Baseball Recap: Snowflake Picks Up Fourth Consecutive Victory

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Snowflake). They were the clear victor by a 20-8 margin over the St. Johns Redskins on Thursday. This was payback for the Lobos, who suffered an 11-7 loss the last time these two teams met.

Skip Bawden made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single walk, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in March of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.

In other batting news, Snowflake got a massive performance out of Jaxon Merrill, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Merrill a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Aaden Coor, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.

Snowflake was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Lobos

Previous 4 Games

03/20/25 vs St. Johns	20-8
03/18/25 @ Page	10-0
03/06/25 @ Coolidge	4-0
03/04/25 vs Tuba City	17-0

The victory (which was Snowflake's fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for St. Johns, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Snowflake will face off against Chinle at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Chinle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season. As for St. Johns, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Show Low at 11:00 a.m.