The Clovis Wildcats will square off against the Goddard Rockets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Clovis will be strutting in after a victory while Goddard will be coming in after a loss.
Clovis is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Organ Mountain, who was ranked 13th at the time (Clovis was ranked 23rd). Clovis came out on top against Organ Mountain by a score of 6-2 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Goddard came up short against La Cueva on Saturday, falling 9-2. The Rockets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Goddard saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marcos Rodriquez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Clovis has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. Goddard now has a losing record of 5-6.
Clovis came out on top in a nail-biter against Goddard in their previous matchup two weeks ago, sneaking past 9-7. Does Clovis have another victory up their sleeve, or will Goddard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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