Gallup is 10-0 against Shiprock since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Gallup Bengals will head out on the road to challenge the Shiprock Chieftains at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Gallup has five straight wins, Shiprock has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Gallup stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They put the hurt on Kirtland Central with a sharp 12-0 victory.
Seniah Haines made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Haines has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 12 consecutive pitching appearances. Haines was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Morgan Belone and Victoria Zarate did most of the damage at the plate: Belone scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Zarate scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Brenna Becenti was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Shiprock suffered a rough 12-2 loss at the hands of Bloomfield on Thursday.
Gallup pushed their record up to 13-5 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the games in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 9 runs. As for Shiprock, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-9.
Everything went Gallup's way against Shiprock when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Gallup made off with a 14-0 victory. Does Gallup have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shiprock turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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