The Sandia Matadors will head out on the road to square off against the La Cueva Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Sandia is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Eldorado, who was ranked sixth at the time (Sandia was ranked fifth). The Matadors fell just short of the Golden Eagles by a score of 10-8 on Monday. The Matadors haven't had much luck with the Golden Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, La Cueva waltzed into their match on Monday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. Everything went their way against the Jaguars as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 games by seven runs or more this season.
La Cueva pushed their record up to 21-3 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.6 runs over those games. As for Sandia, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-5.
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