The Ruidoso Warriors will take on the Lovington Wildcats in a tournament on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After dropping their season opener at home, Lovington is headed out to face a Warriors team ready to give their home crowd a win. Ruidoso fell 8-3 to Roswell on Thursday.
Ruidoso got a good showing from Levi Shelton, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Ruidoso saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trenton Hall, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI. That's the most hits Hall has posted since back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Lovington duked it out with Valencia on Thursday. Lovington fell just short of Valencia by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Jaguars: they've now lost six in a row.
Ruidoso took their win against Lovington when the teams last played back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 9-3. Does Ruidoso have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lovington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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