinson fired 9 shutout innings and struck out 11 batters. On top of that, he managed it in under 100 pitches #26 - C COOPER FUCHINO (B/T: R/R) Fuchino has been the best batter by far during this road trip. In 11 games at home, Fuchino had 10 hits and 6 RBIs. In the last two games in Casper, he has 8 hits and 6 RBIs at the plate. SPUDS: #11 - RHP HOUSTON WEDGEWORTH Casper’s best arm this season has been Houston Wedgeworth. Wedgeworth has made 4 starts for the Spuds and has collected a quality start in two of them. His longest outing was his most recent, going 7.0 innings, striking out 3 Sodbusters and giving up 1 earned run. #24 - OF ELIJAH REEVES (B/T: R/R) Reeves had his best night at the plate yesterday, as he collected three hits and two RBI’s at the plate. On top of that, he plays an exceptional outfield.