On Tuesday, Hope Christian faced Bernalillo in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Hope Christian Huskies fell just short of the Bernalillo Spartans by a score of 3-2. Hope Christian has not had much luck with Bernalillo recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Joe Marek spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on six hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Jacob Baca made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
On Bernalillo's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Uriel Castro gave up just two earned runs on nine hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Bernalillo's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hondo Baca, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Hope Christian's loss dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Bernalillo, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-3.
Hope Christian will head out on the road to face off against Albuquerque Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hope Christian is facing Albuquerque Academy at the right time seeing as Albuquerque Academy is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Bernalillo, they will head out on the road to challenge Del Norte at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Del Norte has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.81 runs per game on average), something Bernalillo will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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