Baseball Recap: Kingman Finds Home Field Redemption Against Bourgade Catholic

Bulldogs

Previous 5 Games

03/06/25 vs Bourgade Catholic	11-1
03/04/25 @ Northwest Christian	5-6
03/01/25 @ Cactus	6-2
03/01/25 vs Cortez	11-0
02/28/25 @ Arizona Lutheran Academy	4-2

There's no place like home for Kingman, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Bourgade Catholic Golden Eagles on Thursday as the Kingman Bulldogs made off with an 11-1 victory. With that win, the Bulldogs brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.

Codey Padilla made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single earned run, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in April of 2024. He was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one double.

In other batting news, Kingman let Canton Collins and Garrick Hallman run wild. Collins scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Hallman scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Hallman has posted since back in February of 2024. Cash Collins also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Kingman hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most three strikeouts in five consecutive games.

Kingman's record is now 5-1. As for Bourgade Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.

Coming up, Kingman will welcome Monument Valley at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kingman is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. After both having extra time off, Bourgade Catholic and Gilbert Christian will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on March 18th. Bourgade Catholic has given up an average of 12.4 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.