The Battle Mountain High School baseball team rounded out its season this past Friday in Tahoe City, Calif., with a doubleheader against North Tahoe.
The Lakers won the opener 5-2, with the Longhorns bouncing back to win the season finale 7-6.
Battle Mountain concluded the year at 6-19 overall and 5-18 in the Northern 2A.
North Tahoe 5,
Battle Mountain 2
The Lakers grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning and had 13 hits in the game but could not shake off Battle Mountain.
The Longhorns plated a pair of runs, including a steal of home by Angel Guadarrama. That proved to be all the offense for Battle Mountain.
North Tahoe rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, with four straight singles to score three runs.
Battle Mountain was retired in order in the seventh to end the contest.
Freshman Keegan Peasnall threw the first five innings for the Longhorns and suffered the loss. He struck out three and walked two. Jake Perrone finished the final inning.
Battle Mountain 7, North Tahoe 6
In the nightcap of the doubleheader, both teams each scored two runs in the first inning, when the Longhorns broke out to a 5-2 advantage in the top of the second inning.
Colton Mills gave Battle Mountain a 4-2 lead in the frame with a two-RBI single that scored Guadarrama and Daniel Lara. Wiatt Kelley added to the advantage with a single to score Mills.
The back-and-forth fight continued, as the Lakers came back with three runs in the bottom of the third inning.
The Longhorns had another answer and took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth inning.
Mills started the rally once again with a leadoff single, followed by a double from Liam Bundrock and a single from Kelley to provide the winning runs.
Peasnall struck out four batters in the final two innings, as North Tahoe went down in order in the sixth and seventh innings.
Perrone struck out nine in his five innings of work. Kelley and Mills each finished with three hits and Peasnall had two.