Bulldogs post sweep over Rams

PORTALES – It was a fast turnaround for Portales Excessive’s baseball workforce towards District 4-4A rival Artesia on Friday, and the 2 video games did not go a lot better than Thursday’s contest.

The Bulldogs, who received the primary sport of the sequence at dwelling 12-2, took two extra wins from Portales on Friday at Ram Subject – 21-4 within the opener and 6-1 within the nightcap.

Artesia (11-9, 3-0 district) pounded out 30 hits within the twin invoice, together with 21 within the first-game rout which led to 5 innings on the 10-run rule. Meantime, the Rams (8-12, 0-3) dedicated seven errors within the two contests.

“We had too many errors,” Rams coach Ruben Tellez stated. “We’ve to determine find out how to cease the bleeding.

“We have simply acquired to be taught that once you make errors, it’s a must to overcome it.”

Artesia took management of the opener with a seven-run second, then completed it off with an eight-run fifth. Senior Josh Madrid was 4-for-5 with a double, a house run and 5 RBIs whereas Cody Johnson, who drove in 4 runs, and Julian Rodriguez have been each 3-for-4.

Junior Davian Molina held Portales to simply 4 hits.

The second sport was way more aggressive, however the Bulldogs expanded a 2-0 lead with a four-run fifth, aided by two Rams miscues. Senior Hagen Rains held PHS within the contest till that stanza, when three of the Artesia runs have been unearned.

“Hagen threw effectively this sport,” Tellez stated. “He threw wonderful. We simply want to assist him somewhat extra.”

Madrid, Johnson and junior Davian Molina every had two of Artesia’s 9 hits. Meantime, sophomore right-hander Nye Estrada got here inside one out of a shutout, however misplaced in on an RBI single by sophomore Kaiden Gutierrez to attain junior Isaac Herrera, who led off the body with a double.

The Rams return to motion with three district video games this week towards Roswell Goddard – the primary a 5 p.m. begin at Ram Subject on Thursday, adopted by a doubleheader on Friday in Roswell.

Softball – At Roswell, the Woman Rams snapped a four-game District 4-4A shedding streak on Saturday with a 5-2 win over Goddard within the first sport of a doubleheader.

PHS then opened a 7-1 lead within the third inning of the nightcap, solely to see the Woman Rockets use late back-to-back homers salvage a break up with an 8-7 victory.

Junior Alivia Gonzales tossed an entire sport within the first tilt, permitting eight hits. The Woman Rams (8-9, 1-5 district) grabbed a 2-1 lead within the high of the second, then added three extra within the fourth earlier than Gonzales took care of the remainder.

Junior Kenzee Rowland went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles for PHS, whereas freshman Myleigh Banda added a run-scoring two-bagger.

For Goddard (8-12, 1-5), junior Ericca Cannon had two singles and a double in 4 journeys whereas junior Andrea Manzanares was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

In Recreation 2, Portales broke open a 2-1 contest with a five-run third, however sophomore Lex Carrasco relieved starter Krishawna Casaus and held the Woman Rams scoreless the remainder of the way in which.

Goddard pulled nearer with three within the fifth earlier than junior Ayriana Arellanes tied it within the sixth with a three-run homer. The subsequent hitter, senior Alyssa Linares, additionally went deep for what proved to be the game-winner.

Banda went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI on this one, whereas senior Cashlin Fraze completed 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in a single. Linares additionally doubled dwelling a run and led the Woman Rockets’ assault, going 2-for-4.

Portales was slated to play its remaining 4 twin payments at Wheeler Park, starting Tuesday night time towards district foe Artesia. The Woman Rams are again in motion on Thursday towards Dexter in non-district play.