The Moriarty Pintos will head out to square off against the Grants Pirates at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Moriarty is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Grants will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Moriarty extended their winning streak to three on Wednesday. The Pintos walked away with a 7-3 victory over Taos.
Evan Pacheco
| 03/15/25 @ West Mesa | 9 |
| 04/07/25 @ Los Alamos | 4 |
| 03/11/25 vs Hope Christian | 4 |
| 04/16/25 vs Los Alamos | 3 |
| 03/29/25 vs Bernalillo | 3 |
| + 3 more games |
Evan Pacheco spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits. He is becoming a predictor of Moriarty's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 5-10 when he doesn't).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Raiden Scribner, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grants). Everything went their way against Highland on Friday as they made off with a 28-5 win. Considering the Pirates have won ten matchups by more than eight runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Grants is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Moriarty, they pushed their record up to 9-10 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Moriarty might still be hurting after the 12-3 defeat they got from Grants when the teams last played back in February of 2019. Can the Pintos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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