Moo drop series finale to Pierre 5-4
Fremont, Neb. – A furious ninth-inning rally by the Moo fell just short as the Pierre Trappers held on to defeat Fremont, 5-4, Sunday night at historic Moller Field.
Fremont (39-20 overall/19-9 second half) trailed 5-2 going to the bottom of the ninth. With one out, EJ Taylor singled to right, and was pinch run for by Chase Reynolds. Luke White followed with a walk, putting two on with one out. Trey Nichols took over for White at first as his pinch runner. Jack Simonsen hit a ground ball to second, which Pierre second baseman Andrew Kim played toward second. The throw was wild, scoring Reynolds to cut the Trappers lead to two. After Ryan Koski was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Austin Baskin drove in Nichols with a groundout to second, narrowing Pierre’s lead to 5-4. With two outs, Peyton Leeper came off the bench as a pinch hitter and popped to shortstop, ending the Moo rally one run short.
Pierre (16-42/7-22) scored in the second with a two-out rally. With two outs, Garret Hill singled to center. Brock Rinehart worked a walk, then Spencer Weston ripped a single to left to score Hill and give the Trappers the lead. They doubled their advantage to 2-0 in the third with a one-out solo home run to center by Kaiden Cardoso. The Trappers tacked on an unearned run in the fifth to make it 3-0.
Fremont began to solve Pierre starting pitcher Parker Lewis in the sixth. Oliver Zohn sliced the first pitch into left for a single. Tyler Push followed with a single to right, and as Zohn hustled to third and drew a throw, Push advanced to second. Dillon Sears and EJ Taylor hit sacrifice flies to right on back-to-back pitches, scoring Zohn and Push to cut the Trappers’ lead to 3-2.
But in the top of the seventh inning, Pierre pushed the lead back to three. Cardoso singled to center. Colin Adams drew a walk, putting two on. With one out, Hill ripped a single to center, scoring Cardoso and Adams to grow the Trappers’ lead to 5-2.
Shea Zetterman (4-3) took the loss, allowing three earned runs in 3.1 innings pitched. Parker Lewis (1-3) earned the win, throwing a season-high seven innings while allowing two earned runs and four hits. Jack Simonsen was the lone Fremont player with more than one hit, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
The Moo will end the regular season on the road, heading to Gering, Neb., to take on Western Nebraska in a three-game series that begins Tuesday at 7:35 pm. The game can be heard on FremontMoo.com and Big Dog 98.9 FM and 1340 AM.




