On Friday, Hobbs faced Lovington in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Hobbs Eagles narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Lovington Wildcats 3-1. The overall outcome was as expected, but Lovington made it much more of a contest than the oddsmakers had predicted.
Hobbs got a great performance from Destiny Chavarria as she struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off nine hits. Chavarria has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Ailea Trevizo picked up the save, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (she also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kaiya Boyle, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
The victory was the fifth in a row for Hobbs, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. As for Lovington, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Hobbs will be playing in front of their home fans against Liberty at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hobbs is facing Liberty at the right time seeing as Liberty is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Lovington, they will play host again on Tuesday to welcome Carlsbad, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Lovington's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Carlsbad's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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