Baseball Recap: Martin Wins Going Away Against Cigarroa

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

02/27/25 vs San Antonio Memorial	21
02/18/25 @ Juarez-Lincoln	13
03/18/25 vs Cigarroa	12
02/25/25 vs Juarez-Lincoln	11
02/27/25 vs Steele	10

Martin had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 12-run drubbing they dealt Cigarroa on Tuesday. The Martin Tigers put the hurt on the Cigarroa Toros with a sharp 13-1 victory. Considering the Tigers have won six games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Edgar Garcia was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one run. That triple was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Martin let Alan Ornelas and Aldo Alarcon run wild. Ornelas scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Alarcon went 1-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave Alarcon a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of F Reyna, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.

Martin kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cigarroa only managed three hits.

Martin's win bumped their record up to 10-5-2. As for Cigarroa, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.

Martin will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cigarroa: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.