Baseball Recap: Mt. Shasta Sets Scoring Season-High Against Etna

By Team Reports Apr 26, 2025, 10:22am

Baseball Recap: Mt. Shasta Bears vs. Etna Lions

Bears

Team Score (Highest)

04/25/25 vs Etna14
04/11/25 @ Fall River13
04/04/25 vs Weed12
03/04/25 @ Corning12
04/16/25 @ Enterprise6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mt. Shasta). They walked away with a 14-9 win over the Etna Lions on Friday. This was payback for the Bears, who suffered a 9-1 loss the last time these two teams met.

The team relied heavily on Hayden Porteous, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with four runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Mt. Shasta's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 6-10 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was SETH SMITH, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.

Mt. Shasta always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Mt. Shasta's victory bumped their record up to 9-10. As for Etna, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 11-5.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Mt. Shasta beat the Lions by a score of 2-1 later that day.

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