The Las Cruces Bulldawgs will take on the Da Vinci Dragons at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Las Cruces will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Las Cruces is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Valley, who was ranked 18th at the time (Las Cruces was ranked seventh). Las Cruces came out on top against Valley by a score of 5-2 last Saturday.
Joaquin Pfeiffer looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Adrian Whitman was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Isaac Gomez was another key player, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Da Vinci came up short against Sandia on Saturday, falling 15-9.
Las Cruces pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Da Vinci, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10-1.
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