Baseball Recap: Merino Finds Home Field Redemption Against Caliche

Rams

Margin (Wins)

04/08/25 @ Holyoke	20
04/08/25 @ Holyoke	16
03/25/25 vs Wiggins	13
04/14/25 vs Simla	10
04/12/25 vs Otis	10

There's no place like home for Merino, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Caliche Buffaloes on Saturday as they made off with an 8-2 win. Considering the Rams have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Coen Schmidt and Zachary Mackintosh made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Schmidt didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Mackintosh tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Schmidt has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive appearances. At bat, Schmidt went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Mackintosh went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Isaac Poe, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs and two stolen bases. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mickey Swiger, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Merino always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Caliche only posted an OBP of .259.

Merino is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Caliche, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Merino beat the Buffaloes by a score of 15-1 later that day.