GI Home Federal Falls To Elkhorn

(Elkhorn, NE) - The Grand Island Home Federal baseball team fell in a winners bracket game at the state American Division tournament on Sunday night to Elkhorn Ortho Nebraska by a final score of 3-2. It was a nip-and-tuck game throughout as Grand Island would strike first with a run in the top of the 2nd to take an early lead. Elkhorn would then answer with two of their own to take a 2-1 lead after three innings. GI would then tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth. The game would remain tied until the bottom of the seventh when Elkhorn would get a walk-off single to win the game. 

Grand Island would get 5 1/3 innings pitched from started Dyllan Hinrichs giving up 8 hits, 2 runs, on 100 pitches. Gabe Ruiz would come in for an inning and a third for GI giving up 3 hits and 1 run. Six different Home Federal seniors would have a hit in the game including: Foley, Barrientos, Ruiz, Sack, Gannon, and Verplank. 

GI falls now into an elimination bracket with Fremont today (Monday, July 29th) at 4:00 pm. Listen live on KRGI 1430/105.5 & krgi.com 

Final: Elkhorn 3 Feds 2@DyllanHinrichs 5.1 IP 3K’s@Gabriel151516 1.1 IP 2K’s@sack_grayson 1H 2B@verplank_9 1H, RBI@GageGannon1 1H, 2R, 2BB@BroxtonB_23 1H@ethanbrett_5 1H, RBI@IanArends_2 2BB@Gabriel151516 1H@ecoslor8 BB
Home Federal will play Fremont tomorrow at 4:00PM. pic.twitter.com/c7TIASex0Y

— GI Legion Baseball (@LegionGi) July 29, 2024