Baseball Recap: Bloom Drops Highest Score of Season Against Thornton

Blazing Trojan

Team Score (Highest)

05/15/25 @ Thornton	26
05/07/25 vs Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus	22
04/24/25 vs Thornridge	20
05/14/25 vs Thornton	17
05/12/25 @ Thornton	17

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bloom). They were the clear victors by a 26-1 margin over the Thornton Wildcats on Thursday. Considering the Blazing Trojan have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

D'Majae Montgomery was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of Bloom's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 6-2 (and 9-10 when he doesn't). Montgomery was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Christian Mendoza was incredible, firing off two home runs, three stolen bases, and six RBI while going 2-for-4. He also scored four runs, which is notable because Bloom is 9-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 6-11 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Talen Taverne, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and one RBI.

Bloom lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

The win made it two in a row for Bloom and bumps their season record up to 15-12. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 8 runs in those games. As for Thornton, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-15-1.

Bloom wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 6-2 win against Thornwood on the 19th. As for Thornton, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 0-0 victory against Intrinsic Charter School Downtown Campus on the 19th.