For the second straight game, the Fernley High School baseball team found itself facing some anxious moments in extra innings last Friday. But just like their win in the final game of the series against Fallon the week before, the Vaqueros came through when it mattered most.
Spencer Pryor scrambled home with the winning run on a squeeze bunt by Brock Boyd to give the Vaqueros a 7-6 win in the first game of a three-game series against Lowry last Friday. The Vaqueros then followed up with 12-0 and 12-6 wins on Saturday to complete the series sweep.
The Vaqueros were down to their last out trailing 6-4 in the seventh inning, when Spencer Pryor hit a double that scored Alex Juliot and Riley McCullar to tie the game.
“Huge hit from Spencer Pryor, but some great at-bats before that to get on base,” coach Thomas Chapin said. “Riley leads the league in runs scored and it usually works out in our favor if that guy is on the basepaths at some point.”
McCullar got on base three times Friday, with two hits and a walk, and scored each time. The three batters behind him in the lineup drove in six of Fernley’s runs, three by Spencer Pryor, two by Nikko Pryor and another by Brody Jones.
“I don’t want us to get used to playing extra-inning games like that,” Chapin said. “The best thing about it is the competitiveness. But they’re just being as competitive as possible, wanting to win when they have the chance.”
No such dramatics were needed Saturday. Fernley scored five runs in the first inning, two in the third and five more in the fourth to end the game in five innings. Brody Jones had two hits and drove in three runs, Derek Boelter drove in two in the 12-0 win.
In the finale, Brody Jones, Nikko Pryor and Maverick Parks each drove in two runs to lead the 12-6 win.
“It’s always nice when you get a sweep,” Chapin said. “Those are the best things you can hope for.”
The Vaqueros are now 8-4 in the Northern 3A, and have won eight of their last nine games since being swept by Dayton in the first league series. This week they’re scheduled to play at South Tahoe, with a single game at 3 p.m. Friday and a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. Saturday.
“I’m really happy with how we responded from our Dayton series,” Chapin said. “They’re just playing really good baseball right now.”
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