By Marty Mayfield
KRTN Multi-Media
The boys were in town Thursday afternoon while the girls travelled to Robertson where they received a harsh reality check with 16-1 loss to the Cardinals
According to coach Tina Dorrance the girls made too many mistakes, the errors were terrible. After a long winning streak with several shutouts Dorrance noted this helped bring the girls back to reality. Raton will host Logan on Monday for a double header. As this game was not a district game the girls remain undefeated in district play with a 7-0 record and will advance to Albuquerque for state tourney play.
On the baseball field Raton took control of game one early and despite some errors handling the ball the boys took the lead and stayed in front for a five inning win. Some of the mistakes were simply mental, the kind that one might say what were you thinking as throws bobbled as well as catches on the other end. Raton also suffered from the dropsy as several balls were dropped in close situations.
The Raton bats were effective as several hits went into the outfield despite the many balls that were thrown by Carson Vandiver. Sandiver would throw balls then slip a strike across the plate that eventually the Raton batters were able to make contact with. The Clayton bats weren’t as effective but Koy Geary found a low pitch that put one over the left field fence for a single.
After a short senior player presentation game two got under way with Clayton making contact with the ball however leaving a couple of runners on base. Raton also came out connecting with the ball. It was a tie game at three going into the bottom of the second when Raton again took the ball to the outfield and pushed three players over home plate.
it was a fifth inning rally that put Raton well out in front and with two more in the bottom of the sixth Raton took the 10 point lead for the win.
The wins put Raton firmly in first place in District 5AAA and with a win in Tucumcari Raton could see a state tourney home game before moving onto Albuquerque.
CLAYTON VARSITY (4) AT RATON VARSITY (15)
CLAYTON VARSITY AB R H BI RATON VARSITY AB R H BI
*Kobie Montoya 23 4 7 4 Ethan Washburn 4 2 1 0
Jonathan Cabriales 2 3 2 1
Dante Mileta 4 2 1 4
Martin Ortiz 3 2 2 3
Brandon Luksich 3 1 1 1
Dillon Lemons 3 0 1 1
Cole Medina 4 1 1 0
Danny Record 1 2 0 0
Connell Ware 3 2 1 0
TOTALS 23 4 7 4 TOTALS 27 15 10 10
CLAYTON VARSITY 001 12 -- 4
RATON VARSITY 147 3x -- 15
LOB--CLAYTON VARSITY 5, RATON VARSITY 7. ERR--Seth Martinez,
Vince Garcia, Justin Taylor, Antonio Lucero, Kobie Montoya
(2), Thomas Sullivan, Cole Medina, Christian Granado (2),
Brandon Luksich. 2B--Kobie Montoya (3), Martin Ortiz (2),
Ethan Washburn. 3B--Dillon Lemons, Dante Mileta. HR--Kobie
Montoya. HBP--Dillon Lemons, Brandon Luksich. SB--Kobie
Montoya, Connell Ware, Martin Ortiz, Jonathan Cabriales.
CLAYTON VARSITY IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carson Vandiver (L) 4.00 10 15 9 4 1 0
RATON VARSITY
Cole Medina (W) 5.00 7 4 2 1 6 1
PB--Seth Martinez (2). SO--Kobie Montoya (6), Cole Medina.
BB--Kobie Montoya, Martin Ortiz, Danny Record (2), Jonathan
Cabriales.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Varsity | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Raton Varsity | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | – | 15 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
WP: Cole Medina, LP: Carson Vandiver, SP: –
CLAYTON VARSITY (5) AT RATON VARSITY (15)
CLAYTON VARSITY AB R H BI RATON VARSITY AB R H BI
Kobie Montoya 4 1 1 0 Ethan Washburn 3 4 1 0
Antonio Lucero 3 1 0 0 Jonathan Cabriales 3 1 2 1
Justin Taylor 3 0 0 1 Dante Mileta 2 2 1 0
Tomas Sanchez 3 0 0 0 Martin Ortiz 5 1 1 2
Vince Garcia 3 0 2 1 Brandon Luksich 2 1 0 0
Seth Martinez 3 1 0 0 Dillon Lemons 2 1 1 0
Carson Vandiver 3 0 0 0 Cole Medina 3 0 0 1
Thomas Sullivan 3 1 0 0 Danny Record 3 2 0 0
Clifton Maccurry 3 1 0 0 Connell Ware 2 1 0 0
*Trevor Portillos 0 2 0 0
TOTALS 28 5 3 2 TOTALS 25 15 6 4
CLAYTON VARSITY 121 100 -- 5
RATON VARSITY 331 062 -- 15
LOB--CLAYTON VARSITY 6, RATON VARSITY 9. ERR--Seth Martinez,
Vince Garcia, Justin Taylor (2), Antonio Lucero (2), Geo
Swagerty, Connell Ware, Cole Medina, Martin Ortiz, Ethan
Washburn, Jonathan Cabriales, Brandon Luksich (2).
HBP--Jonathan Cabriales. SB--Seth Martinez, Antonio Lucero,
Thomas Sullivan, Connell Ware, Martin Ortiz, Trevor
Portillos, Ethan Washburn (2), Dillon Lemons, Dante Mileta
(2), Jonathan Cabriales.
CLAYTON VARSITY IP H R ER BB SO HR
Antonio Lucero (L) 5.33 6 15 2 14 4 0
RATON VARSITY
Dylan Query (W) 4.00 3 5 1 1 7 0
Jonathan Cabriales 2.00 0 0 0 0 5 0
PB--Justin Taylor (3), Thomas Sullivan (2), Dante Mileta.
WP--Antonio Lucero (5). SO--Tomas Sanchez (2), Seth Martinez
(2), Clifton Maccurry, Justin Taylor, Antonio Lucero (2),
Carson Vandiver (2), Kobie Montoya (2), Connell Ware, Cole
Medina (2), Brandon Luksich. BB--Antonio Lucero, Connell
Ware (2), Cole Medina, Danny Record, Ethan Washburn (2),
Dillon Lemons (2), Dante Mileta (3), Jonathan Cabriales,
Brandon Luksich (2).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Varsity | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Raton Varsity | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
WP: Dylan Query, LP: Antonio Lucero, SP: –
