The Roadrunners went 1-2 in three games played over four days last week. They started the week in St. Johns on Monday, with an 11-1 six inning win over the Redskins. Holbrook’s 2 runs in the top of the fourth broke a 1-1 tie that lasted the first three innings. They pulled away with 4 in the fifth and 4 more in the sixth ending the game early.
Justin Maestas went 3 for 4 with a triple, and two doubles. Tildyn Larson was 1 for 2; Ben Eisele, 3 for 4; Troy Francis, 2 for 4; and Josh LeSueur went 1 for 3.
Larson pitched four innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 7 strikeouts and walked 2. Bryson Autobee pitched two frames without a hit. He had 2 strikeouts and 1 walk.
Hosting Blue Ridge on Tuesday, the Roadrunners didn’t score a run until the bottom of the sixth. By then the Yellowjackets had built up a 6-0 lead and went on to win the game 6-1.
Holbrook was held to just 3 hits in the loss. Maestas went 2 for 3 with a double. Larson was 1 for 3.
Lukai Frenette pitched six innings allowing 6 runs on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts and 5 walks. Ben Eisele pitched one inning giving up no runs, just 1 hit with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks.
Thursday the Roadrunners traveled to Blue Ridge where the game was not as close. The Yellowjackets prevailed 16-6 in six innings. Holbrook started ok with a run in the top of the first, but in the home half of the second the bottom fell out. Blue Ridge scored 10 runs in the second inning to take command of the game. Holbrook tried to rally with 4 runs in the fifth but the outcome was never threatened.
Ben Eisele went 2 for 4 with a triple. Larson was 3 for 3 with two doubles. Orion Arviso went 1 for 2 with a double. Joey Meeks went 2 for 3 with a double. Matthias Montijo was 1 for 3.
Larson, Ben Eisele, and Hayden Eisele combined to pitch the six innings. Collectively they allowed 16 runs on just 9 hits with 7 strikeouts but had 12 total walks.
Holbrook has just three games left in their season. After hosting Winslow on Monday, they will travel to Snowflake on Tuesday. Next Monday they end their season hosting Snowflake.
The Roadrunners are 5-9 in regular season games heading into this week.
