The Lobos picked up two wins to start their regular season campaign last week. Hosting Tuba City on Tuesday, Snowflake had no problems with the Warriors in a 17-0, five-inning shutout win. The home team scored 3 in the first, added 6 in the second, and finished the scoring off with an 8-run third inning.
The team pounded out 11 hits scattered through nine different batters. Gavin Rausch was 2 for 3 with 4 RBI. Tate Matthews went 2 for 3 with a double. Graham Bawden went 1 for 1. Curtis Hollom was 1 for 1. Skip Bawden went 1 for 1 with a triple. Kenyan Bryant went 1 for 2. Ryker Brimhall was 1 for 2 with a double. Kyler Matthews went 1 for 1. Xavier Reidhead went 1 for 1.
Kyler Matthews worked three innings on the hill, giving up just 2 hits with 6 strikeouts and walked only 1 Warrior batter. Tate Matthews pitched two hitless innings with 4 strikeouts and also walked just one batter.
The Lobos traveled to Coolidge on Thursday, where they picked up another shutout win, although this was a much closer game with Snowflake prevailing 4-0.
The Lobos scored 2 in the top of the first, then went through five scoreless innings by both teams until they added 2 more in the top of the sixth.
Skip Bawden pitched a complete seven-inning game allowing just 2 hits with an impressive 15 strikeouts and only 1 walk. He faced just two batters over the minimum in a strong performance.
Snowflake finished with 8 total hits. Bawden helped himself by going 2 for 3 including a double and a triple, along with an RBI. Xavier Reidhead went 2 for 2. Graham Bawden went 1 for 2, as did Kenyan Bryant. Kyler Matthews was 1 for 3 with 2 RBI. Aaden Coor went 1 for 3 with a double.
Snowflake will have some time off for spring break. They will host Pima on Friday at 1 p.m., then will travel to Page to take on the Sand Devils on March 18.
