North Nodaway's baseball team had every right to expect a competitive game against Stanberry. The Bulldogs came into the game at 0-2 and had not scored a run all year and were skunked 16-0 by East Atchison. They won one game last year, against North Nodaway. But none of that mattered as Stanberry scored 15 runs in the second inning and pulled away to a 16-0 win over North Nodaway. Stanberry, in its two-year history, has won two games, both against the Mustangs.
The Mustangs gave up 13 walks, committed two errors, and uncorked five wild pitches in the carnage. Even routine return throws to the pitcher were a problem, with Stanberry scoring two runs. One happened when the ball got away, and one happened when nobody bothered to check the runner and he raced home before anyone realized what was going on.
Laythen Ebrecht was a bright spot for the Mustangs. Looking to hit every time he came up, he hit a solid single to center in the first inning and had a hard out in the third. Jackson Keho did all he could to try to get his team going. With no end in sight to the nightmarish second inning, Keho took matters into his own hand and ran down a Stanberry runner who had taken too big of a turn around first on a single and tagged him out. Stetsyn Brown, who had been struggling with first-game jitters on the mound, suddenly settled down and got the last four outs without any more damage.
Keho tried to spark his team again in the Mustang second when he reached on an error after hustling out a ground ball. He drew a pickoff throw and escaped the rundown, making it to second safely. But he was stranded there.
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