Holbrook’s baseball team had just one game last week but that one game turned out to be a huge 11-1 road win at region foe Blue Ridge on Friday afternoon.
Holbrook played well defensively behind Justin Perkins who earned the win on the hill where he gave up just the one run on eight hits with five strikeouts and walked none of the 27 Yellowjacket batters he faced.
Holbrook broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third with four runs. They added on two more in the fifth to lead 6-0, before Blue Ridge scored what turned out to be their only run of the game in the bottom of the fourth. Holbrook added two more in the sixth and three in the seventh.
The Roadrunners had little problems with Yellowjacket pitching, piling up 20 hits in the win. Ryan Short went 3 for 5, as did Gabe Gabaldon and Perkins. Cole McDaniel was 2 for 3; Jalen Nez, 2 for 3; Michael Queiruga, 2 for 3; Zach Reyes, 2 for 4; and Brady Buckley went 1 for 4, with a double. Perkins also had a double.
With the win Holbrook improved their overall season mark to 11-2 and they were 5-1 in ranked games heading into this week’s action. With the initial rankings set to be released on Tuesday, Holbrook should find themselves sitting inside the top 10 in the 3A rankings.
Holbrook will be busy this week with three games on the docket. Following Tuesday’s home game against Show Low, the Birds will host Snowflake on Friday then travel to Monument Valley on Saturday. Next Tuesday they play at Winslow.
