Back-to-back shutouts for MNB

Friday, June 6, 2003

HOLDREGE and COZAD -- McCook National Bank American Legion Seniors baseball coach Tye Hallowell must be salivating over his mound corps' potential.

Matt Beckenhauer pitched a five-hit shutout Wednesday night at Holdrege as the Seniors blanked Holdrege 4-0.

Then in a game of "can you top this?," left-hander Quinton Pohl fired a one-hitter Thursday as McCook won 13-0 in six innings at Cozad. He allowed a one-out single in the fourth inning.

No information was available on the McCook American Legion Juniors game at Cozad Thursday.

Beckenhauer, who struck out eight batters in a 12-6 victory over Lexington Friday, hit the first batter he faced against Holdrege.

He settled down to strike out seven and walk none.

The McCook Seniors scored one run in the top of the first inning, two in the fifth and one in the sixth on six hits.

Matt Serbousek doubled. Pohl walked twice and scored two runs.

Jeff Holthus doubled and scored one run. Derick Lorentz had two singles.

Al Shiers singled and was hit by a pitch. Adam Kotschwar singled, stole a base and scored on Serbousek's double in the sixth.

Holdrege pitcher Brad Soderholme struck out McCook hitters in a losing effort.

Matt Kudlack had two singles for Holdrege and Brian Mueller doubled.

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at Holdrege 000 000 0 -- 0 5 1

M -- Matt Beckenhauer and Eric Anderson. H -- Brad Soderholme and Scott Wheeler, Jesse Grimm. W -- Beckenhauer. L -- Soderholme. 2B -- Matt Serbousek, M; Brian Mueller, H.

McCook 13,

Cozad 0

Pohl started off as ominously as Beckenhauer. He walked the first batter he faced.

He walked just one other batter and struck out nine en route to the six-inning, complete-game victory.

The McCook Seniors scored one run in the top of the first, three in the second, one in the fourth and eight in the sixth on 10 hits.

Serbousek led off the game with a home run.

In the second inning, Kotschwar singled, stole second and third and scored on a passed ball. Serbousek walked, went to second on a wild pitched and scored on a throwing error by the shortstop on a grounder by Beckenhauer.

Beckenhauer scored on Holthus' RBI double.

In the fourth, Kotschwar walked, went to second on a passed ball and third on a fly ball to center field and scored on ground out to second by Beckenhauer.

Lorentz and Shiers singled in runs in the eight-run sixth and Beckenhauer doubled.

Serbousek and Kotschwar each scored three runs and Beckenhauer two. Lorentz had three hits. Serbousek, Holthus and Kotschwar each had two hits.

The McCook Seniors improved to 11-4. The Seniors are scheduled to compete in the North Platte Tournament Saturday and Sunday and host North Platte at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The McCook Juniors are scheduled to compete in the Lexington Tournament today through Sunday and will host North Platte at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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at Cozad 000 000 -- 0 1 4

M -- Quentin Pohl and Eric Anderson. C -- Ryan Wolf, Andrew Chrisinger and Zach Edwards. W -- Pohl. L -- Wolf. 2B -- Matt Beckenhauer, Jeff Holthus, M. HR -- Matt Serbousek, M.

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