Farmington opens season with 5-0 and 13-3 losses to Goddard

Farmington High School opened its spring baseball season Feb. 28 and was swept in a doubleheader by the Goddard Rockets, dropping the first game 5-0 and the nightcap 13-3 to fall to 0-2 on the young season.

In the opener, Goddard starter Lucien Betancur earned the win by stifling Farmington over five innings, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out five. Jadon Herrera provided two innings of scoreless relief, permitting two hits and fanning three, and the pair combined for a four‑hit shutout as Goddard pushed two runs across in the third inning and added three insurance runs in the top of the sixth.

Farmington’s offense struggled in the shutout, finishing with four hits — all singles — and failing to convert several scoring chances against a Goddard defense that committed one error and turned a double play. Those early missed opportunities left the Scorpions unable to break through against Betancur and Herrera.

The Rockets opened the scoring in the nightcap and poured it on in a 13-3 win. Donovan Davis finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored, Jadon Herrera collected a triple and an RBI, Isaiah Montoya and Brody Wooton each drove in a run, and Marcos Rodriguez reached base in all three plate appearances, going 1-for-1 with two walks. The twin victories left Goddard 2-0 after the opening-day sweep.

Accounts of the doubleheader contain conflicting venue details: some summaries list the games as being played at Hobbs, others cite Sandia High School, and some describe the opener as Farmington’s home game. That discrepancy has implications for travel and attendance for fans who planned to support the Scorpions and for early-season logistics for Farmington’s coaching staff.

The losses leave Farmington searching for answers before a scheduled Tuesday doubleheader at home against Kirtland Central. Local roundups noted that the results will force early adjustments to pitching rotations and lineup decisions as the Scorpions try to snap an extended slide that some recaps say stretches back into the end of last season. The immediate focus for Farmington will be stabilizing pitching usage and finding more timely hitting to avoid consecutive defeats in the early stretch.