INDIAN SPRINGS -- Tessa Lounsbury's leadoff home run in the bottom of the eighth inning of the second game allowed the homestanding Thunderbirds to sweep Beatty's Lady Hornets 3-2 and 6-5 in Nevada Class A Central Division fast-pitch softball Monday.

The games were the first for Beatty this spring.

Brandi Bryl, the winning pitcher in both games, also homered in the nightcap.

Bryl tossed a one-hitter in the opener, and Indian Springs scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out the win. Jerilyn Frohlich scored the winning run on a groundout.

Beatty's Danielle Henderson went 3-for-3 in the nightcap.

The linescores:

Indian Springs 3,

Beatty 2

BHS 020 000 0-- 2 1 2

ISHS 000 003 x--3 3 0

Cruz and Henderson; Bryl and Traster. W-Bryl. L-Cruz. HR-Bea: Urich.

Indian Springs 6,

Beatty 5

BHS 030 000 20--5 8 3

ISHS 203 000 01 --6 7 1

Cruz and Henderson; Bryl and Traster. W-Bryl. L-Cruz. 2B-IS: Traster. HR-IS--Bryl, Lounsbury.

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Gorman romps

In a Sunset Region Southwest Class 4-A baseball opener at Cashman Field, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman routed Clark 29-3 Monday.

Jeff Malm was 4-for-4 with a home run and six runs batted in to lead the Gaels to a five-inning rout of the Chargers.

Joey Rickard was 2-for-5 with five RBIs and four runs, Neil Lawhorn was 5-for-5 with four RBIs and four runs and Erik Van Meetren was 3-for-3 with four runs and one RBI for Gorman.

Clark played at Pahrump Valley Tuesday in the Trojans' Southwest opener.

The linescore:

Bishop Gorman 29,

Clark 3

Clark 000 03-- 3 5 1

BG (14)49 2x--29 23 1 Hoag, Delgado (1), Adams (1) and Estrada, Pullen (1); Santigate, Rankin (3), Roper (4), McKimmey (5) and Van Meetren, Lawhorn (3). W-Santigate. L-Hoag. 2B-Clk: Gonzalez; BG: Rickard 2, Field. 3B-Clk: Estrada. HR-BG: Malm.