Baseball Game Preview: Spring Creek Spartans vs. Elko Indians

Spartans

Runs

03/22/25 @ Dayton	14
03/22/25 @ Dayton	16
03/21/25 @ Dayton	2
03/15/25 @ Sparks	18
03/15/25 @ Sparks	11
+ 9 more games

The Spring Creek Spartans will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Elko Indians at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Spring Creek is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.

Spring Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Dayton, who was ranked 24th at the time (Spring Creek was ranked 20th). Spring Creek put the hurt on Dayton with a sharp 14-5 victory on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.

Spring Creek got a massive performance out of Gabriel Zubiria, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan DeFevre, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.

Spring Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .558. The last time their OBP was this high was back in February.

Meanwhile, Elko didn't have quite enough to beat Burley on Tuesday and fell 7-6.

Ryder Miller made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.

Elko's loss dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Spring Creek, their win bumped their record up to 10-4.

Spring Creek was able to grind out a solid victory over Elko when the teams last played back in May of 2024, winning 11-6. Will Spring Creek repeat their success, or does Elko has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.