Baseball Recap: Albuquerque Drops Season-High Score on Farmington

Bulldogs

Team Score (Highest)

03/27/25 vs Farmington	15
03/25/25 @ Valencia	14
03/13/25 vs St. Pius X	11
03/22/25 vs Hope Christian	10
02/25/25 vs Highland	10

Albuquerque scored the most runs they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of the Farmington Scorpions by a score of 17-15. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (14), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.

Gabriel Pohl made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-6. He is becoming a predictor of Albuquerque's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 2-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Maximo Granados, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.

Pohl wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Albuquerque kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That's a new trend for Albuquerque: they were averaging 5.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 10.

Albuquerque's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Farmington, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Albuquerque will challenge East Mountain at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. East Mountain will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Albuquerque surely won't give up without a fight. As for Farmington, they will take on Rio Grande at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Farmington's pitchers better be ready for this one: Rio Grande has averaged an impressive 6.4 runs per game this season.