Softball Recap: Haisley Huffman can't quite lead Tucumcari over Ruidoso

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 11:46am

Softball Recap: Tucumcari Rattlers vs. Ruidoso Warriors

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Tucumcari can now relate to. They lost 13-3 to the Ruidoso Warriors on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for Tucumcari in their matchups with Ruidoso: they've now lost seven in a row.

Tucumcari saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Haisley Huffman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of July Lafferty, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a stolen base.

Tucumcari now has a losing record at 12-13. As for Ruidoso, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.

Tucumcari does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ruidoso, they will take on Robertson at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams will come into the match having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps