ALAMOSA – The Alamosa 18U baseball team hosted its annual tournament this past weekend at Ortega Middle School.

What was originally planned to be a six-team, two-pool tournament was reduced to a four-team round-robin event after two teams withdrew.

The tournament came down to the last game as Alamosa and Monte Vista played for the championship. The Mean Moose prevailed over the Pirates by a score of 12-8.

“We had a couple of games where there wasn’t much competition, so it was kind of hard coming into the competition with Monte Vista,” said Alamosa coach Tony Kechter. “But our guys stepped up and did a great job today.”

Alamosa fell behind in the first inning of each game but had a big inning later to get the win.

“We have that from the regular season up to now,” Kechter said. “We have to find something to where we don’t get into that role of catch-up. Hopefully, we can find that at the start of next year.”

Alamosa 12, Monte Vista 8

The Pirates took the early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning. Kelby Mondragon was safe on an error and stole second. He took third on Chayse Bouet’s groundout and scored on Azariah Hurtado’s single.

Hurtado stole both second and third and came home on Jakoby Ross’s single.

Monte Vista added two more runs in the third. Hurtado led off with a walk and he scored on Manny Jiron’s double. Ross singled home Manny Jiron for a 4-0 lead.

Alamosa got on the board with a run in the bottom of the third. Brennan Maez walked and stole second. Jonah Pittman’s double plated Maez to cut the deficit to 4-1.

The Mean Moose then scored 10 runs in the fourth. Nelson Arambula and Jo David both walked, and Evan Anderson was hit by a pitch. Arambula scored on an error to bring Alamosa within 4-2.

Camden Montoya also walked to drive home Makaio Estrada, who was courtesy running for David. Jaidyn Burciaga was safe on an error and Anderson scored on the play.

Maez singled home Montoya and Burciaga, and after Tony Griego was hit by a pitch, Pittman doubled again to bring home Maez and Griego.

A.J. Baker walked, and Aramula doubled to plate Pittman and Baker. David singled to score Arambula to give the Mean Moose an 11-4 lead.

Alamosa scored once in the fifth. Burciaga was hit by a pitch, and he stole second and took third on a balk. Maez doubled home Burciaga for a 12-4 advantage.

The Pirates attempted a comeback in the top of the seventh. Kobe Jiron singled, and Mondragon walked. Bouet singled home Kobe Jiron and Mondragon, and Hurtado was hit by a pitch. Manny Jiron singled to plate Bouet and Hurtado.

Monte Vista could come no closer as the game ended.

Pittman was Alamosa’s starting pitcher and he took the win. He allowed four runs and five hits with eight strikeouts, one walks and two hit batters. Maez went to the mound in the sixth and gave up four runs and two hits and he struck out none, walked one and hit one batter. Montoya finished the game and earned the save. He surrendered no runs and one hit.

Kobe Jiron started for Monte Vista and gave up four runs and two hits and he struck out three, walked five and hit one batter. Mondragon relieved Kobe Jiron in the fourth and allowed seven runs and three hits. He had no strikeouts, two walks, one hit batter, and he took the loss. Ross finished the game and surrendered one run and two hits and he had two strikeouts, no walks and two hit batters.

The Mean Moose had seven hits and were led by Pittman who went 3-4 with two doubles and three RBIs, and Maez who went 2-3 with a double and three RBIs.

The Pirates had nine hits and were led by Manny Jiron who went 3-3 with a double and three RBIs, and Ross who went 2-4 with two RBIs.

Monte Vista 5, Buena Vista 1

The Pirates opened the tournament with a 5-1 win over Buena Vista on Friday.

Monte Vista scored once in the bottom of the first, and it scored four times in the sixth.

The Demons scored their only run in the top of the seventh.

Michael Hensley went the distance for the Pirates and he earned the win. He gave up one run and three hits and he struck out 11 and walked none.

Monte Vista had five hits and was led by Manny Jiron who went 2-2.

Alamosa 17, Buena Vista 2

Buena Vista struck for two runs in the top of the first. However, the Mean Moose answered with 10 runs in their half of the inning. Alamosa added a run in the second and six more in the third,

Evan Anderson went the distance on the mound and took the win. He gave up two runs and four hits and struck out four and walked none.

The Mean Moose had 12 hits and were led by Burciaga who went 2-2 with one RBi, Maez who went 2-2 with two RBIs, and Anderson who went 2-2 with a double and two RBIs.

Monte Vista 13, Bayfield 3

The Wolverines struck for two runs in the top of the first and added a run in the second. But the Pirates scored nine times in the bottom of the second and four times in the fifth.

Manny Jiron went the distance for the Pirates.

Statistics were unavailable.

Bayfield 15, Buena Vista 7

The Demons scored five runs in the top of the first, but the Wolverines scored once in their half of the inning. Buena Vista scored two more runs in the second, but Bayfield answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Bayfield took the lead with four runs in the third, six in the fourth and one in the fifth.

Alamosa 13, Bayfield 6

The Wolverines took the early lead with four runs in the top of the first. The Mean Moose scored once in the bottom of the first and three more times in the second to tie the score at 4-4.

Alamosa took the lead with three runs in the third and six in the fourth. Bayfield scored twice in the fifth.

Tony Griego went the distance for the Mean Moose and he earned the win. He allowed six runs and six hits and he had three strikeouts, five walks and one hit batter.

Alamosa had three hits and was led by Clayton Treinen who went 2-3 with one RBI. Arambula led in RBIs with three.

Monte Vista 5, Buena Vista 1

Buena Vista 000   000   1 – 1   3   6

Monte Vista 100   004   x – 5   5   1

Ynfante (L) and Gumton. Hensley (W) and Bouet.

Alamosa 17, Buena Vista 2

Buena Vista 200 – 2   4   5

Alamosa (10)16 – 17  12   2

B. Kinkaid (L), Lyle (3) and Gumton, Bearss (2) Anderson (W) and David.

Monte Vista 13, Bayfield 3

Bayfield 210   00 –  3   3   2

Monte Vista 090   04 – 13   8   3

Bennett (L), Valencia (2) and H. Rey. M. Jiron (W) and Bouet.

Bayfield 15, Buena Vista 7

Buena Vista 520   00 –   7    5   3

Bayfield 134   61 – 15  12   1

Gallardo, Bearss (4) and Gumton. J. Rey, Cundiff (1), Ross (1, W) and H. Rey.

Alamosa 13, Bayfield 6

Bayfield 400   02 –  6   6   2

Alamosa 133   6x – 13  3   1

J. Rey (L), Mayfield (3), Bennett (4) and H. Rey. Griego (W) and David, Estrada (4).

Alamosa 12, Monte Vista 8

Monte Vista 202   000   4 – 8   9   2

Alamosa 001   (10)10   x – 12   7   2

K. Jiron, Mondragon (4, L), Ross (4) and Bouet. Pittman (W), Maez (6), Montoya (7, S) and David.