Hondo Anvil Herald

Hondo splits shutouts

 

     Hondo split a pair of 6-0 road contests in the past week, beating Crystal City Friday, April 10, on a two-hitter, then suffering a loss to Lytle on Tuesday, April 14, this time limited to one hit.

     With one week left on the District 28-3A schedule, the Owls are 6-2 in league play, with an 18-6-2 season record.

     Hondo will host Natalia on Friday, April 17, and will close out the schedule with Senior Night against Cotulla on Tuesday, April 21. 

     Playoffs will await in the following week, with the Owls set to enter the 3A-Division 1 bracket.

     At Crystal City on Friday, Rudy Alvarado went six innings on the mound, surrendering just two hits to the Javelinas.

     The Owls put up three runs in the first to do all the damage they needed. Derek Elizondo and Mason Barr both singled and Josiah Quintanilla got aboard on an error, accounting for the three runs. Hondo added single runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings. Barr was 2-for-3 for the game, with two RBI.

     Tuesday night, Lytle pitcher Weston Jackson held Hondo to just one hit, a bloop single by Layton Pope in the fifth. 

     Hondo’s two pitchers, Joby Pimentel and Elizondo, did their job as well, holding the heavy-hitting Pirates to just three hits. But Lytle made the runs count, as they took advantage of three walks and three hit batters.