Moo win 12-5 over Trappers
Fremont, Neb. – A steady offensive attack propelled the Moo to a 12-5 win over the Pierre Trappers Saturday night at historic Moller Field. Fremont scored in six of eight offensive innings and never trailed en route to their third win in their last four games.
The Moo (39-19 overall/19-8 second half) picked up right where they left off Friday night. After scoring six runs in the last two innings last night, Fremont got on the board in the first inning Saturday. Tyler Push reached on an error by the third baseman, then moved to second on a balk. Two batters later, Luke White drove in Push with a single to center.
Then in the second, the Moo cranked up the offense. Ryan Koski singled to center. Trey Nichols followed with a double to left, moving Koski to third. A walk to Peyton Leeper loaded the bases ahead of Oliver Zohn, who drove in a run for the second time in two games for the Moo as Koski scored to make it 2-0. Push followed with a fly ball to left field that was dropped, allowing Nichols to score push Fremont’s lead to three. Then Dillon Sears hit a popup toward third base that was dropped. Push was forced out at second, but Leeper scored to give Fremont a 4-0 lead.

After Pierre (16-41/7-21) tallied two in top of the third, the Moo got a run back in the bottom of the third. With two outs, Koski reached on an error by the second baseman. Nichols ripped his second double of the day to left-center, scoring Koski to push the Fremont lead to 5-2. A leadoff homer by Brendon Perez in the top of the fourth cut the Moo lead to 5-3.
Fremont’s power stroke returned to the lineup in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs in the inning, EJ Taylor singled to left. On the very next pitch, White hammered the ball over the Moller Monster in left, the first Moo homer in 10 games, to build the lead to 7-3. Two pitches later, Jack Simonsen served an 0-1 pitch over the rightfield fence to push the lead to 8-3, Moo. A two-run homer by Cole Yancey in the fifth shrunk Fremont’s lead to 8-5.
More two-out magic gave the Moo more breathing room in the sixth. With no one on and two out, White flared a triple to right. Simonsen drew a walk. Koski reached on an error by the third baseman, scoring White to make it 9-5. Nichols followed with his third double of the night, a double to left-centerfield to score White and Koski to push the Fremont lead to 11-5. The Moo tacked on one more unearned run in the eighth to push the lead to seven, the final margin.
Nolan Meredith (3-0) picked up the win for the Moo, allowing four earned runs in five innings. Fremont’s bullpen of Steven Boyd, Jackson Kraus and Parker Ruoff combined for four one-hit innings of shutout relief. White paced the Moo offense, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple and three RBI. Nichols was also 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI.
The Moo and Trappers will close their three-game series and the home portion of the Moo regular season with a 5:35 first pitch Sunday at historic Moller Field. It’s Family Fun Day Sunday, with kids 12 and under receiving a voucher for a free box combo at Raising Canes. After the game, kids can run the bases. The game can be heard on FremontMoo.com and Big Dog 98.9 FM and 1340 AM.




