The Battle Mountain High School baseball team continued its winning ways in the Northern 2A, with three victories in four games last week.
The Longhorns were in Lovelock on Tuesday, March 28, to make up a game that postponed earlier in the season due to rain. Battle Mountain was not able to complete the sweep of the Mustangs, with Pershing County pulling out a 9-6 win.
Battle Mountain bounced back in a big way this past weekend, winning three games over White Pine by a 37-2 margin.
The Longhorns dominated the first game of the doubleheader on Friday with a 15-0 win that saw them score 10 runs in the first inning. The contest ended in the fourth inning due to the NIAA 15-run mercy rule.
Battle Mountain pitching was dominant, allowing just one hit. The only other base runner for the Bobcats came on a walk.
The second game of the day was a scoreless fight for four innings, when Battle Mountain exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game on the mercy rule at 10-0.
For the second game in a row, Battle Mountain allowed just one hit, while striking out four White Pine batters.
White Pine scored its first runs of the weekend and led 2-0 in the first inning in Saturday’s finale. However, it was all Battle Mountain after that. The Longhorns answered back with six runs in the bottom of the first inning and did not look back. Battle Mountain scored three times in the third inning and twice more in the fourth to win 12-2.
Battle Mountain moved into second place in the Northern 2A at 6-3 and 8-4 overall. Yerington leads the league at 8-0.
The Longhorns are back home to take on Incline in a doubleheader on Friday at 2 p.m. They will play a single game on Saturday at 10 a.m. The Highlanders are third in the league at 5-3.
