Defensive woes doom Fairbury in loss to Falls City

FAIRBURY, NE — Errors on defensive helped Falls City pull away from Fairbury for a 14-4 victory Thursday afternoon in Fairbury. 

The Jeffs committed nine errors in the loss. That combined with 12 hits for Falls City led to the lopsided result. 

Fairbury held a 2-1 lead after the second inning, but Falls City retook the lead in the third inning, scoring two runs after loading the bases with no outs. 

Up 3-2 entering the fourth inning, Falls City took advantage of multiple Fairbury errors to put up five runs in the inning to open up an 8-2 lead. 

Trailing 9-2 in the fifth, Fairbury got two runs back on a two-run home run from Brendon Runge. It wouldn't be enough, however, as Falls City poured on five more runs before the end of the contest. 

Jaxyn Strauss picked up the win on the mound throwing six innings, giving up eight hits and four runs and recording nine strikeouts. 

Dominic Joe took the loss, throwing 3.1 innings, giving up five hits and seven runs, but zero earned runs and recording one strikeout. 

Next up for Fairbury (3-6) is a triangular against Central City/Fullerton/Centura and Maxwell/North Platte St. Pat's on Monday. Falls City (3-5) will host West Nodaway, Missouri Monday. 

BOX SCORE:

Falls City -  1  0  2  5  1  1  4 -  14 | 12 | 2 
Fairbury   -  1  1  0  0  2 0 0 -   4 | 8  | 9