Fallon's Damien Towne pitches in the first game against the Spartans.
Photo by Thomas Ranson.
By Anthony Mori Elko Daily Free Press
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
SPRING CREEK — The Fallon baseball team put up a big first inning in the series opener against Spring Creek, extending its lead throughout the contest for a 14-6 victory.
Fallon entertained the Spartans in a doubleheader on Saturday, winning the first game 7-5 and the second, 8-7. The Wave host Dayton at 3 p.m. Wednesday and travel to Dayton for a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. Fallon is 8-4 in league, one game behind division-leading Dayton.
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Against Spring Creek, sophomore Cooper Lee led off the game with a walk and scored the first run of the contest on a one-out base single by senior Matthew Davis to right field.
Junior Tyler Austin placed runners on the corners with a single to left, and sophomore Isaiah Diaz crushed a triple to center field — driving in Adams and Austin for a 5-0 lead.
The Spartans cooked up a little two-out magic of their own in the bottom half.
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Fallon's Steven Moon lines a run-scoring opposite-field hit late in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader sweep over Spring Creek.
With an error on the throw from the mound on a pick-off attempt, Milligan got on his horse and galloped two bases to third. Senior Jaydon Mullins drew a walk and put runners at the corners, but the next-two batters fell victim to strikeouts by Austin.
In the top of the second, Lee led off again and reached on a grounder to short — Davis adding a one-out single to short as well.
However, the Spartans shut down the inning with a double play. Spring Creek inched to within two runs with a score in the home half.
Sophomore David Hutchison led off with a walk, Stewart was hit by a pitch and the bases were crammed full as Milligan dropped a shallow fly ball into left field.
Hutchison was thrown out at home by Austin on a fielder’s choice to Diaz, but Brorby lifted a pitch into right field for a sacrifice fly and crossed Stewart — making the score 5-3.
Another fielder’s choice kept the Wave on top by two, as freshman shortstop Brady Alves stepped on the bag and cost Milligan from scoring.
Fallon senior Damien Towne led off the third inning with an HBP and took third base on a single by Adams, who advanced to second on the throw.
Austin smacked an RBI double to left field — scoring Towne — and a sacrifice fly by Diaz opened a 7-3 lead after Adams tagged up.
Spring Creek limited the damage with consecutive outs on a fly ball to Russell in left field and a dropped-third strike — junior catcher Connor Clarke throwing down to Mullins at first base.
The Spartans gained a run back in the bottom half.
Fallon kept answering whenever the score got close, putting up three runs in the top of the fourth. A single to center field by Avery Strasdin — taking second on the throw — scored Alves and, with runners on second and third, Towne drove in both Davis and Strasdin with a two-run double to left field.
Spring Creek prevented further damage with three straight outs; Harp tossing consecutive Ks and Hutchison fielding a fly ball at third.
Entering the bottom of the fourth, the Spartans trailed 10-4.
Milligan notched his third hit of the contest — a one-out single to left field — and Mullins followed with an HBP.
The Spartans did their jobs defensively in the top of the fifth, notching their first and only one-two-three frame — Milligan charging a fly ball in right field, Mullins fielding a 4-3 groundout to sophomore Riley Smith and Harp closing the inning with a swinging K.
As the game advanced to the later stages, the Greenwave took full control of the outcome with a considerable frame in the top of the sixth.
Davis led off with a single and Strasdin reached on a dribbler in front of the plate from an error by the catcher on the throw to first.
Towne scored Davis with a groundball to right field — advancing Strasdin to third — and Strasdin scored on a balk.
Harp struck out consecutive batters and put two away, but Diaz was hit by a pitch and Towne was crossed by an RBI single on the ground by senior Steven Moon to right field.
A 1-3 groundout back to Harp ended the inning, but the Spartans needed to wake up the bats and score runs in a nine-run hole at 13-4.
In the top of the seventh, the Wave added an insurance run for a 10-run cushion.
Alves drew a leadoff walk, Davis took his second HBP and Strasdin lined an opposite-field single to left.
Towne drove in Alves with a sacrifice fly to left, but Spring Creek only allowed one run in the frame due to consecutive strikeouts by Russell.
