The Sandia Prep Sundevils will take on the Shiprock Chieftains at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with eight consecutive losses dating back to last season for Sandia Prep and 14 for Shiprock dating back to last season.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Sandia Prep and Hope Christian meet (seven straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. Sandia Prep lost 15-3 to Hope Christian. That's two games in a row now that the Sundevils have lost by exactly 12 runs.
Sandia Prep saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amelia Martinez, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Madeline Draszkiewicz was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, Sandia Prep was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .462. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Shiprock had to hit the road for their first game and it wasn't the result they were hoping for. They fell just short of Grants by a score of 5-4 on Thursday.
Sandia Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Shiprock, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
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