The Raton Tiger baseball team was at home for a double header against the Portales Rams on Monday, March 14 and split the pair taking the first game 13-9 and dropping the nightcap 15-3.
Raton took the lead in the first game with two in the first and three in the second. Portales came to within 1 getting a run across in the top of the fifth to trail 5-4.
Then the Raton floodgates opened as the Tigers scored six in the bottom of the fifth, before the first out was recorded and would go on to score a total of eight. Portales tried to make a game of it by scoring 5 in the seventh, but Raton’s lead was insurmountable.
With the split, Raton’s season record is 2-2.
The Tigers compete in the Santa Fe St. Mikes Tournament this weekend beginning on Thursday, March 17 by taking on Bernalillo
Game 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portales | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | – | – |
| Raton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 13 | – | – |
