Baseball Recap: Maricopa Takes a Loss

Maricopa extended their losing streak to four on Monday, dropping their season record down to 8-18 in the process. They lost 11-2 to the Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks. The Rams were not able to make up for their loss to the Nighthawks from their previous meeting back in April of 2015.

Maricopa saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Hawkins, who went 2-for-3 with one run.

As for Ironwood Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games.

On Ironwood Ridge's side, Angel Figueroa was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most RBI Figueroa has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristin McQuay, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run.

As of now, neither Maricopa nor Ironwood Ridge have any future games scheduled.