The Sandia Matadors are taking a road trip to face off against the Eldorado Golden Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Sandia is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.
Sandia's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when Manzano hitters got past them. The Matadors sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 13-11 victory over the Monarchs on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Matadors have posted against the Monarchs since April 28, 2018.
Meanwhile, Eldorado faced La Cueva in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Golden Eagles lost 11-1 to the Bears. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Golden Eagles have suffered since March 1st.
Eldorado saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sullivan Wilson, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Sandia pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Eldorado, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-7.
Sandia couldn't quite get it done against Eldorado in their previous matchup back in March as they fell 5-0. Can the Matadors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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