Blackwell Flycatchers Rally Past North Platte 8-2

June 7 2024 The Blackwell Flycatchers scored seven runs in the ninth inning to pull away for an 8-2 victory over the North Platte 80s. Blackwell finished with 10 hits while North Platte collected two.

North Platte took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and added another run in the fifth, but Blackwell answered with a run in the fifth before its decisive ninth-inning outburst. The Flycatchers sent seven runs across in the final inning to turn a 2-1 deficit into an 8-2 win.

Jack Skantze went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Ryan Salinas and Dominic Pisano also had two hits apiece. D. Burroughs doubled and drove in a run, and Ty Andrews and Tyler Carpenter each added an RBI. Blackwell recorded three doubles overall and no home runs.

Matthew Hickey earned the win after allowing two runs on two hits over eight innings while striking out 11 and walking one. Both runs were recorded as unearned. Jason Harper worked a scoreless ninth with one strikeout. North Platte starter K. Wright held Blackwell to one run on six hits over seven innings, but Ryan Schroeder was charged with the loss after Blackwells ninth-inning rally.