It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hobbs can now relate to. They lost 13-3 to the Organ Mountain Knights on Friday. Hobbs' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it five in a row.
Hobbs saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaysiah Martinez, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Saul Armendariz, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On Organ Mountain's side, they got a great performance from Randy Bailey as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Bailey has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Alex Venegas was incredible, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Luke Calms was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Hobbs' defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Organ Mountain, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Hobbs by a score of 7-1.
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