PUEBLO, Colo. — The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team kept its season alive Thursday night.
After managing four hits in a 6-3 loss to Lamar Community College earlier in the day, the Cougars’ Jin Kobayakawa was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle as WNCC downed McCook 6-3 in a Region IX tournament elimination game.
The Cougars were scheduled for another must-win game Friday afternoon and the tournament continues through Sunday.
WNCC finished with nine hits against McCook as Kobayakawa went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Calab Caciari and Ren Sato each had two hits. Caciari had a home run with two RBI, while Sato had a double with an RBI.
The Cougars also got a strong pitching performance from Starter Rocco Harmon, who pitched into the seventh inning and allowed six hits, three runs and struck out four. Alex Renfrow earned the save.
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WNCC took the lead with two runs in the third inning. Vaughn Wilson led off with a double and then Kobayakawa drove the third pitch of his at-bat over the leftfield fence.
