The Espanola Valley Sundevils are taking a road trip to face off against the McCurdy Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Espanola Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while McCurdy will come in with ten straight wins.
Espanola Valley lost 9-2 to Moriarty on Saturday.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when McCurdy faced off against Questa on Thursday. The Bobcats put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 15-1 victory. The Bobcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by ten runs or more this season.
Jeremaya Roybal made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs. He is becoming a predictor of McCurdy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 10-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, Ryan Valdez was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Ethan Bolton, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
McCurdy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They are a perfect 10-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
McCurdy pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Espanola Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-15.
Espanola Valley skirted past McCurdy 6-4 in their previous meeting back in March. Will the Sundevils repeat their success, or do the Bobcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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