Hondo Anvil Herald

Owls take 2-of-3 on the road

 

     Hondo baseball’s non-district road show wrapped up this past week. The Owls recorded a 9-5 win at San Antonio Christian on Thursday, March 12, then stumbled at Bandera 9-4 on Friday, March 13, before going to Poth on Monday, March 16, bouncing back with a 7-2 win over the Pirates. 

     Play in District 28-3A opens for Hondo this Friday, March 20, when the Owls (12-4-2) visit Dilley for a 7 p.m. game. The district home opener, and first home game of the season (other than games played in the South Texas Slugfest the last weekend in February), will be Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m., when Hondo hosts Crystal City at Bridges Field.

     At SACS on Thursday, the Owls built a 9-2 lead after five innings and held on for the win.

     Joby Pimentel was 3-for-4 at the plate, while Derek Elizondo was 2-for-2, and walked in his other two plate appearances. The game’s big hit was a three-run double in the fourth by Josiah Quintanilla.

     Hondo used four pitchers, with Jaxson Williams getting the win with 1 2/3 innings in relief.

     Already leading 3-2 midway through the fourth on Friday, Bandera took control with five runs in the bottom of the inning on the way to a 9-4 win.

     Rudy Alvarado had two of Hondo’s seven total hits, including an RBI double in the seventh. Williams and Jack Gruber also batted in runs for the Owls.

     Monday, Hondo built a 7-0 lead with runs in the first, second and fourth inning.

     Pimentel got the start and worked three scoreless innings to earn the win. Elizondo, Alvarado, Kolten Alvarez and Anthony Garza all had two hits, with RBI coming from Elizondo, Garza and Gruber.