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Head Baseball Coach Kendall Bakurza currently has 15 players on his varsity roster. Seniors include, Brett Buckley, Chase Gorce, Shaun O’Brien, Brady Buckley, Fernando Luna and Kaleb Tyler. They are joined by juniors, Andres Aguilera, Adrian Aguilera and Gabriel Baker. Sophomores on the team are Jesse Knight, John O’Brien and Zachary Pete. Freshmen; Carson Hatch, Dustin Philpott and Alex Reid round out the team.
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Holbrook is four games into their season and still searching for their first win thanks to dropping both games of a double header at Chinle on Saturday.
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Holbrook held the lead at 1-0 through the second inning in the first game on Saturday, but the Birds gave up four runs in the third to the Wildcats and never recovered with Chinle eventually winning the game 7-2.
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Brett Buckley led at the plate going three for four with one RBI. Aguilera and Shaun O’Brien were both one for two. Brett Buckley and John O’Brien each had one stolen base.
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Holbrook utilized three pitchers in the game with Brady Buckley, John O’Brien and Luna combining to allow seven runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and walked five Wildcat batters.
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The second game of the twin bill wasn’t as close with Chinle winning the game 17-5 in four and a half innings. Holbrook scored twice in the first inning to lead 2-0, but in the second they gave up six to Chinle, who also posted five in the third and finished the game off with six more runs in the fourth.
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Chinle pounded out 16 hits against Holbrook pitching and limited the Roadrunners to just four hits in the loss.
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Holbrook opened the season on Feb. 26 with a home field game against Chino Valley. The game was originally scheduled to be in Chino Valley, but remnants of the recent storm made their field unplayable, moving the game to Holbrook’s diamond.
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Chino Valley scored once in the first, then took a 4-1 lead into the third. Holbrook didn’t score their second run of the game until the seventh frame, which was too late for the Birds to win their season opener with the Cougars taking the game 5-2.
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The following day Holbrook played host to St. Johns. The Redskins jumped out early scoring three runs in the top of the first. Holbrook countered with one in the first, and another in the second. They tied the game in the bottom of the fifth with another single run. St. Johns quickly broke the tie in the top of the sixth with two runs, then finished off Holbrook with one more in the seventh to win the game 6-3.
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Holbrook was held to just one hit in the game that coming from Aguilera who went one for two. Aguilera also stole two bases and Brady Buckley had one stolen base.
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Luna pitched 4.1 innings giving up three runs on four hits with six strikeouts. Brady Buckley worked 2.2 innings allowing three runs on four hits with six strikeouts and walked three.
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After hosting Show Low on Tuesday, the Roadrunners will compete in the Route 66 Tournament held in River Valley this weekend. They will return to regular season action on March 11 with a trip to Ganado.
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