Baseball Recap: Cleveland Wins High-Profile Match Against Rio Rancho

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Previous Games

04/15/25 - Home	5-4 W
03/15/25 - Neutral	8-3 W
05/17/24 - Neutral	5-3 W
04/30/24 - Away	12-2 W
04/12/24 - Home	4-16 L
+ 5 more games

Cleveland faced Rio Rancho in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Storm won by a run and slipped past the Rams 5-4. That's two games straight that the Storm have won by just one run.

Cleveland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for Rio Rancho, they moved to 16-5 with that defeat, which also ended their six-game winning streak.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Cleveland is set to challenge their familiar foe Cibola at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Rio Rancho will take on rival Farmington at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.