Baseball Preview: West Las Vegas Dons vs. Navajo Prep Eagles
The West Las Vegas Dons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Navajo Prep Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, West Las Vegas beat Santa Fe Indian 5-2.
The team relied heavily on Lucas Archuleta, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Estevan Collins, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Navajo Prep had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Thunderbirds by a score of 12-8.
The team relied heavily on Jashyro Bileen, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. Michael Norwood was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
West Las Vegas is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 19-6 record this season. As for Navajo Prep, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-10.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. West Las Vegas has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.5 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Navajo Prep struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went West Las Vegas' way against Navajo Prep in their previous matchup back in March as West Las Vegas made off with a 22-1 win. Will West Las Vegas repeat their success, or does Navajo Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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