Bloomfield routs Navajo Prep 14-2, advances in John Gutierrez Tournament

Bloomfield High opened the John Gutierrez Baseball Tournament with a 14-2 victory over Navajo Preparatory at Bobcat Stadium in Bloomfield on Thursday night, using an eight-run fourth inning to put the game out of reach. The win advanced Bloomfield from the first round of the tournament and served as the Bobcats’ season opener.

Head coach Anthony Valencia credited the balance at the plate and on the mound for the result: "Getting quality at-bats and getting good performances on the mound were things we wanted to focus on this season. I think we got those things tonight." Valencia’s comments followed an offensive outburst that turned a tight game into a rout in the middle innings.

Bloomfield’s four-run rally expanded into eight runs in the fourth, with Marcus Carrillo driving in a pair of those runs and back-to-back base hits from Cable Carruth, Gavin Pecotte, Yates and Chavarria producing multiple RBIs. The sequence provided the margin that sealed the 14-2 final and energized the home crowd at Bobcat Stadium.

Carrillo started on the mound and delivered a dominant outing: four innings pitched, two hits allowed and seven strikeouts before he was relieved by Tristan Work, who finished the game. Defensively, shortstop Troy Jaramillo and third baseman Ben Lewis had sharp plays on the left side of the infield, assisting on three of the four ground-ball outs in the first three innings.

Individual offensive lines highlighted Bloomfield’s depth. MaxPreps’ box-score entry listed Gavin Pecotte as a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs and two RBI, and Cable Carruth at 2-for-3 with a triple, three runs and a stolen base. The same stat entry recorded Bloomfield’s team on-base percentage at .588 for the game, the highest listed since April of 2025 in that database. Navajo Prep’s loss dropped its record to 0-4, and MaxPreps noted it was the Eagles’ sixth straight road loss dating back to last season.

There is conflicting information about Bloomfield’s next opponent. Tournament reports from local outlets state Bloomfield advances to Friday’s second round to face Bernalillo, which beat Espanola Valley 16-1, while MaxPreps lists Bloomfield’s next game as an away contest against Hozho Academy at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Tournament bracket confirmation from organizers or the official box score will settle the schedule discrepancy.

Tournament play elsewhere produced a wild opener as well: Carlsbad outlasted Farmington 32-19 in a game that featured seven home runs, a 12-run top of the seventh and a Farmington comeback earlier highlighted by Christian Benally’s bases-clearing double and a two-RBI single by Davis Porch. Bloomfield’s 14-2 victory gives the Bobcats a decisive start to the John Gutierrez Tournament as they look to build on the momentum that coach Valencia emphasized.