The Winslow Bulldogs baseball team defeated the Tubs City Warriors 9-6 at Tuba City on March 7. The win left the Bulldogs with a 3-2-1 record for the season.
Tuba City scored two runs in each of the first two innings for a 4-0 lead. Winslow struck for four runs in the top of the fourth inning to tie the game but the Warriors scored in the bottom of the frame to go up 5-4. Winslow plated three runs in the top of the sixth inning to go ahead 7-5 but the Warriors got one back in the bottom of the frame to make it 7-6. Winslow scored two insurance runs in the top of the seventh and held the Warriors in the bottom of the inning to seal the victory.
Tuba City out-hit the Bulldogs 11-7 but Winslow got clutch hits and won the game. Jalen Lyons was two for four, Jacob Guerrero and Anton Huerta were one for two, Daniel Vizcaya and Nolan Robertson were one for three, Ricardo Villanueva was one for four, Lyons had a triple, and Vizcaya and Robertson had doubles.
Robertson got the win in relief giving up two runs on five hits in five innings of work. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter.
The Bulldogs were to host the Red Rock Scorpions on Friday and the Window Rock Scouts on Tuesday. They will host the Chinle Wildcats on Friday and the Show Low Cougars on Tuesday, March 21.
