On Sunday, the A's lost to Bellevue West 9-8 in the quarterfinals of the Battle of Omaha.
West came into the game 28-3 for the summer already and was ranked No. 1 at one point in the spring HS season in Class A (the Nebraska equivalent to Minnesota's Class AAAA).
Andrew Hanson started and went 4 1/3 innings. Down 9-7, the A's got back-to-back singles by Hanson and Luke McKeon to lead off the seventh. A sac bunt by Charlie Kong and a groundout by Sterling Homard cut the lead to one and moved the tying run 90 feet away, but the A's couldn't get it in.
Bellevue West 9, Rochester A's 8
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Bellevue West: Sauline 0-for-2, 1 RBI, 1 R; Madsen 0-for-4, 1 R, 2 SB; Dumont 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB; Walker 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R; Goetz 1-for-2, 1 RBI, 2 R; Hlavac 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R; Boryca 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB; Koenigsman 1-for-4 1 RBI. Pitchers:
Rochester A's: Jordan Wright 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R; Will Zmolek 3-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R; Andrew Hanson 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 R; Luke McKeon 3-for-5, 2 RBI, 1 R; Sterling Homard 0-for-5 1 RBI; Travis Rittenhouse 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 R; Jack Bruggenthies 1-for-2 1 R; Andrew Swenson 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 R. Pitchers:Andrew Hanson (LP) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 0 K; Thomas Bruss 0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; Isaac Lynch 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K; Gabe Supalla 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
