The Cimarron-Memorial Spartans will take on the Sports Leadership & Management Bulls at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cimarron-Memorial's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Valley with a sharp 23-0 win. With that victory, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 7.1 runs per game.
Mares Kai
| 04/02/25 @ Valley | 4 |
| 03/11/25 vs Legacy | 3 |
| 03/31/25 vs Valley | 2 |
| 03/17/25 vs Mater Academy East Las Vegas | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Cheyenne | 1 |
Cimarron-Memorial let Mares Kai and Isaiah Romero run wild. Kai went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, four runs, and four RBI, while Romero scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those four stolen bases gave Kai a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cheldon Isa, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Sports Leadership & Management won against Chaparral on Tuesday with 17 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Bulls were the clear victors by a 17-6 margin over the Cowboys. The result was nothing new for the Bulls, who have now won six games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Jameson Murray was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Sports Leadership & Management is 6-2 when Murray posts two or more runs, but 1-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Leo Diaz, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Sports Leadership & Management hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chaparral struck out seven times.
The win made it two in a row for Sports Leadership & Management and bumps their season record up to 7-10. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Cimarron-Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 2-13.
Cimarron-Memorial might still be hurting after the 11-4 loss they got from Sports Leadership & Management in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Spartans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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