DEMONETTES STRUGGLE WITH SANDIA.Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN New Mexico Abbr. NM or N.M. or N.Mex. A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. The New Mexican While Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. High might have battled, the Demonettes also swung freely. It was not a good combination against a team atop the District 2AAAAA AAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse AAAAA Association Amicale des Amateurs d'Andouillettes Authentiques (used to qualify an andouillette, French cooked pork meat) AAAAA AHo's Amazing Atlas of Antibody Anatomy softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' standings. Albuquerque Sandia was more disciplined at the plate and crossed it a few more times in a 6-3 win over the Demonettes. Sandia is 7-0 in 2AAAAA, while the Demonettes have fallen to 1-4. Overall, Santa Fe is 13-6. "Sandia is real patient, and doesn't go for bad pitches," Demonettes head coach Sig Rivera said. "We've just got to be patient at the plate, because we're swinging at pretty much anything we see." The Demonettes had reason for being so anxious. They've played just three games in three weeks after bad weather has postponed four games. The result is a stretch of seven games next week to close out 2AAAAA play. "The long layoff has taken an affect on us," Rivera said. Backed by pitcher Sandra Serna who had 15 strike outs, the Lady Matadors scored twice in the third, three times in the fifth and once in the sixth. Santa Fe High's offensive highlight was an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in sacrifice fly from senior center fielder Mel Chavez. Senior pitcher Monica Rivera (10-6) suffered the loss for the Demonettes. |
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