Baseball Recap: Silver Stage Comes Up Short

Silver Stage extended their losing streak to nine on Monday, dropping their season record down to 6-18 in the process. They lost 11-1 to the North Tahoe Lakers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lakers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-0 last Tuesday.

Silver Stage saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landen Wolf, who went 2-for-3 with one run.

As for North Tahoe, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games.

On North Tahoe's side, Peter Rusek made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Those 12 strikeouts gave Rusek a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Noah Glickman, who went 1-for-3 with five stolen bases and three runs. Those five stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gray Ewing, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: North Tahoe beat Silver Stage by a score of 14-3 later that day.