Baseball Recap: Yerington Lions vs. Silver Stage Nighthawks
Yerington can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Silver Stage Nighthawks with a sharp 13-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Yerington.
Valor Angle spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Yerington let Alexis Martinez and Kyson Shramek loose on the outfield. Martinez scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Shramek scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Colby Rowe, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
On Silver Stage's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Haroldson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Silver Stage didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Yerington is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Silver Stage, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-15.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Yerington beat Silver Stage by a score of 10-5 later that day.
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