The North Platte First Nationals held off Ogallala Friday night for a 3-2 win at Bill Wood Field.

North Platte (28-17) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning before its offense stalled in a 3-2 win over Ogallala. Ogallala scored a run in the top of the second inning then tied the game up with a run in the fifth inning. The First Nationals regained the lead and scored the winning run in the sixth inning as Darian Allberry scored on an Alex Harms RBI single. North Platte only managed two hits though from the second through the fifth innings.

Marcos Silos started the game on the mound for North Platte and gave up two runs, one earned, on three hits in four plus innings. He also walked two batters and struck out three. Riley Vierya came in, in relief and earned the win by throwing shutout ball for the final three innings. Vierya gave up three hits and walk while striking out three batters.

Harms had the only RBI in the game for the First Nationals as he finished the game 1-3. Allberry went 1-3 with a double and a run scored,  Luke Volz went 2-3 at the plate with a double, and Alec Wesslund also led North Platte at the plate by going 2-3 with a run scored.

The First Nationals continue their stretch of four games in four days  with a Saturday game against Malcolm. The first pitch at Bill Wood Field is scheduled for 1:00 pm. The two teams will meet again Sunday at 11:00 am to finish the regular season for North Platte.