Capital High Baseball team taking two from Espanola Valley

No last place for the Jaguar boys as they defeat Espanola for the third time and dump the Sundevils into the cellar

By Arnie Leshin 

And up the hill from the softball field, the Capital High baseball team

also made it a double dip by turning back the visitors from Espanola Valley in the 2-5A doubleheader Saturday.

The Jaguar girls were still playing when their boys completed the sweep in defeating the Sundevils for the third time this season. With this, Capital improved to 5-18 overall and 3-6 in district.

In the 10-5 opener, the Jags scored twice in their first at-bat, added one in the third, five in the fourth, three in the fifth, and once in the sixth. They outhit Espanola, 8-7.

In the 12-7 closer, Capital took the early lead and maintained it as the Sundevils fell to 2-20 overall and 1-8 in district. The three district wins for the Jags were over Espanola.

At Albuquerque Manzano, the Santa Fe High baseball team lost a tough 1-0 opening game in nine innings, with the Monarchs scoring the winning run in the ninth. And in the second game of the District 2-6A doubleheader, the Demons again made a bid, but lost 6-4.

Here, Manzano took a quick 2-0 lead to offset the first-inning score by Santa Fe High, but the Demons took a 4-3 lead after three, but that’s when their scoring ceased as the Monarchs scored once each in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth frames.

The Demons conclude the regular season with a twin bill at home Saturday versus Albuquerque Eldorado.

In a District 2-4A contest at West Las Vegas, the Dons split with Taos, winning game one, 8-7, but dropping game two, 9-0. It put West Las Vegas at 10-11 overall and 4-7 in district. The Tigers are now 13-11 overall and 3-3 in district.