If you ask a student from Green River and Pinnacle High School’s that play any sports if there are games that they circle on the schedule when it comes out, usually it’s when they play each other. And the first time this year the two schools faced off was on the baseball field. The Pirates came away with the 7-3 victory on Tuesday at home.

Last season both games were won by the Pinnacle Panthers, but this year the Pirates apparently have different ideas.

The Pirates jumped out early scoring four runs in the bottom part of the first inning with three of those runs coming from the bat of Jay Mendez who scored an inside the park home run driving in Hoyt Hunt and Ryker Meadows.

In the top of the second, Pinnacle would get on the board when Kaydence Romero would collect a walk scoring Jayson Miller. When the Pirates would come to the plate in the bottom of the inning, Hunt would score off a Meadows double to left and a Mendez steal of home, putting Green River up 6-1.

The bats for both teams would go quiet in the next two innings, but Pinnacle would put up two runs in the fifth as McGuire Kocks and Delbert Lain would cross on a wild pitch and cut the Pirate lead to three. That would be as close as they would get as Green River would come up in the seventh and put up one more run when Hunt would score on a Meadows double.

Meadows would lead the Pirates in this one gathering three hits in four at bats driving in two and scoring one. Hunt had a single scoring three runs.

For the Panthers, Kocks and Miller collected a single and each scored one. Lain also scored in the contest.

Todd McFarland got the start on the hill for Pinnacle, going two, giving up six earned runs on four hits and stuck out four. Kocks came in to go 3 2/3 giving up one earned striking out 10. Michael Schmitz came in to get the final strikeout.

On the mound for the Pirates, Mendez got the start on the hill going 1 1/3 giving up one earned run and struck out three. Christian Venzor entered the game putting in 2 2/3 innings of work surrendering two earned on two hits and striking out three. Jordan Anderson closed it our going three scoreless innings and fanning eight batters.

Next up for both teams is the 1A Preview Tournament taking place in Richfield.

Check back with Castle Country Radio for updates on Both teams as they become available.