Baseball Recap: Chaparral Lobos vs. Belen Eagles
Lobos
| 03/20/25 @ Cobre | 22 |
| 04/29/25 @ Silver | 14 |
| 03/25/25 vs Hot Springs | 13 |
| 05/02/25 vs Silver | 12 |
| 03/27/25 vs Eunice | 12 |
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Chaparral walked away with it. Everything went their way against the Belen Eagles on Friday as they made off with a 15-5 victory. Considering the Lobos have won 12 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Michael Molina and Israel Nieto made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Molina didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Meanwhile, Nieto tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Chaparral's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is undefeated (and 9-11 when he doesn't). At the plate, Molina got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Nieto got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most runs Nieto has posted since back in March.
In other batting news, Carlos Torres was incredible, going 4-for-5 with three stolen bases, four runs, and three RBI. Chaparral is 8-2 when Torres posts two or more runs, but 8-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Justin Castillo, who went 2-for-4 with three runs.
Chaparral was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .405. They are 10-2 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
The win was the fifth in a row for Chaparral, bringing their record up to 16-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.4 runs over those games. As for Belen, they moved to 18-9 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Chaparral will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Eagles: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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