Centennial shut out again, eliminated as 5A baseball heads to quarterfinals
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Aside from Las Cruces’ pitching dominance, there wasn’t much about the opening weekend of the Class 5A baseball playoffs that moved the needle. The 12th-seeded Bulldawgs shut out No. 5 Centennial for the second consecutive day, and a 2-0 victory Saturday propelled Las Cruces into next week’s quarterfinals in Albuquerque.
The other seven top seeds join the Bulldawgs in the quarters. The Thursday quarterfinals look like this: No. 1 Rio Rancho versus No.
8 Mayfield at 4 p. m. , and No.
2 Cleveland against No. 7 Eldorado at 7 p. m.
, both at Santa Ana Star Field. The other two quarters Thursday are at the Riordan Complex on the West Side, with No. 3 La Cueva facing No.