The Capitan Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Lordsburg Mavericks at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Capitan sitting on seven straight wins and Lordsburg on six.
Capitan is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 24-7 margin over Mescalero Apache on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won seven games by nine runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lordsburg made easy work of Mesilla Valley Christian School on Tuesday and carried off a 15-5 victory. The Mavericks are also no stranger to big wins: their blowout was the sixth contest they've won by 6+ runs this season.
Lordsburg pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.7 runs over those games. As for Capitan, their win bumped their record up to 8-4.
Capitan suffered a grim 18-2 defeat to Lordsburg in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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