The Santa Fe Demons will face off against the East Mountain Timberwolves at 10:50 a.m. on Friday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Santa Fe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Piedra Vista, who was ranked 13th at the time (Santa Fe was ranked 22nd). Santa Fe lost 16-0 to Piedra Vista on Thursday. The Demons were red-hot at the plate heading into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matchups prior), but the Panthers' pitcher proved too tough.
Meanwhile, East Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against San Juan, falling 21-0.
Santa Fe dropped their record down to 4-4 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for East Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Santa Fe took their win against East Mountain in their previous meeting back in March of 2019 by a conclusive 15-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Fe since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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