PCHS stretches winning streak to seven

Things are looking up for the Pershing County High School baseball team.

For the first time since 2017, they've chalked up more than four wins in a season. 

Last Tuesday (March 21), they beat Silver Stage 11-9 at home. 

This past Friday, the Mustangs hosted Mineral County in a doubleheader (12-0, 13-3). They ended the week on the road against Silver Stage with more success (16-3, 11-1). It added up to a 5-0 week.

"We saw great pitching performances out of Ayden Montes, Wyatt Diaz, Taylor Montes Trenton Rhodes and Blake Burrows. It's cool that the five games we won this week were all won by different pitchers. It speaks to our depth and ability to play good defense behind those pitchers," said coach Jared Jensen. 

Diaz and Burrows are seniors. Ayden Montes, Taylor Montes and Rhodes are freshmen.

PCHS takes late lead against Silver Stage

"We didn't play up to our standards and still pulled out the win," said Jensen. 

The Mustangs fought back from a 9-4 deficit. The game tied at 9 with the Mustangs batting in the bottom of the sixth when Ayden Montes singled on an 0-2 count, scoring one run. 

Freshman slugger Ayden Montes went 5-for-5 at the plate and pitched the Mustangs to victory. He lasted three innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, striking out eight and walking one.

Diaz tosses no-hitter against Mineral County

In the opener, Taylor Montes drove in four runs and went 1-for-3 at the plate. Blake Burrows went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead the Mustangs in hits. 

Montes led Pershing County with three stolen bases. 

Senior hurler Wyatt Diaz allowed zero hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out nine and walking one.

The nightcap tied at one with the Mustangs batting in the bottom of the fourth when Ayden Montes singled on a 2-1 count, scoring one run to break the tie.

Pershing County had a big fifth inning with Ayden Montes, Trenton Rhodes, Blake Burrows, Taylor Montes, Jacob Burke and Conner Fecht all driving in runs. 

Freshman pitcher Taylor Montes went six innings, allowing three runs on four hits and striking out two.

PCHS coasts to wins over Silver Stage

Pershing gave up three runs in the second inning of the opener but made up for it later. 

They scored five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to seal the win. Ayden Montes, Taylor Montes, Wyatt Diaz and Wyatt Hughes all drove in fifth-inning runs. 

Freshman Trenton Rhodes went five-and-two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on three hits and striking out 12.

In the nightcap, Pershing took control early and never let up. The Mustangs tallied four runs in the fifth inning. Diaz led the offensive onslaught with a groundout. Rhodes doubled.

Senior Blake Burrows recorded the win. He went five innings, allowing three hits and one run while striking out six and walking zero.

Upcoming games

This Friday and Saturday Lovelock plays the Wolverines in West Wendover for a triple header. Tuesday, April 4, the Mustangs play Incline for the third of a 3-game series.

On Saturday, April 8, they host the North Tahoe Lakers in a doubleheader at 10 a.m. and noon.

"We saw improvement in our overall game. We have a big challenge coming up next week and hope to ride this momentum into our next series. We had to learn how to win this season as wins haven't come easy in recent years. We have a lot left to accomplish this season but we're on the right track now," said Jensen.