{"id":2369,"date":"2026-04-01T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:24:50","slug":"rally-falls-short-for-baltic-baseball-against-mccook-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/2026\/04\/01\/rally-falls-short-for-baltic-baseball-against-mccook-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally Falls Short for Baltic Baseball Against McCook Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The Baltic high school baseball team traveled to Salem to play McCook Central on Tuesday, March 31st.\u00a0 Baltic put a rally together in the top of the seventh inning, but the rally fell short as McCook Central took the win 10-7.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless first inning, McCook Central scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning for a 2-0 lead.\u00a0 Jackson Goehring had a two-run double and then later scored on a steal of home in the top of the third to put Baltic ahead 3-2.\u00a0 McCook Central scored two more times in the bottom of the third to retake the lead 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth inning was scoreless, but McCook Central had a five-run bottom of the fifth inning.\u00a0 They would add another run in the bottom of the sixth to lead 10-3 going into the top of the seventh inning.\u00a0 Laken Kortemeyer, Cale Roach, and Elias Oakley all had RBI singles in the inning.\u00a0 Isaac Oakley added an RBI double to make the score 10-7, but McCook Central was able to stop the really to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>E. 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