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The Blue Ridge Yellowjackets defeated the Winslow Bulldogs 4-2 in a hotly contested game at Lakeside on Friday. The win improved Blue Ridge’s record to 10-6 and dropped Winslow’s to 10-5 for the season.
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Both teams scored in the first inning and again in the third. The game was decided in the bottom of the fifth inning when Blue Ridge got three hits, a walk and an error to score three runs. There were plenty of threats as Blue Ridge left runners on base and Winslow stranded eight including the potential tying runs in their final inning.
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Jacob Guerrero took the tough loss giving up four runs, only two of which were earned, on six hits and two walks while striking out 10 in five innings of work. Dylan Vargas worked an inning and had a strike out.
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Winslow had five hits. Jace Lyons was one for two; Josiah Montgomery was one for three, with an RBI; and A. J. Huerta, Brennan Sawyer and Jacob Guerrero were one for four, with Huerta having a double and Sawyer a run scored.
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The Bulldogs were to host Payson on Tuesday. Their next home game will be on Friday, April 5, against Snowflake.
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