The Santa Fe Trail Chargers will head out on the road to square off against the Baldwin Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Santa Fe Trail has three straight victories, Baldwin has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Santa Fe Trail got the win against Atchison County by a conclusive 15-2. The Chargers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by ten runs or more this season.

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Hunter French and Rigley Sleichter made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, French tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Meanwhile, Sleichter tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. French is becoming a predictor of Santa Fe Trail's success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). At the plate, French scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Sleichter scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Sleichter has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Breylan Gleason was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Sleichter, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Santa Fe Trail was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .583. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Baldwin came up short against Louisburg on Tuesday, falling 18-1.
The win got Santa Fe Trail back to even at 4-4. As for Baldwin, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Santa Fe Trail took their victory against Baldwin when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 17-2 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chargers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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