The Grants Pirates will head out to square off against the Bernalillo Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grants took a ten-run defeat the last time they faced off against Shiprock, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Grants had just enough and edged out Shiprock 5-4 on Thursday.
Bianca Murillo was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Those two hits gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Reyna Valdez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, Bernalillo made easy work of Pojoaque Valley on Tuesday and carried off a 14-4 win. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by exactly ten runs.
The victory made it two in a row for Bernalillo and bumps their season record up to 2-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 10 runs. As for Grants, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
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