Baseball Recap: Centennial Beats Rio Grande for Their Fifth Straight Win

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

03/08/25 vs Del Norte	25
03/08/25 vs Del Norte	16
04/02/25 vs Alamogordo	14
05/09/25 vs Rio Grande	10
04/17/25 @ Gadsden	10

With a playoff win on the line, Centennial rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Rio Grande Ravens as they made off with a 16-6 win. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won nine matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Gilberto Torres was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched five innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and two doubles. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nick Raitt, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mateo Marquez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.

Centennial always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory was the fifth in a row for Centennial, bringing their record up to 21-6. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Rio Grande, with the defeat, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 17-10.

Centennial will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Ravens: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.