Tucumcari games suspended by rain

Umpires on Thursday suspended Tucumcari baseball's home-opening doubleheader against Mora after one inning due to persistent rain.

The games will be resumed at a later date, with the score tied 3-3 after one inning in the opener.

Tucumcari coach George Montano said the head of the umpiring crew suspended the games after a 20-minute rain delay due to heavy mud and standing water on the field.

Freshman Josh Griego started the game for Tucumcari. Mora raced to a 3-0 lead in part because right fielder Jesus Bueno De La O had trouble seeing the ball in the rain.

The Rattlers responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Griego and Nick Romero walked, and Johnathan Blea tripled to right to score both. Blea tied it while advancing on a wild pitch.

After the inning, the umpires called for a rain delay to see whether Montano and his players could make the field playable. They tried replacing the mud with fresh dirt "but couldn't keep up with the rain," Montano said.

The temperature at first pitch was 39 degrees with rain and 30-mph wind gusts.

Logan 19, Questa 3

Logan 22, Questa 1

Logan scored 15 runs in the first inning of its season-opening game and tallied 13 runs in the first inning of the nightcap in a home doubleheader sweep Friday of Questa.

Longhorns eighth-grader Aydin Kotara went 3-for-3 with five RBI with a home run, triple and a double in the first game. Teammates Kaeden Stoner went 4-for-4 and Park Strong went 3-for-3, each with three RBI and one homer apiece.

Logan used five pitchers in the first game, totaling 3 strikeouts. Brock Burns struck out five in two shutout innings.

In the second game, Kotara went 2-for-4 with two doubles and five RBI. Strong went 4-for-4 with a double, two triples and four RBI.

The Longhorns used three pitchers in the nightcap, with Stoner and Strong each striking out six in two innings each.