Baseball Recap: Tularosa Comes Up Short

If Tularosa was feeling good fresh off their 18-8 takedown of Texico on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Wildcats fell 11-8 to the New Mexico Military Institute Colts on Monday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Colts recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.

Tularosa saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Holguin, who went 1-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

Tularosa's loss dropped their record down to 13-7. As for New Mexico Military Institute, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.

Tularosa will challenge Hot Springs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Tigers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.95 runs per game on average), something the Wildcats will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for New Mexico Military Institute, they will take on Ruidoso at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.