The Bulldogs split their two games played last week with a 5-0 home field shut out over Blue Ridge on Monday backed up by a 6-4 loss at Payson on Friday.
The split moved their regular season record to 7-3 and left them ranked 15th in the 3A rankings at the beginning of this week. After hosting eighth ranked Holbrook on Tuesday they will join the Roadrunners and several other area teams at the Wolves Classic in Goodyear at the close of the week. Next Tuesday they will host Snowflake.
Monday’s home tilt with the Jackets was scoreless until the third inning, which is where the Bulldogs scored their first three runs. They added two more in the bottom of the sixth. Winslow got a pitching gem from Ricardo Villanueva who went the distance allowing no runs on only three hits with five strikeouts and walked only one.
Winslow collected five hits led by Daniel Vizcaya and AJ Huerta who both went 2 for 4; Russell Foy was 2 for 3; Brennan Sawyer, 1 for 3; and Villanueva went 1 for 2 with two RBI.
Playing in Payson on Friday, the Bulldogs gave up three first inning runs to the Longhorns but battled back to tie the game at 3-3 after three innings. Winslow briefly moved in front with a run in the fifth, but fell behind for good after Payson scored the game’s final three runs in the sixth.
Winslow out hit Payson 8 to 5, but those eight were scattered and produced just the four runs. Jacob Guerrero went 2 for 3, with a double; Jalen Lyons was 1 for 4, with a double; Villanueva went 1 for 3, as did Solomon Setalla, Alec Williams and Vizcaya; and Huerta was 1 for 4.
Guerrero worked six innings allowing six runs on five hits with a trio of strikeouts and three walks.
