Pershing County’s Wyatt Hughes pitches against North Tahoe with Brian Flores on third at PCHS on Saturday.
The Pershing County High School baseball team hosted North Tahoe for a triple header this past week.
The Mustangs went 0-3, with scores of 8-4, 13-2 and 21-3. It was a letdown for the Mustangs after a strong preseason tournament but they remain excited about the year ahead.
“We had a tough weekend but showed flashes of being really good,” said coach Jared Jensen.
The boys stand at 3-3, overall, and 0-3 in the 2A Northern.
The March 6 game lasted seven innings, as the game was played in Lovelock due to snow in Tahoe City.
The Mustangs outhit the Lakers 6-4 but North Tahoe capitalized on Pershing County errors.
Ayden Montes, Michael Reitz, Aaron Kienbaum and Trenton Rhodes each scored a run for the Mustangs. Montes and Rhodes split the pitching.
Montes struck out five and allowed two runs and three hits. Rhodes struck out six and allowed six runs and a hit.
On March 9, the Lakers and Mustangs played the last two games of the series in Lovelock. In the opener, North Tahoe jumped out with four runs in the first of the five innings.
Pershing County remained scoreless until the fifth inning, when Cade Liebsack and Jake Henderson each scored a run.
Kienbaum and Wyatt Hughes split time on the mound. Kienbaum struck out two and allowed eight runs and three hits. Hughes struck out five and allowed five runs and six hits.
The closing game lasted five innings. Lovelock grabbed an early lead in the second but the Lakers answered with 21 runs over the next three.
Conner Fecht scored two runs for the Mustangs. The other came from Hughes.
Ayden Montes, Reitz, Logan Hunt, Tyler Miller and Zane Guilbault handled the pitching.
On Friday, Pershing County hosts West Wendover at 4 p.m.
On Saturday, the Mustangs host the last the last two games of the series at 10 a.m. and noon.
“Our goal is to become more consistent across the board. It’s a marathon, not a sprint and we have to find our pace again,” said Jensen.