St Michaels Hot-Streak shut down by Bernalillo

Head coach Joe Alvarez is hopeful that his usual starting pitcher, senior Mariah Valdez, recovers from a pitching arm injury when the St. Michael’s softball team plays visiting Pojoaque Valley Tuesday.

Valdez’ injury occurred in the third inning of the 17-8 loss to Bernalillo in Saturday afternoon‘s final of the 7th annual Roseanne Noedel at the Christian Brothers Athletic Complex. Alvarez said she went on to hurl two more innings before being relieved by freshman Emily Montoya as the Lady Horsemen lost for the first time in five starts. Valdez did come away with two hits and the same number of RBI.

Bernalillo (6-1) was down 1-0 when it came up with a 12-2 run in the middle innings. St. Michael’s did respond with five unanswered runs after the Spartans did the same to increase their lead.

Montoya had a pair of hits and two RBI, freshman Ariana Rivera had a 3-for-3 game and scored once, sophomore Mia Duran added two safeties and batted in two runs, while 8th-grader Marcella Ruiz contributed two hits.

In the game for third place, it was Capital advancing to 4-3 by defeating Pojoaque Valley, 8-3.

And Santa Fe Indian School won twice with a 19-0 3-inning rout over Shiprock and a 9-4 victory over Navajo Prep to up its overall record to 5-1.