The Loving Falcons will venture away from home to square off against the Eunice Cardinals at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Loving sitting on three straight wins and Eunice on ten.
Loving is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over Mesilla Valley Christian School. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Eunice duked it out with Raton on Thursday. The Cardinals were the clear victors by a 12-0 margin over the Tigers. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won 14 contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Haziel Goitia looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Luis Zamora, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Misa Brito was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Eunice always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Raton only posted an OBP of .381.
Eunice's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.1 runs over those games. As for Loving, their record now sits at 13-7.
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