Baseball Recap: Five Straight Road Wins for Tombstone

Yellow Jackets

Margin (Wins)

04/04/25 @ San Miguel	15
04/01/25 @ St. Augustine Catholic	14
03/21/25 vs Desert Christian	14
03/24/25 vs Morenci	13
03/04/25 @ Willcox	12

While Tombstone put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for San Miguel. The Yellow Jackets blew past the Vipers 15-0. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won nine contests by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Kelly Bliss was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-5.

In other batting news, Tombstone let Erik Koehler and Trey Franklin run wild. Koehler scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Franklin scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Andrew Dorcy, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI.

Tombstone kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. They are undefeated (9-0) when they post 11 or more hits.

Tombstone pushed their record up to 13-5-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for San Miguel, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Tombstone will welcome Phoenix Christian at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Yellow Jackets 3.5, the Cougars 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for San Miguel, they will be playing at home against St. Augustine Catholic at 5:45 p.m. on Friday.