Hastings Tribune.com

Big inning costs Runza in finale of tourney
Gene Ray
sports@hastingstribune.com

Amy Roh/Tribune
Hastings base runner Kyle Stromer is caught in a rundown between Skutt Catholic shortstop Michael Vankat and third baseman Dillon Duren in the third inning of their first game Saturday at Duncan Field.

Hastings Runza nearly climbed out of a hole that looked too deep Sunday afternoon.
Runza fell behind 9-4 in the fifth inning. But Hastings bounced back for four runs in the final three frames before Lincoln East held on for a 9-8 win in the last game of the Runza legion junior baseball tournament at Duncan Field.
Hastings ended the tourney with a 2-2 record while Lincoln East finished at 3-1. Creighton Prep went 4-0 to top the field in the three-day event.
Four Runza pitchers couldn’t stem the tide against Lincoln East in the fifth frame that saw the winners notch all nine of its runs.
“It starts to snowball, and that happens with young kids a lot,” Runza coach Aaron Hyde said. “(Pitchers) start to see an error or two and they feel then that they need to do it all themselves, and that’s not the case.”