West Wendover's game on Saturday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Saturday. They came out on top against the Yerington Lions by a score of 6-2. The game was the first time the Wolverines have beaten the Lions on their field since May 17, 2024.
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Aidien Rodriguez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on one hit and racked up 15 Ks. He has become a key player for West Wendover: the team is 7-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 2-3 otherwise.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Danny Soriano, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
West Wendover has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 9.78 strikeouts in those games compared to only 2.75 in the others. Yerington's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2.
Coming up, West Wendover will head out to square off against North Tahoe at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. West Wendover's pitchers better be ready for this one: North Tahoe has averaged an impressive 8.6 runs per game this season. As for Yerington, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 9-4 win against Pershing County on the 24th.
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