Texas High School Baseball - Horizon loses to Canutillo
March 2, 2023: Canutillo, TX 79835
The Horizon Scorpions baseball team (El Paso, TX), was overwhelmed 10-6 in Thursday's non-league outing with the host Canutillo Eagles (Canutillo, TX)
The Eagles now hold a 4-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to El Paso Leadership Academy East for a non-league outing on Friday, March 3. Canutillo will confront a Leaders team coming off a 10-0 non-league win over Jefferson (El Paso, TX). The Leaders record now stands at 3-5.
Next, the Scorpions confront the Andress Eagles (El Paso, TX) in a non-league outing, on Friday, March 3. Horizon will attempt to advance on its 1-5 season record. The Eagles go into the outing with a 1-5 record after their 9-7 non-league loss to Clint (Clint, TX).
Game Summary
Canutillo jumped to an early lead over Horizon and took home a 10-5 victory. Canutillo scored on a single by I Melendez, an error and a single by W Leeper in the first.
Canutillo put up 5 runs in the 3rd. The offensive onslaught was led by J Nicks, Leeper, E Guerra, A Sanchez and P Zuniga, all knocking in runs in the inning.
D Peru got the start and win for the Eagles. The right hander lasted 6 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs while striking out 8.
#8 toed the rubber for Horizon. He allowed 7 hits and 8 runs, striking out 2. # 4 and # 11 each contributed in relief for Horizon.
Canutillo smacked 1 home run on the day, Nicks had a long ball in the 4th. Canutillo had 12 hits in the game. Leeper and Nicks collected multiple hits for the Eagles. Nicks and Leeper all had 3 hits to lead the Canutillo Eagles.
Horizon saw the ball well today, racking up 8 hits in the game. Joan Perez and Barry Miller each had multiple hits for Horizon. Perez led Horizon with 3 hits in 4 at bats.
