U-Save Pharmacy suffers setback in Classic

The U-Save Pharmacy Classic ended on a sour note for the host team Sunday at Ryder Park.

Lincoln (East) Whitehead Oil scored four runs in the top of the third inning after its first two batters were retired. And it went downhill from there for U-Save Pharmacy in an 11-3 setback.

The thing about it is as pleased as Ive been with the progress over the last couple of weeks, we took a couple huge steps backwards tonight, U-Save Pharmacy coach Joe Wells said. Concentration, mental focus all those things werent there.

Whitehead Oils first two batters grounded out to second base in the top of the third inning of a scoreless game. But the next seven all reached safely on five hits, a walk and an error.

Matt Crouch hit a two-run single and Creighton Wilke and Kyle Warkow added RBI singles.

We had a number of chances to get out of that inning, Wells said. We had a chance to get out of it without a run scoring, then we had a chance to get out of it with just two runs scoring. We didnt execute like weve talked about all year long.

If you walk people and then kick it around a little bit in the infield, sooner or later somebodys going to get a hit. Thats what happened and they strung three or four together.

Whitehead Oil added three more runs in the fifth to go up 7-0, but U-Save Pharmacy did get those three runs back in the bottom of the frame.

Isac Splattstoessers triple scored Jordan Lemburg and Tyler Fitzke. Splattstoesser advanced to home on an error on the play.

But Whitehead Oil tacked on four more runs over the final two innings, and the highlights were few and far between for U-Save Pharmacy.

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U-Save Pharmacy suffers setback in Classic