Knights
| 04/17/25 @ Las Cruces | 11 |
| 04/07/25 vs Alamogordo | 10 |
| 03/31/25 vs Gadsden | 10 |
| 04/03/25 @ Gadsden | 9 |
| 04/10/25 @ Alamogordo | 8 |
Organ Mountain faced Las Cruces in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Knights never let the Bulldawgs get on the board and left with an 11-0 win. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by six runs or more this season.
Brennan McNiece tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Organ Mountain got a massive performance out of Eren De Leon, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double. Those three RBI gave De Leon a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Devyn Garces, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Organ Mountain was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Las Cruces only posted a batting average of .176.
Organ Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Las Cruces, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-5.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Organ Mountain will challenge rival Centennial at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Knights 3.9, the Hawks 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Las Cruces is set to face off against their familiar foe Alamogordo at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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