Baseball Recap: Grants' Run of Five Straight Victories Now Over

If Grants was feeling good fresh off their 25-1 takedown of Valencia last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Pirates fell just short of the St. Pius X Sartans by a score of 3-1 on Friday. The Pirates were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior), but the Sartans' pitchers proved too tough.

Pirates

Previous 5 Games

04/04/25 @ St. Pius X	1-3
04/01/25 vs Valencia	25-1
03/29/25 vs Kirtland Central	16-1
03/29/25 vs Kirtland Central	13-3
03/26/25 @ Miyamura	10-0

The defeat snapped Grants' winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 9-5 record. As for St. Pius X, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 9-10.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Grants will square off against Gallup at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Bengals will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. As for St. Pius X, they will take on Valencia at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Jaguars have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.13 runs per game on average), something the Sartans will no doubt try to take advantage of.