It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Artesia had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the St. Pius X Sartans onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. Give Artesia's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
For St. Pius X's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ashley Chavez, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Artesia has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for St. Pius X, their loss dropped their record down to 18-6.
Artesia will square off against Gallup at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. St. Pius X does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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