Fernley baseball sweeps doubleheader from Dayton

The Fernley High baseball swept a doubleheader from Dayton to keep pace in its effort to finish in the top three in the Northern 3A regular season race.

Fernley won the opener 18-8 and the nightcap 14-4 to improve to 10-4 in league play. Brian Reeder had a huge day for the Vaqueros, going 7-for-8 in the two games.

In the opener, Reeder was 4-for-5 and Matt Lambeth homered twice with five RBIs. Cody Wagner was the winning pitcher. Tim Torres went 3-for-4 for Dayton.

Reeder went 3-for-3 and Tim Hines went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBIs for Fernley in the nightcap. Lambeth was the winning pitcher. Matt Bowman and Matt Sumsion each had two hits for the Dust Devils.