Fort Calhoun infielder Sam Halford believed his team should have had more success at the plate on Parents' Night.
The Pioneers baseball team fell 3-1 to Plattsmouth on Monday before Tuesday's 9-3 win at Thurston-Cuming County. Coach Roy Prauner's FCHS lineup is 5-13 this spring.
Calhoun totaled just three hits during the Blue Devils' two-run road victory.
“We definitely should have had a lot more hits than that,” Halford said.
Plattsmounth's defense made a few plays to send the Pioneers back to the dugout, too.
“I think we were just getting unlucky with the balls that we hit in play,” Halford continued. “They were getting caught.”
Two of FCHS' hits came during the fourth inning, though. Trailing 1-0, senior Tristan Fuhrman tallied a lead-off double. Halford later scored him with the base runner sliding and touching home plate as the catcher lost the ball.
Another Pioneer senior, Ty Hallberg, added a one-out triple during the fifth frame. Two-straight groundouts stranded him at third base, however.
Plattsmouth, meanwhile, scored runs during the third, fifth and seventh innings. The Devils held onto the win during the bottom half of the latter, inducing a pop out, a strikeout and a groundout to three Fort Calhoun batters in a row.
The next night, though, Fort Calhoun took a 2-1 lead during the top of the fourth inning and never looked back against Thurston-Cuming County. Austin Welchert recorded the go-ahead RBI with a sacrifice fly after Halford walked and Zach Faucher hit a double.
The Pioneers then added four runs in the fifth to take firm control on the scoreboard. Fuhrman hit a two-RBI double before Faucher contact led to an error, allowing two more runners to score.
Coach Prauner's team led 6-1 and won by six, 9-3. Declyn Otte claimed the pitching victory.
FCHS now has just two regular season games remaining. It plays Platteview today at home before a game in West Point next week.
