Baseball Recap: Goddard Takes a Loss

Goddard was the 2-0 winner over Clovis when they last played one another back in April of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Goddard Rockets fell just short of the Clovis Wildcats by a score of 9-7 on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that the Rockets have lost by exactly two runs.

Lucien Betancur

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/15/25 vs Clovis	6
05/03/24 vs Artesia	5
04/18/24 @ Lovington	3
04/13/24 @ Roswell	3
05/16/24 vs Bloomfield	2

Lucien Betancur was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

At the plate, Nathan Herrera made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. That hit was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Brady Duer, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

This is the second loss in a row for Goddard and nudges their season record down to 1-3. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Clovis, their victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.

Goddard didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 22-2 win against Gallup on the 15th. As for Clovis, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 5-4 victory against Roswell on the 15th.