In Tuesday’s home game on April 23 vs. Oakmont High School, the Nevada Union Varsity Baseball team lost 5-8.
Miners came into the game with an overall score of 7-14, making them 5th in the Foothill Valley League. On the other hand, Oakmont had an overall score of 16-6 and they are 1st in the Foothill Valley League. Oakmont came into this game with a five game winning streak.
The first inning came out very slow with neither team scoring a run, making it 0-0 in the first.
Oakmont gained momentum and were able to get two runs in the second inning making it 0-2.
The Miners fell behind in the 3rd inning when Oakmont got two more runs, with the score at 0-4.
The 4th inning finished slow with no one able to get a run so the score remained unchanged 0-4.
In the 5th inning Miners finally managed to get three runs but were still losing by one which ended up to Oakmont getting two more runs. The Miners were still losing 3-6.
In the 6th inning both teams had some heat in them. But the Miners were not able to get a run, leading to Oakmont getting two more, with the Miners still at the bottom 3-8.
Finally it came to the 7th inning. The Miners channeled their frustration into scoring two runs and Oakmont scored none. Although the Miners didn’t end up winning, they put up a good fight against Oakmont. Final score was 5-8.
