Baseball Recap: Navajo Pine falls despite strong effort from Nehemiah McDaniel

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 7:44am

Baseball Recap: Navajo Pine Warriors vs. Laguna Acoma Hawks

Navajo Pine was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 16-6 to the Laguna Acoma Hawks. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Navajo Pine of the 14-4 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.

Nehemiah McDaniel was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellson Peterson, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.

On Laguna Acoma's side, they got a massive performance out of Marshall Duetsawe, who went 2-for-2 with two triples, two runs, and two RBI. Sheldon Cheromiah was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2.

Navajo Pine's loss dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Laguna Acoma, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Navajo Pine by a score of 24-4 later that day.

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