Mineral County lost against Virginia City on Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Mineral County Serpents wound up on the wrong side of a rough 23-5 walloping at the hands of the Virginia City Muckers. Mineral County has struggled against Virginia City recently, as their game on Saturday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Mineral County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sydney Isom, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Mineral County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Virginia City only tossed four.
On Virginia City's side, they got a massive performance out of Madi Burry, who scored five runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Nanna Lopez, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-6.
Mineral County's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Virginia City, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mineral County will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Pyramid Lake at 3:00 p.m. on April 9th. Mineral County is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season. As for Virginia City, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Whittell at 1:00 p.m. Virginia City is out to stop a seven-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
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