Cobre is 10-0 against Hatch Valley since June of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Cobre Indians will head out on the road to challenge the Hatch Valley Bears at 11:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cobre has four straight wins, Hatch Valley has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cobre proved they can win big on Friday (they won by six) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past St. Michael's 7-5. Seven seems to be a good number for Cobre as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Niko Trujillo made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Trujillo was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Eric Harrington, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Cesar Jimenez was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hatch Valley fell victim to a rough 14-5 defeat at the hands of Tularosa last Tuesday.
Hatch Valley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alan Ruiz, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Adrian Vasquez, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Cobre is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season. As for Hatch Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Hatch Valley's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Cobre hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .361. It's a different story for Hatch Valley, though, as they've only averaged .228. Will they be able to contain Cobre's hitters?
Everything went Cobre's way against Hatch Valley in their previous meeting back in March as Cobre made off with a 16-3 victory. Will Cobre repeat their success, or does Hatch Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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