East Mountain waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top against the New Mexico Military Institute Colts by a score of 10-5. For East Mountain, this counts as revenge for the 9-5 loss New Mexico Military Institute walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April.
The team relied heavily on Charles Birdwell, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Aucker, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On New Mexico Military Institute's side, Tegin Maloney was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Maloney has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Maloney was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Maloney wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Javier Yepiz Galindo, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Yepiz Galindo is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Nicolas Barcenas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, New Mexico Military Institute didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Mountain only tossed three.
East Mountain pushed their record up to 14-7 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for New Mexico Military Institute, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: East Mountain beat New Mexico Military Institute by a score of 21-20 later that day.
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