Baseball Recap: Santa Fe Indian Victorious

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04/10/25 - Home	5-4 W
04/10/25 - Home	0-4 L
05/17/24 - Neutral	2-7 L
05/04/24 - Away	2-5 L
05/04/24 - Away	3-2 W
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Santa Fe Indian was not the first on the board on Thursday, but they got there more often. They skirted past the West Las Vegas Dons 5-4. This was a revenge game for the Braves: when they faced off against the Dons on Thursday, they had to take a 4-0 defeat.

Talyn Kewanletzema made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Santa Fe Indian let Terrance Crispin and Takoda Jones run wild. Crispin scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Jones got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one triple. That triple marked the first that Jones hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dontrell Aguilar, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Santa Fe Indian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .528. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Las Vegas only posted an OBP of .289.

Santa Fe Indian's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 10-4. As for West Las Vegas, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-2.

Santa Fe Indian has already played their next matchup, a 12-3 win against Rehoboth Christian on the 12th. As for West Las Vegas, they will head out to take on Robertson at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Dons' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cardinals have averaged an impressive 8.1 runs per game this season.