Battle Mountain’s Aiden Ruggles races to third base for a force out against Oasis Academy on Friday.
After starting the Northern 2A season on a high note with a series sweep of Silver Stage, the Battle Mountain High School baseball team was hoping to extend that momentum when it Oasis Academy this past Friday and Saturday.
However, the Bighorns had other ideas, as the Fallon school left with three wins of their own.
Oasis won a single game on Friday 10-0 in five innings and swept a doubleheader on Saturday (18-2 and 6-5).
The Bighorn are in their first year in the 2A, following NIAA realignment last summer. Oasis was a 1A school and own an 8-1 record this year.
The Longhorns dropped to 3-3 in league play and 4-4 overall.
Battle Mountain’s Travis Obieta attempts to throw out an Oasis Academy runner at second base.
Oasis Academy 10, Battle Mountain 0
The Bighorns plated four runs in the first inning and never gave up the advantage, holding the Longhorns to four hits in the Friday series opener.
Oasis added two runs in the third inning and three more in the fifth to win by the run rule.
Oasis Academy 18, Battle Mountain 2
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Battle Mountain scored its first runs of the series in Saturday’s opener with a pair of runs to tie the game in the second inning.
It was all Oasis Academy after that, scoring nine runs in the third inning and five more in the fifth to win by the run rule.
Oasis Academy 6, Battle Mountain 5
After being held to just three hits in the first two games, Battle Mountain saw its offense break loose with nine hits in the final game of the weekend.
The Longhorns led 2-1 after an inning of play and tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning to lead 4-1.
The Bighorn broke through in the fifth inning with four runs and added a much-needed insurance run in the seventh to go in front 6-4.
Battle Mountain rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring a single run but could not get the tying or winning run across home plate.
Battle Mountain hosts Incline on Friday at 4 p.m. and a doubleheader on Saturday at 10 a.m.