Winslow extended their current win streak to four with a pair of wins in last week’s action. Tuesday’s trip to Window Rock resulted in a 13-1 victory, and Friday’s journey to Chinle was an 11-1 win for the Dawgs.
Facing the Scouts in Tuesday’s win, the Bulldogs scored three first inning runs then added another in the second to lead by four. Window Rock scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the fourth. Winslow put the game away with consecutive three run innings in the fifth, sixth, seventh.
Brennan Sawyer went 2 for 4; Jalen Lyons, 2 for 5 with a triple and a double; Solomon Setalla, 1 for 4; Alec Williams, 1 for 4; Daniel Vizcaya, 2 for 5 with a home run and a double; AJ Huerta, 1 for 3; Welden Gamber, 1 for 3; and Sonny Wilbanks was 1 for 2 with a triple.
Wilbanks and Setalla combined on the hill to give up just one run and one hit with nine strikeouts, and walked six Scout batters.
Playing on the road again at Chinle on Friday, Winslow again started well scoring 10 runs through four innings before the Wildcats scored their only run in the bottom of the fourth. Winslow closed out the game under the 10-run rule with one score in the top of the fifth.
With the two victories the Bulldogs improved their overall season mark to 6-2. They are 4-1 in regular season contests.
After having opened East Region play at Show Low on Monday they will travel to Snowflake on Thursday. Friday they will host Monument Valley. Next Monday they host Blue Ridge completing a busy four game stretch.
