The Sparks High baseball team came up on the short end of a pair of preseason tournament tilts Friday.

The Railroaders fell to Bishop, Calif, 6-3, and Dayton, 6-5, on Day 1 of the season-opening Yerington Tournament. Tournament rules call for games to end after a completed inning, following an hour and 15 minutes of play.

Sparks was hurt in the first game by five second-inning Bishop runs. The Railroaders led 2-1 after single scores in the top of the first and second frames.

Jake Kozlowski singled and circled the sacks in the first inning for the first Sparks run. After Bishop knotted the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first, Sparks’ Danny Monroe reached on a error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Chris Long in the top of inning two.

Unfortunately for SHS fans, their Railroaders helped Bishop out a bit in the bottom of the second. Bishop scored its five runs on only two hits. Two walks and a hit batter helped the California school’s cause in the rally.

An opponent’s big inning hurt Sparks again in the Railroaders’ second game. An RBI double by Chris Haun and a sacrifice fly by Kent Orta gave Sparks a 2-0 lead after the top of the first against Dayton.

The lead was short lived as Dayton responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Sparks added a single run in the third and two more in the fourth but was still saddled with the one-run loss.

“I’ve got mixed feelings about today,” first-year Sparks coach Greg Vasko said. “We did some positive things and we have some things we need to work on ... I’m positive. It’s early. We need to work on the little things because they can help you win games or they can help you lose games.”

The Railroaders continue tournament action today. They play Battle Mountain at 9 a.m. and ROP at 3 p.m.

•Also in Yerington, the Sparks softball team was in preseason tournament action. The Railroaders split a pair of tourney tilts, falling to Yerington 11-3 but bouncing back to knock off Lovelock 6-3.

Sparks continues play in the round-robin event today. It faces Fernley and Lowry at 10:30 and 3 p.m. respectively.

“I’m feeling pretty good. Mostly, we’re just trying to get better at what we’re doing. The girls want to gain confidence and they will with every game,” Sparks coach Frank Avilla said.