Winslow sophomore pitcher Alex Vargas scattered five hits, fanning 10 batters and did not walk any batters to help lift the Bulldogs to a 5-3 freedom baseball game victory over the Chinle Wildcats on Monday afternoon.

Winslow head coach Art Griffith said Vargas threw a strong game on the mound.

"Both pitchers threw well effectuvely," said Griffith. "Sophomore Alex Vargas scattered five hits, striking out 10, with no walks."

Vargas went the distance on the mound, throwing seven innings. Vargas allowed five hits, three runs, two unearned runs, striking out 10 Chinle batters and did not issue any base-on-balls.

Jayden Guy was the losing pitcher. He struck out five Winslow batters and issued one walk.

Winslow led after the first inning, 3-0, when the Wildcats committed a fielding error. Chinle crossed the plate once in the top half of the first inning.

The Bulldogs tallied one unearned run in the third and fourth innings for a 5-1 lead. Chinle scored two runs in the sixth inning.

Winslow's Jace Lyons and Aiden Ortiz both had two base hits apiece. Lyons scored a pair of runs. Ortiz recorded two ribbies and crossed the plate once.

Bulldogs' A.J. Huerta had one hit, a three-bagger and one RBI. Vargas had one hit, including one RBI. Solomon Setalla recorded one hit, scored one run and one RBI for Winslow.

Chinle head coach Don Kimbrough said unearned runs plagued the Wildcats.

"Basically, we got beat by three errors," Kimbrough said. "We need more hitting. We need to work on our errors. Overall, I felt we played an excellent game."

Winslow improved to 8-1 overall. Winslow travels to Window Rock to face the Scouts on March 18 for a 3 p.m. freedom game.

Chinle, 2-2, entertains the Many Farms Lobos on March 17 in an 11 a.m. freedom game.