Yerington had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Silver Stage Nighthawks with a sharp 15-3 victory. The result was nothing new for Yerington, who have now won 11 games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Casey Bobrick made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Bobrick was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Brianna Valenzuela was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Crystal Valenzuela, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
On Silver Stage's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayla Volkov, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Yerington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Silver Stage, they dropped their record down to 2-12 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Yerington will take on Battle Mountain at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Yerington knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past six matchups -- so hopefully Battle Mountain likes a good challenge. As for Silver Stage, they will head out on the road to square off against North Tahoe at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Silver Stage is facing North Tahoe at the right time seeing as North Tahoe is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.
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