The Lobos opened the baseball season at the Ben Franklin Pre-Season Classic tournament over the weekend. They played three games coming away with a win, a loss and a tie in the three outings.
The team started with an 8-2 win over ALA Ironwood on Thursday afternoon. The Lobos broke a 2-2 game open with 6 runs in the sixth inning to get the win.
Edge Bryant went 1 for 2, Nate Hall was 1 for 4 and Julian Barrera was 1 for 4 with a double.
Kyler Matthews pitched six innings giving up just two runs on two hits with eight strikeouts and walked five.
Friday’s game ended in a 6-6 tie with Combs. Snowflake trailed 4-2 after two innings and was behind 5-2 going into the bottom of the fourth where they took the lead with 4 runs. Combs fought back to tie the game at 6-6 in the fifth inning. Neither team scored in the sixth.
Tate Matthews went three for three with a double. Graham Bawden was 1 for 1, as was Curtis Hollum. Kasen Rogers went 1 for 3, Nate Hall went 1 for 2, Jaxon Merrill was 1 for 3.
Graham Bawden and Curtis Hollom combined to give up six runs on five hits with five total strikeouts and walked four runners.
Snowflake’s final game of the tournament came on Saturday where they dominated Paradise Honors with a 10-0 shutout win. Nine third inning runs decided the game early. Snowflake had eight hits in the game.
The Lobos will play at Tuba City on Tuesday this week, then will host Coolidge on Thursday.
