Baseball Recap: Yerington Finds Playoff Glory Versus North Tahoe

Lions

Margin (Wins)

03/01/25 @ Pershing County	16
04/19/25 vs Silver Stage	15
04/15/25 @ Silver Stage	15
03/29/25 @ Pershing County	14
05/03/25 @ Sierra Lutheran	12

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Yerington had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against the North Tahoe Lakers as they made off with a 12-3 victory. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 22 games by six runs or more this season.

Valor Angle made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 6.2 innings pitched. Angle was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brent Brinkley, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Brody Carlgren was another key player, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run.

Yerington is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 30-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for North Tahoe, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 18-10.

As of now, neither Yerington nor the Lakers have any future games scheduled.