FARMINGTON – Two of the top teams in Connie Mack city league play had busy weekends at home and on the road.

The 505 Panthers went 3-0 over the weekend in less than 24 hours of city league action at Ricketts Park starting on Friday with a resounding 8-0 win over the Shiprock Dodgers. The Panthers rolled over their two next pair of rivals in doubleheaders action beginning Saturday morning.

Meantime, the Frackers wrapped up a busy weekend in Albuquerque, finishing 3-1-1 in a tournament comprised of teams from across the region.

The Panthers were playing its first game in nine days on Friday night but showed off the offense right away with a three-run second inning, followed by three more runs in the third and a pair of runs in the fourth inning of the run-rule victory.

Kaden Peace led the offense for the Panthers with a pair of triples, driving in a couple of runs and scoring the teams first run of the game after leading off the second inning with a three-bagger that reached the right center field fence.

Kendrick Aragon picked up a pair of doubles while also driving in a pair of runs, while three pitchers combined to surrender only four hits to the Dodgers.

Elijah Long started the game for the Panthers, then was followed by Dax Vigil and Jacob Kuhn.

“We’re still a little rusty,” said Panthers coach John Kuhn. “We just need to keep working and come together as a team. I’m confident this group will come around.”

The Panthers returned to action on Saturday for a pair of day games, opening with a shutout win by a score of 9-0 over the Kirtland Broncos. Tanner Coddington threw five solid innings of the run-rule victory, allowing only one hit and three walks while striking out seven batters.

Ryan Ray went 2-for-2 at the plate with a home run and a triple, driving in three runs and scoring a pair. Kuhn also scored a pair of runs while going 2-for-3 at the plate in the win.

The Panthers (4-1) wrapped up the weekend with a blowout win over the Dodgers, the second such victory over the team in less than a day. The Panthers scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning before adding five more runs in the second frame on the way to an 13-2 rout.

Ray had a double and a triple in the win, driving in four runs in the contest while also helping himself out on the mound, striking out nine batters in just three innings of work.

The Frackers opened the Five Tool New Mexico ABQ Satellite Series tournament with a win and a tie on the opening day of action Thursday at Volcano Vista High School.

The Frackers rallied from a 5-2 deficit, scoring three runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning before finishing in a 5-5 tie against the Albuquerque Baseball Academy.

Evan LaMunyon had a big game at the plate, driving in a pair of runs with a base hit and a sacrifice fly. Watson also scored a run in the contest while Kale Watson and Drew Perez each had a pair of hits.

The ABA registered 10 hits in the game, with Frackers pitchers Perez, Justin Bixler and Caden Wood on the hill, recording four strikeouts between them while allowing only a pair of walks.

Immediately after the tie game in the opener, the Frackers offense got busy in the second game, rolling to a 17-3 win over the West Texas Sevens. The Frackers scored runs in each of the first four innings of the game, leading 17-0 before the Sevens managed to get on the board in the bottom of the fourth.

Keagan Scott and Elijah Wyatt led the offense with a combined five runs batted in. Scott went 4-for-5 at the plate with a double and a triple and three runs scored while went 2-for-3 at the dish, driving in a pair of runs and scoring twice.

Noah Chamblee also scored a pair of runs and drove in two with a triple in the second inning.

LaMunyon and A.J. Folk both had impressive performances on the mound for the Frackers, with LaMunyon allowing only one hit and one walk over three innings. Folk allowed three runs to score but surrendered only one hit over two innings of the run-rule victory.

“I’m excited and encouraged by the strides we’re making and the momentum that we’re capturing,” said Frackers head coach Eli Wyatt. “We have extensive depth and we’re still trying to figure out effective rotations and lineups going forward.”

On Friday, the Frackers faced off against the East New Mexico/West Texas Marlins, again proving victorious by a final score of 19-6.

Chamblee was one of several players recording multiple RBIs in the win, driving in a pair with a home run. Scott, Wyatt and Sylas Hengst also had multiple runs batted in as the Frackers quickly jumped out to 12-0 lead through the first two and a half innings.

The Frackers (5-0-1) wrapped up the weekend action in Albuquerque by earning a dramatic 12-11 win on Saturday over the Next Level 2024’s in the semifinals of the satellite tournament.

Scoring nine runs in the first inning, the Frackers got off to a hot start thanks to doubles by LaMunyon and Caden Wood. LaMunyon and Perez each drove in a pair of runs as did Scott.

That lead evaporated thanks to a five-run fourth inning from Next Level, who tied the game in the top of the sixth inning.

After surrendering the lead and going to the bottom of the seventh inning down 11-9, the Frackers scored a run thanks to a wild pitch with Justin Bixler on third base, then scored the winning run when Drew Perez singled in both Nic Twedt and Wood.

In the Saturday nightcap, the Frackers came up short with the tournament title on the line, losing to the ABA by a final of 10-6.

The Frackers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but lost the lead in the top of the third inning when ABA tied the contest and got a go-ahead run in the top of the fourth.

The Frackers responded by reclaiming the lead only to see it squandered away when the ABA scored six unanswered runs to earn the win.

“The weekend was a huge success. Our guys played hard and top quality baseball,” Wyatt said. “I feel the chemistry coming off this weekend provides significant momentum for the rest of the summer.”

The Frackers and 505 Panthers will face off against one another on Monday at Ricketts Park in the second game of a Panthers doubleheader. The Panthers first game, against NWNM Elite is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.