HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Eli Cline awaits a throw for Pahrump Valley, in the Trojans' 14-0 loss to visiting Las Vegas Bishop Gorman in Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A Division baseball Monday. Advertisement

Still shorthanded for a variey of reasons, the Pahrump Valley High School baseball team didn't threaten powerful Las Vegas Bishop Gorman Monday, bowing 14-0 in a Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A Division game, on the Trojans' field.

"At least we didn't give up 20 (runs), like some teams have," said Chris Iverson, the Trojans' first-year coach. But the Trojans did have a chance to end the Gaels' shutout streak at three games, getting runners at second and third in the fourth inning.

Winning pitcher Matt Wagner got out of that jam and completed another shutout in the fifth, to complete the run-rule victory.

"We had only 10 players again today, but we hope to have everybody back Tuesday," said Iverson. The Trojans, 1-3 in the Southwest, played at Las Vegas Western in a division game Tuesday.

Last Friday, the Trojans lost 15-0 to Sierra Vista in a division game. Thursday, the Trojans go to Desert Oasis for a Southwest contest.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Pahrump Valley is in the Blazer SportCo Spring Bash, played on Palo Verde and Bonanza high school fields.

On Monday, the Trojans are paired with San Diego (Calif.) Horizon, 8-1, at noon; at 3, they take on Lake Balboa (Calif.) Birmingham, 1-8. Both games are at Palo Verde.

Tuesday, the Trojans face the Northwest Division's Palo Verde at 3 p.m. to complete round-robin action. The tournament concludes with bracket games Wednesday.

In the Bonanza Pool are Legacy, Carson (Calif.) and Huntington Beach (Calif.), along with the Blazers.

Four players hit home runs to lead the Gaels (6-0 division, 8-3 in all games) to their win Monday against the Trojans (1-3, 3-6-1).

Jeff Malm was 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs, while R.J. Santigate (2-for-3, two RBIs), Joey Gallo and Johnny Field also homered.

Erik Van Meetren went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Neil Lawhorn was 2-for-4 with one RBI for Gorman, which outhit the Trojans 16-2.

Elsewhere in the Southwest Monday:

Spring Valley 5, Sierra Vista 3 -- At Sierra Vista, Spring Valley's Billy Bob Ward was 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Grizzlies to a surprise win against the Mountain Lions, now 3-2 in the division, 10-2 in all games.

Aaron Blair and Garrett Blair combined on a six-hitter for the Grizzlies, who led 5-1 after scoring three runs in the top of the third inning. Spring Valley is 2-2 in the division, 7-3 in all games. Matt Holman was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Mountain Lions.

Durango 5, Desert Oasis 2 -- At Durango, Zack Hollenback's two-out double in the bottom of the sixth broke a 2-2 tie as the Trailblazers (3-1, 8-7) beat the Diamondbacks (1-2, 3-6).

Matt Grisnik was 3-for-3 with a run for Durango, which scored three times in the sixth. Billy Richardson allowed two unearned runs on four hits with six strikeouts to get the win.

Bonanza 12, Clark 4 -- At Clark, Heriberto Orozco went 3-for-5 with three doubles and six RBIs to lead the Bengals (2-1, 4-7) over the Chargers (0-4, 0-8).

Hunter Davidson was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs and Kris Bryant and Mario Franzese hit home runs for Bonanza. Clark's Manny Estrada was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Eldorado 13, Western 0 -- In an inter-division game at Eldorado, Jared Hoven was 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs to lead the Sundevils (4-6) to a five-inning rout of the Warriors (2-7).

Eric Larsen pitched a two-hitter with five strikeouts to earn the win. Daniel LeCavalier was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and Cory Keplinger was 2-for-2 with one run and one RBI for Eldorado.

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