Baseball Recap: Centennial Wins High-Profile Match Against Mayfield

Centennial faced Mayfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Hawks won by a run and slipped past the Trojans 2-1. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.

The team relied heavily on Cole Alons, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one RBI. Mateo Marquez was another key player, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases.

Hawks

Previous 5 Games (Away)

04/10/25 @ Mayfield	2-1
04/10/25 @ Mayfield	10-2
03/31/25 @ Alamogordo	5-1
03/26/25 @ Roswell	8-5
03/26/25 @ Roswell	7-3

Centennial's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Mayfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-9-1.

Coming up, Centennial will challenge Gadsden at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The Hawks are facing the Panthers at the right time seeing as the Panthers are stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Mayfield, they will square off against Alamogordo at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The Trojans will also cruise into their next match with the timing on their side: the Tigers will have lost nine straight heading into Monday's game.