Baseball Recap: Mineral County Serpents vs. Smith Valley Bulldogs
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mineral County can now relate to. They lost 17-1 to the Smith Valley Bulldogs on Friday. Mineral County just can't catch a break and has now endured three defeats in a row.
Mineral County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Ethridge, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
On Smith Valley's side, the team relied heavily on Wyatt Wulfing, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and two stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Berumen, who went 2-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and a triple.
Mineral County's loss dropped their record down to 6-18. As for Smith Valley, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-1.
Mineral County is on the road again on Friday to play Excel Christian at 3:30 p.m. One thing working in Excel Christian's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last eight contests. As for Smith Valley, they will take on Wells at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the match having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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