By Marty Mayfield
KRTN-Multi-Media
Raton Tiger baseball took to Gabriele Field Saturday afternoon for their home and season opener against the Taos Tigers for a double header.
Coach Mike Mares told KRTN before the game that he expected that this game would show some of the areas that the Tigers will need work on and that it did as Raton not only lost both games but the games were ended after five innings on the 10-run rule.
While Raton connected with the ball during the game they had difficulty completing, leaving runners on base or not even making it on base. While the Tigers have seven seniors on the team this year they have several longer players as well which Mares hopes will grow this season and help the team come district time.
Taos on the other hand put the ball deep in the outfield where the ball found open ground and allowed runners to advance on the bases or cross home plate. To compound Raton’s problems on defense Raton players made several errors over throwing or putting the ball in the dirt. Part of these issues could be attributed to the fact that Raton hasn’t been on the field very much this year as bad weather has kept them off the diamond to practice those throws.
Game 1
TAOS VARSITY (13) AT RATON VARSITY (3)
TAOS VARSITY AB R H BI RATON VARSITY AB R H BI
Matt Sanchez 2 2 1 1 Johnathan Cabriales 3 1 0 0
Damian Martinez 3 3 0 1 Dante Mileta 3 0 2 3
Tyrone Green 2 1 0 1 Ethan Washburn 2 0 0 0
Ramon Marmol 1 0 0 0 Brandon Luksich 2 0 0 0
Adam Abeyta 4 2 3 2 Martin Ortiz 1 0 0 0
Rec Reid 3 2 1 0 Brent Trujillo 1 0 0 0
Brandon Montoya 3 1 2 1 Dillon Lemons 1 0 0 0
Miguel Quintana 3 1 1 4 Richie Gonzales 1 0 0 0
Daniel Sanchez 3 0 0 0 Cole Medina 0 0 0 0
Jose Gonzales 3 1 1 0 Christian Granado 1 1 0 0
Danny Record 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 27 13 9 10 TOTALS 16 3 2 3
TAOS VARSITY 014 710 -- 13
RATON VARSITY 000 03x -- 3
LOB--TAOS VARSITY 4, RATON VARSITY 4. ERR--Matt Sanchez,
Damian Martinez, Cole Medina, Christian Granado, Richie
Gonzales (2), Ethan Washburn, Johnathan Cabriales.
2B--Miguel Quintana, Adam Abeyta (2). 3B--Dante Mileta.
SB--Tristan Gallegos, Dillon Lemons.
TAOS VARSITY IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Sanchez 5.00 2 3 3 6 4 0
RATON VARSITY
Ethan Washburn 3.00 2 5 1 3 4 0
Dillon Lemons 1.00 6 7 5 0 1 0
Martin Ortiz 1.00 1 1 1 2 0 0
PB--Dante Mileta (4). WP--Ethan Washburn (2). SO--Matt
Sanchez, Brandon Montoya, Jose Gonzales (2), Tyrone Green,
Brent Trujillo, Richie Gonzales, Martin Ortiz, Johnathan
Cabriales. BB--Rec Reid, Matt Sanchez (2), Damian Martinez,
Tyrone Green, Cole Medina, Christian Granado, Danny Record,
Ethan Washburn, Dillon Lemons, Brandon Luksich.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taos Varsity | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Raton Varsity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Game 2
TAOS VARSITY (15) AT RATON VARSITY (5)
TAOS VARSITY AB R H BI RATON VARSITY AB R H BI
Matt Sanchez 3 2 2 0 Ethan Washburn 2 2 2 0
Damian Martinez 4 3 2 0 Johnathan Cabriales 2 1 0 1
Adam Abeyta 2 3 1 2 Dante Mileta 1 1 0 0
Tyrone Green 3 2 2 5 Brandon Luksich 3 0 2 1
Rec Reid 3 1 1 2 Martin Ortiz 2 0 0 1
Brandon Montoya 3 2 0 0 Dillon Lemons 3 0 1 1
Miguel Quintana 3 1 1 2 Cole Medina 2 0 0 0
Jared Padilla 1 0 0 0 Tristan Gallegos 0 0 0 0
Owen Younkman 3 0 2 2 Christian Granado 0 0 0 0
Brandon Garcia 1 1 0 0 Richie Gonzales 1 0 0 0
Trevor Portillos 1 0 0 0
Danny Record 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 26 15 11 13 TOTALS 17 5 5 4
TAOS VARSITY 016 350 -- 15
RATON VARSITY 101 12x -- 5
LOB--TAOS VARSITY 4, RATON VARSITY 4. ERR--Brandon Montoya,
Christian Granado (5), Ethan Washburn. 2B--Miguel Quintana,
Owen Younkman, Tyrone Green, Ethan Washburn. 3B--Ethan
Washburn. HBP--Ethan Washburn. SB--Adam Abeyta, Rec Reid,
Matt Sanchez, Tyrone Green, Martin Ortiz (2), Ethan
Washburn, Dillon Lemons.
TAOS VARSITY IP H R ER BB SO HR
Damian Martinez (W) 4.00 3 5 5 6 2 0
Jose Gonzales 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
RATON VARSITY
Cole Medina (L) 3.00 3 7 1 5 3 0
Johnathan Cabriales 1.00 3 3 3 2 1 0
Christian Granado 1.00 5 5 5 1 1 0
PB--Brandon Luksich (5). SO--Rec Reid, Brandon Garcia,
Damian Martinez, Jared Padilla, Owen Younkman, Cole Medina,
Dillon Lemons. BB--Adam Abeyta (2), Rec Reid, Matt Sanchez,
Brandon Montoya, Brandon Garcia (2), Tyrone Green, Christian
Granado, Martin Ortiz, Danny Record, Dante Mileta (2),
Johnathan Cabriales.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taos Varsity | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| Raton Varsity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
WP: Damian Martinez, LP: Cole Medina, SP: –
