With a playoff game on the line, Artesia rose to the challenge on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Santa Teresa Desert Warriors as they made off with a 20-1 win. Artesia might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Jett Whitmire was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. Nye Estrada was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
On Santa Teresa's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ardon Luna, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Santa Teresa hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Artesia is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season. As for Santa Teresa, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-16.
Artesia will take on St. Pius X at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Pius X sitting on four straight victories and Artesia on three. Santa Teresa does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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