Baseball 2 Winsllow 2

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The Winslow Lady Bulldogs went against some talented competition in the Tournament of Champions at Bullhead City. In their first game on Thursday, March 7, they defeated Valencia from Los Lunas, N.M., 5-2, defeated the Mohave Lady Thunderbirds 9-4, then were blanked by Narco, Calif., 10-0.

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On Friday they lost to Valencia, 18-3 and to Mission Viejo, Calif., also 18-3. On Saturday they lost to the Perry Lady Pumas, 16-2 and Valencia, 7-0 giving them a 2-5 record in the tournament and a 4-5 record for the season. The Lady Bulldogs had beaten the Sedona Red Rock Lady Scorpions 19-0 and the Chinle Lady Wildcats in their first two games of the season.

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In their 9-4 win over Mohave, the Lady Bulldogs took a 4-0 lead in the top of the third inning but saw that cut to 4-3 in the bottom of the frame. Winslow increased the lead to 6-3 in the fourth inning and 9-3 in the top of the fifth. Mohave could only plate one run in the bottom of the fifth and last inning. Winslow had nine hits to only three for Mohave.

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In Winslow’s 10-0 loss to the Narco Lady Cougars, Narco scored four runs in both the second and third innings and two in the fourth. The Lady Bulldogs were shut out by Stevie Hansen who pitched a no-hit game, striking out nine and walking two in the game which was shortened to four innings. Narco had 10 hits and seven walks and, including two games after this one, has won 12 straight games.

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In their 18-3 loss to Mission Viejo, the Lady Diablos scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and one in the second frame. The Lady Bulldogs scored three in the top of the fourth but Mission Viejo tallied nine in the bottom of the fifth and last inning of the game. Jordyn Johnson went the full five innings for Winslow giving up 18 runs, only nine of which were earned, on 17 hits and two walks. Winslow had eight errors. Mission Viejo fell to 4-7 after losing two more games.

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The Lady Bulldogs had three hits led by Justine Butterfield who was two for two with a home run and two RBIs. Megan Cunningham was one for three and scored a run.

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In the 18-3 loss to Valencia, the Lady Jaguars scored four in the first inning while Winslow scored one. Valencia then took a 14-1 lead in the second inning and increased it to 18-1 in the third. Winslow scored twice in the fourth and last inning. Valencia had 12 hits to five for Winslow. Two of Winslow’s hits were home runs by Andrea Guzman and Jordyn Johnson.

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In the 16-2 loss to Perry, the Lady Pumas took an 11-1 lead in the first inning and scored in each of the remaining frames of the four inning game. Winslow only had four hits, one of them a home run by Desbah White.

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In the 7-0 loss to the Los Lunas Lady Tigers no statistics were available from either team. Los Lunas was 3-2 after the win. Los Lunas had a five run second inning in a game that only went five.

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