Rattlers face off against Capitan Tigers today

The Tucumcari Rattlers will play against the Capitan Tigers today in the first round of the 3A state baseball tournament at Capitan.

The 10th-seeded Rattlers 8-12 2-7, ended the regular season in third place in the District 5-3A. Their last games were losses on April 28 at Santa Rosa.

The 7th-seeded Tigers 10-9 8-4, ended the regular season in second place in the District 4-3A standings. The Tigers' split a double header with Eunice on May 1 at Capitan.

The Rattlers have been working on adjusting to new positions with the loss of two players late in the season, said Dwayne Roberts, Rattlers head coach.

Roberts said the Rattlers have the skill and talent to advance to the next round; all they have to do is play sound baseball. He said the team is capable of generating offensive points, they just need to focus on limiting errors on defense.

Only two remaining area high school teams have regular season games this week while others await the state tournaments seeding.

The Tucumcari Lady Rattlers will finish their regular season, trying to stay ahead of Santa Rosa Lady Lions in the District 5-3A standings.

Today, the 12-5, 5-3 Lady Rattlers will take on the 14-6, 5-3 Lady Lions at Santa Rosa.

Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Lady Rattlers will have to edge the Lady Rattlers that currently hold the head-to-head win advantage in the series.

The Lady Rattlers’ last win was on April 24 — a double header victory (15-0, 17-2) against Mora at Tucumcari.

Game time: 3:30 p.m. today at Santa Rosa

The Logan Longhorns, 0-16, 0-15, will close out the regular season with a double header Thursday against Elida.

The Longhorns lost their last game 16-6 on April 24 at Floyd.

Game time: 2 p.m. at Logan

Other area scores:

Softball

Logan Lady Longhorns 4-7 1-7

April 28

Lost 17-2 vs Laguna Acoma

Baseball

Grady/San Jon 8-8-1

April 28

Lost 12-a vs Floyd

Lost 12-10 vs Floyd

Tucumcari Rattlers 8-12 2-7

April 28

Lost 6-5 at Santa Rosa

Lost 14-4 at Santa Rosa