Baseball Recap: Horizon Has No Trouble Against Canutillo

Scorpions

Margin (Wins)

02/28/25 vs Stanton	17
04/15/25 @ Bel Air	16
05/01/25 vs Canutillo	14
03/13/25 @ Parkland	14
03/08/25 vs Da Vinci	13

It's playoff time, and Horizon had no trouble coming through when it counted. They blew past the Canutillo Eagles 16-2 on Thursday. The Scorpions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.

Franklin Miller made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one stolen base.

In other batting news, Jakob Mapula was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Damian Lopez was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.

Horizon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Canutillo only posted an OBP of .391.

Horizon's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-8. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for Canutillo, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-8-2.

Horizon will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Eagles: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Friday.