On Friday, Carlsbad faced Hobbs in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Carlsbad Cavemen fell just short of the Hobbs Eagles by a score of 3-2. Carlsbad's defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Allyson Madrid was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Carlsbad didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hobbs only tossed five.
On Hobbs' side, Yaraceli Medina spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits.
At the plate, Hobbs saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karissa Garcia, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Carlsbad's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-9. As for Hobbs, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Carlsbad beat Hobbs by a score of 16-14 later that day.
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