Baseball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Spring Creek

Spartans

Margin (Wins)

03/07/26 @ Sparks	25
03/06/26 @ Sparks	17
03/07/26 @ Sparks	15
02/27/26 @ Mohave	14
03/13/26 @ Wooster	10

Spring Creek had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They were the clear victors by a 9-1 margin over the South Tahoe Vikings. Considering the Spartans have won seven games by more than seven runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Hudson Sorenson made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 13 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Those 13 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Spring Creek is undefeated when Sorenson posts two or more runs, but 2-5 otherwise.

In other batting news, Gabe Zubiria was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. He has become a key player for Spring Creek: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Mike Popp, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one RBI.

Spring Creek was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .323 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Spring Creek's win bumped their record up to 9-5. As for South Tahoe, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-8.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Spring Creek will take on rival Churchill County at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, South Tahoe is set to challenge their familiar foe Elko at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.