Holbrook started the week with an easy win for their first regular season game. They have sandwiched 11 games around that lone regular season game. In total they are scheduled for 30 total games this season including the two tournaments and have now already played 12 of those 30 games in the first two weeks of the season.
Monday they were in Ganado where they defeated an overmatched Hornet team. Holbrook gave up 3 runs to the home team in the bottom of the first but quickly regrouped and took control of the game with 13 second inning runs. They tacked on 5 more in the fourth before the Hornets scored once in the fourth and pushed across 3 final runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Holbrook finished with 10 hits in the game. Willow Guttery went 2 for 2 with a home run. Alexis Young was 2 for 4; Jaycee Greer, 1 for 4 with a triple; Elena Philpott, 2 for 4 with a triple; Heidi Bahe, 1 for 3 with a double. Angelica Uranga, 1 for 4; and Emily Sanchez was 1 for 2.
Philpott worked all five innings in the circle where she allowed 7 runs on 5 hits with 12 strikeouts and walked 1 Hornet batter.
At the end of this week Holbrook competed in the Joseph City Invitational tournament. They played twice on Thursday, splitting those two games.
The tournament started with a humbling 19-1 loss to Joseph City. The Wildcats started easy with 3 runs in the first, then after adding 1 more in the second they opened the game up with 15 third inning runs. Holbrook scored their only run in the second inning.
Holbrook scattered just three hits in the loss. Young was 1 for 2 but that one was a home run. Philpott went 1 for 2 with a double. Sanchez was 1 for 2.
Philpott pitched 2.1 innings, giving up 19 runs on 17 hits with 2 strikeouts and walked 5. Arianna Sangster pitched .2 innings, allowing no runs or hits with one walk.
Holbrook followed that loss up with a 5-3 win over St. Johns on Thursday afternoon. The Birds gave up 3 runs in the first but bounced back with 5 runs in the second to end the scoring for the game.
Micah Winn went 1 for 2, with a double. Young was 2 for 3, with a double. London Gardner went 1 for 1; McKenzie Baker, 1 for 2; Guttery, 1 for 3; Bahe 1 for 2; and Uranga was 1 for 1.
Gardner pitched 4 innings giving up 3 runs on 7 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks.
Friday morning Holbrook defeated Mogollon 6-2. The Roadrunners started early with 5 first inning runs then added another in the second. Mogollon scored once in the first and again in the third.
Philpott went 1 for 2, with a double. Guttery was 1 for 3, with a double. Gardner went 1 for 1; Bahe, 1 for 3; Young, 1 for 2; Uranga, 1 for 2; and Sanchez went 1 for 2.
Philpott worked all five innings in the circle, giving up the 2 runs on 6 hits with 6 strikeouts and just 1 walk.
Friday afternoon Holbrook earned a come from behind win over St. Michaels. The Roadrunners started off right with 4 runs in the top of the first but trailed by 1 after giving up 5 runs to the Cardinals in the second. They quickly caught and passed them with the game’s final 3 runs in the top of the third for the 7-5 win.
Rylie Patterson was 1 for 2, Winn 1 for 1, Philpott 1 for 3 and Guttery 1 for 3.
Gardner picked up the win in the circle, giving up 5 runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and no walks.
Holbrook’s split their final two games of the tournament on Saturday. In the morning, they defeated Kingman 13-7, then later that afternoon they fell to Window Rock 10-7.
London Gardner was named to the all-tournament team for Holbrook. Collectively in the tournament she went 4 for 9 at the plate and was hit by a pitch. In the circle was 3-0 with 12 innings of work recording 12 strikeouts with only 3 walks.
Holbrook is now 5-7 overall as they head into their break.
They will have this week off for spring break but will return to action on March 16, when they host Williams. Two days later they travel to face Chinle. Both those games will be regular season contests, as that is all the Lady Birds have left on their schedule for the remainder of the season.
