On Thursday, Centennial faced Hobbs in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Centennial Hawks' pitcher stepped up to hand the Hobbs Eagles a 4-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Centennial who now have three in a row.
Not much got past Gilberto Torres, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Hobbs off the board. Torres has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mateo Marquez was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
On Hobbs' side, they got a good showing from Nicholas Gonzalez, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Hobbs saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaysiah Martinez, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Centennial pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs per game. As for Hobbs, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Centennial beat Hobbs by a score of 8-7 later that day.
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