Baseball Preview: Santa Fe Demons vs. Rio Grande Ravens
Santa Fe is 1-7 against Rio Grande since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Santa Fe Demons will head out on the road to challenge the Rio Grande Ravens at 3:00 p.m.
Santa Fe is is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Saturday. They lost 8-0 to Capital.
Santa Fe saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darrell Carbajal, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Meanwhile, Rio Grande faced Los Lunas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Rio Grande came out on top against Los Lunas by a score of 5-1.
Santa Fe's defeat dropped their record down to 3-21. As for Rio Grande, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Santa Fe came out on top in a nail-biter against Rio Grande in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 8-7. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Rio Grande's Julian Jaramillo, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Santa Fe to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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