The St. Michael's Horsemen will take on the Sandia Prep Sundevils in a tournament on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Michael's is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 23-1 margin over Bosque on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Horsemen considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Chris Chavez and Lucas Stoll were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Chavez pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Meanwhile, Stoll struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance also gave Chavez a new career-high in strikeouts (five). At the plate, Chavez got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI and two runs, while Stoll scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Derick Saiz
| 04/03/25 vs Bosque | 3 |
| 04/26/24 vs Raton | 2 |
| 03/31/25 @ Capital | 1 |
| 03/29/25 @ Santa Fe | 1 |
| 03/29/25 @ Santa Fe | 1 |
In other batting news, St. Michael's let Michael Giesler and Derick Saiz run wild. Giesler went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs, while Saiz scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave Saiz a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Cedillo, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
St. Michael's was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .591. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, while Sandia Prep put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Pecos. The Sundevils blew past the Panthers 10-0.
Logan Lemons was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two triples, four RBI, and two runs. Lucas Ruelas was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
St. Michael's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Sandia Prep, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
Everything went St. Michael's way against Sandia Prep in their previous matchup last Tuesday, as St. Michael's made off with a 9-0 victory. Do the Horsemen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Sundevils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
