The Winslow High School baseball team picked up wins at Snowflake last Tuesday and at home over Tuba City on Thursday. The Bulldogs edged the Snowflake Lobos 3-2 in a great pitchers’ duel that took only an hour and 48 minutes to play all seven innings. Winslow clobbered the Tuba City Warriors 15-0 on Thursday behind an excellent performance by freshman pitcher Junior Villanueva.
At Snowflake the Lobos scored first in the bottom of the third inning on a triple by Cadeon Ervien and a single by Matt Lamb. Winslow took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning on a walk to Kuster Kinlicheenie and a two-run home run by Rey Chavez-Velez. The Lobos tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on a triple by Tyler Hanson.
The Bulldogs scored the winning run in the top of the sixth inning on a double by Matthew Ramos and a single by Villanueva.
Kinlicheenie was the winning pitcher, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk while fanning 13. This was his second victory of the young season. Snowflake’s Tyler Hanson allowed only three runs on six hits in the classic pitchers’ duel.
Villanueva was 2 for 3 at the plate for the Bulldogs. Chavez-Velez, Ramos and John Stacey were all 1 for 3, with Chavez-Velez smacking a home run and Ramos, a double.
Winslow got a solid pitching performance against Tuba City from Villanueva, who allowed just one hit and two walks in a game shortened to five innings. The Bulldogs had 12 hits and led 4-0 after one inning, 6-0 after two and 14-0 after three innings.
Ramos and Jacob LaFon were both 1 for 1. Chavez-Velez was 3 for 4. Villanueva was 2 for 3 with a triple. Kinlicheenie was 2 for 4 with a double. Stacey was 1 for 2 and Chance Dick was 1 for 3.
Winslow was slated to host the Page Sand Devils on Saturday and meet the Holbrook Roadrunners in Holbrook on Tuesday. The Bulldogs will meet the Eagles on Thursday, March 12, in Flagstaff and again on Saturday, March 14, in Winslow.
