Fallon second baseman Shaylee Coldwell tries to turn a double play against the Spartans.
Photo by Thomas Ranson.
The Lady Wave defeated another Elko County team over the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader from Spring Creek on Saturday at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex.
After snaring a road win at Spring Creek on Wednesday, Fallon returned home to take two games, 15-5 and 11-1, to improve its record to 8-4 overall and in the Northern 3A-East. The Lady Wave have won seven straight games including a three-game sweep against Elko earlier this month.
Fallon plays Dayton at home on Wednesday at 3 p.m., and then travels to the Dayton for a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. This is the final regular season series of the year.
The Lady Wave put the finishing touches on the Spring Creek series with a convincing 15-5 win behind the pitching of Rachel Mori. Fallon had taken a 4-2 over the first three inning before erupting for 11 runs in the fourth and fifth frames. The game ended after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Lydia Bergman’s single to left field on an 0-1 pitch started Fallon’s drive in the fourth inning to wrap up the game. After stealing second and d to third on a passed ball, Savana Manha nailed a single to give Fallon a 5-2 lead. Kiley Wallace’s two-run double and Reece Hutchings, who later scored on a passed ball, tripled to give Fallon a nine-run lead.
Fallon wasn’t finished, yet. With the bases loaded, Shaylee Fagg brought home a win after being hit by a pitch.
The Wave finished the game in the fifth with a thunderous hit. An error and ground out scored a pair of runs, but Bergman’s three-run blast to the deepest part of the outfield ended the game.
In picking up the win, Mori struck out six and walked one while scattering 10 hits.
Spring Creek took a 2-0 win in the top of the first inning on Janeigha Stutesman’s single and on an error.
Fallon’s Shaylee Coldwell reached base for Fallon in the bottom of the inning, and she eventually scored on an error.
Wildness from Spring Creek led to all three of Fallon’s runs. Bergman raced home on a passed ball, and Hudsyn Clark walked with the bases loaded. Mori was hit by a pitch to drive in the Greenwave's fourth run.
The Wave jumped on Spring Creek in the first game with seven runs in the first two innings.
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Fallon's Shayda Lofthouse pitches the Lady Wave to a Game 1 win over Spring Creek on Saturday.
Fagg singled in the bottom of the second to drive in a run, and Manha’s two-run single gave Fallon a 7-1 lead.
Th Lady Wave scored its final three runs on a passed ball, a bases-loaded walk and Mori hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Junior pitcher Shayda Lofthouse has little problem with the Spartans, allowing four hits, striking out one and walking one.
Fallon defeats Spring Creek on the road
On Wednesday, the visiting Lady Greenwave put up their runs in bunches early and cruised to a 14-4 victory over the Lady Spartans.
The first run of the contest came in style, as sophomore Lydia Bergman left the yard with a solo home run over the left-field fence for a 1-0 lead.
Senior Shaylee Fagg continued the momentum with a single on the ground to left, advanced to third from an error at first base. Another error on a fly ball to shortstop from senior Savana Manha allowed Fagg to roll home for a 2-0 advantage.
The Lady Spartans escaped a deeper hole with a 1-3 groundout back to the circle with a flip from junior Janeigha Stutesman to senior Nyha Harris.
In the home half of the first, Spring Creek cut the deficit in half.
The Lady Spartans — like the Lady Wave — used an error to their benefit.
Trailing 2-1, the scored changed drastically in the top of the second — Spring Creek giving up a seven-spot.
Freshman Reece Hutchings led off with a walk, junior Emily Clyburn legged out an infield base hit to third and senior Raelynn Neumann drove in Hutchings with an RBI single to opposite-right field.
Fallon grabbed a 4-1 lead. Clyburn scored on an RBI single to left field by junior Shaylee Coldwell.
An error at third base allowed freshman Kiley Wallace to load the bases, and Bergman cleared the paths with a line-drove rocket down the line in left field — scoring three runs for a 7-1 advantage with her double.
Following a Stutesman strikeout, Trinity Helton drove in Bergman.
The Lady Spartans momentarily stopped the bleeding with a pickoff at third base, Fagg tagged out by sophomore Abigail MacDiarmid.
Bergman drilled a one-out triple to left-center in the third inning and scored on an error at third on a groundball by Fagg.
Hutchings slammed a three-run bomb over the left-field fence.
The Lady Wave’s third two-out rally — accounting for six runs — opened a 13-1 lead.
Spring Creek threatened to put up a big number in the bottom of the third but scored only one run.
Chiquete led off with a base knock for the second time — sending a ball the opposite way to the right field — and an error short allowed Grasmick to reach safely.
A walk to Stutesman crammed the bases full, and Chiquete darted home on a passed ball.
However, the Lady Spartans ran into an out at home as Manha collected the ball and tossed to Helton for an easy tag at the plate.
Stutesman advanced to third base, but the second out was recorded in 6-3 style with a soft groundball.
In almost an instant replay, the inning ended with a slow roller to short for a 6-3 groundout.
Stutesman did her part in the top of the fourth, striking out the side in order.
The Lady Spartans began what could have been another highly-successful frame in the home half with back-to-back base knocks by Harris and Stewart — who stole second base — but a backward K by Helton put one away.
The bases were juiced as junior Riley Moon was hit by a pitch, and a fielder’s choice grounder by Chiquete crossed Harris.
With the paths still packed, a pick-off at first base ended the inning — the Lady Spartans stranding three and trailing by 10 at 13-3.
The long ball pushed the margin to 11 in the top of the fifth.
Bergman ripped her second dinger of the ballgame in the leadoff spot for a 14-3 cushion.
Spring Creek shut down the frame by retiring the next-three batters in order, but the Lady Spartans went to the bottom of the fifth needing at least a pair of runs to extend the contest.
Grasmick kept hopes alive with a leadoff double to left field and stole third base, but the next batter was struck out by Helton.
Freyensee scored Grasmick with an RBI single to center field, but the game drew to a quick close as Fallon turned a 6-4-3 double play.
The Lady Wave took the series opener by a final of 14-4 in five innings due to the 10-run rule.
Bergman was electric for Fallon — finishing a perfect 4-for-4 at the dish — each of her four hits going for extra bases with a double, a triple and two home runs.
She drove in five runs and scored four of her own.
Hutching was 1-for-1 at the plate with three RBIs on her three-run ball that flew the yard, and she scored a pair of runs of her own.
Fagg hit 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored two runs.
Anthony Mori of the Elko Daily Free Press contributed to this article.
