Baseball Preview: Pojoaque Valley Elks/Elkettes vs. Espanola Valley Sundevils
Pojoaque Valley has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Espanola Valley Sundevils at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Pojoaque Valley had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Taos.
Ernesto Cardenas was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Cardenas was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Cardenas wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Andres Trevizo, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Raven Naranjo, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Espanola Valley fell victim to a tough 14-4 defeat at the hands of Moriarty in Saturday's second game. That's two games in a row now that Espanola Valley has lost by exactly ten runs.
Pojoaque Valley's record now sits at 1-17. As for Espanola Valley, their loss was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-14.
Pojoaque Valley couldn't quite finish off Espanola Valley in their previous matchup back in March and fell 7-5. Can Pojoaque Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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