On Thursday, Silver faced Los Lunas in a battle between two of the state’s top teams. The Silver Fighting Colts fell just short of the Los Lunas Tigers by a score of 4-3. Silver has now taken an ‘L’ in back-to-back games.
Jayelyn Sanchez was cooking despite her team’s loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Silver didn’t let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That’s the most strikeouts they’ve managed all season.
Silver now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Los Lunas, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Silver will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Ruidoso at 3:00 p.m. As for Los Lunas, they will face off against Carlsbad at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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