Baseball Recap: Tucumcari Comes Up Short

If Tucumcari was feeling good fresh off their 27-6 takedown of Estancia last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rattlers lost 17-3 to the Melrose Buffaloes on Thursday. The contest marked the Rattlers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Trip Payn

Runs

04/01/25 vs Estancia	3
03/28/25 @ Raton	3
04/03/25 @ Melrose	2
03/29/25 vs Texico	1
03/27/25 @ Hatch Valley	1
+ 1 more games

Trip Payn was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Tucumcari is 2-1 when Payn posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise.

The defeat snapped Tucumcari's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-4 record. As for Melrose, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Tucumcari will welcome Raton at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Rattlers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Tigers have averaged an impressive 8.2 runs per game this season. As for Melrose, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Floyd at 2:00 p.m. The Broncos have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 16.5 runs per game on average), something the Buffaloes will no doubt try to take advantage of.