Baseball Recap: St. Johns Drops Season-High Score on Pinon

Redskins

Team Score (Highest)

04/04/25 vs Pinon	16
04/01/25 vs Hopi	13
03/31/25 vs San Manuel	11
03/20/25 @ Snowflake	8
03/17/25 vs Morenci	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Johns). They blew past the Pinon Eagles 16-2 on Friday. The Redskins haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

McKray Johnson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. St. Johns is 2-1 when Johnson allows two or fewer hits, but 4-7 otherwise. Johnson was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.

In other batting news, Dane Avila and T Platt did most of the damage at the plate: Avila scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Platt scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Avila a new career-high in RBI (three). Juan Calderon was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

St. Johns hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters in three consecutive matches.

St. Johns pushed their record up to 6-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Pinon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-5.

Coming up, St. Johns will take on Joseph City at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. The Redskins are facing the Wildcats at the right time seeing as the Wildcats are stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Pinon, they will square off against Northland Prep Academy at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Eagles' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Spartans have averaged an impressive 9.3 runs per game this season.