Baseball Preview: Santa Fe Trail Chargers vs. Hayden Wildcats
The Santa Fe Trail Chargers will play host again on Monday to welcome the Hayden Wildcats, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Santa Fe Trail stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past West Franklin 11-1.
Luke Edwards made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Edwards has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Edwards was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Santa Fe Trail got a massive performance out of Kyle Strother, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Trent Sleichter was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hayden got themselves on the board against Eudora on Tuesday, but Eudora never followed suit. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Cardinals.
Santa Fe Trail pushed their record up to 20-4 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Hayden, they now have a winning record of 7-6-1.
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