In days of action at the Route 66 Tournament played over the weekend the Roadrunners went 0-4, however, three of the four games were within five runs.
The Birds opened play on Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Kingman. The Bulldogs did all of the damage in the second and third while Holbrook was shut out, finishing the game with just one hit, which came off the bat of Gabriel Baker who went one for two. Xan Ashley pitched 2.1 innings giving up three runs on one hit, with five walks and a pair of strikeouts.
On March 10, Holbrook met up with Needles and fell to the Mustangs 8-0 in four innings. Needles scored six runs in the bottom of the first, which pretty much put the game out of reach. Holbrook’s bats remained silent with Izzy Ramos collected the only hit for the team. Manuel Baca pitched 2.2 innings giving up two runs on six hits with three strikeouts. Destin Baur pitched .2 innings giving up six runs on four hits, with two walks.
Early Friday morning, Holbrook fell to El Centro, Calif., by a final of 6-2. The Spartans scored four runs in the first inning. Holbrook found some life in their bats and scored twice in the second. Central closed out the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Ashley went one for one and Jesse Knight was one for two. Marcus Oberriter pitched three innings giving up two runs on four hits, with a walk and two strikeouts. Jaggar Buckley worked one inning allowing four runs on two hits, with three walks.
Saturday morning Holbrook faced off with Holtville, Calif. The Vikings shut out Holbrook by a final of 5-0.
Holbrook now heads to at least a two-week break with the closure of all Arizona schools. They entered that break still searching for their first win at 0-9. Pending the outcome of Monday’s AIA meeting the Roadrunners will now have to wait to hear word on when or if their season will continue.
