The Yerington Lions will take on the Needles Mustangs at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yerington is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Yerington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past North Tahoe 15-8. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won 21 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Valor Angle and Brody Carlgren did most of the damage at the plate: Angle got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Carlgren got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Colby Rowe, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Needles didn't have quite enough to beat Lake Mead Christian Academy on Saturday and fell 8-7. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
JD Lusk was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Robert Tapia was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.
Yerington's victory bumped their record up to 29-4. As for Needles, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-10-1.
Yerington suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Needles in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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