WEATHER - SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS LIKELY

VARSITY

Gm 1 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|   R | H | E

Tracy 5|1|2|0|0|5|0|   13|10| 3

BC     0|0|1|0|1|0|0|    2 | 4 | 6

Coaches Comments:

"I'm very happy with the effort put forth today," said Coach Mac starting his 2nd season with the Bulldogs.  "Our guys played hard, competed, and played as team. Our players should be really proud of the work they’ve put in to this point of the season."

"We had some guys swing the bat really well. The loud bat today was Josh Verduzco with 3 doubles in his first three at bats. Leland Freitas really helped unlock a big inning for us early with a well placed bunt. We had multiple guys that had what we term a quality at bat and we were able to steal 4 bags on the day." 

"Our pitchers did a nice job working ahead in the count and dictating the tempo for the mound. All three guys (Marquez, Kalirai, and Sardi)  competed well. I'm proud of how these guys are developing."

Tracy wasted no time taking a commanding lead in their first game when the Bulldogs loaded the bases on a walk, a fielding error, and a bunt.  Jacoby Freitas would single to right to score Alfonso Silveria-Marquez and Brady Brown.  Malakai Jacobo would then triple to score Leland Freitas and Jacoby Freitas to give Tracy a 4-0 lead.  Josh Verduzco would begin his offensive explosion on the day with with the first of three doubles that would score Jacobo and place the Bulldog lead at 5-0.

Tracy would add one more run in the 2nd on a Sac Fly by Leland Freitas that would score Silveria-Marquez who had reached earlier on an error.

Verduzco would lead off the 3rd with another double, Anthony Crivello singled to score Verduzco and then Crivello scored on a Jaxon Rocha ground ball that resulted in a fielding error.

Tracy would finish their scoring campaign in the 6th inning when Brown singled to lead off.  Leland Freitas was hit by a pitch and Jacobo walked.  Brady Brown scored on a passed ball to put Tracy up 9-2.  Crivello put the ball in play to collect a RBI.  Jacobo would score on a fielding error.  Lukas Nairn singled to score Verduzco for Tracy's 12th run.

Silveria-Marquez 3AB, 2R, 0H, 1RBI, HBP (2), SB

Brown 4AB, 2R, 1H, 0RBI, 1BB

Freitas, L. 3AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, HBP

Freitas, J. 3AB, 1R, 2H, 2RBI, 1BB, HBP

Jacobo 3AB, 2R, 1H, 2RBI, 1BB, 3B, SB

Verduzco 3AB, 2R, 3H, 1RBI, 1BB, 3 doubles

Crivello 4AB, 2R, 1H, 2RBI, 2SB

Rocha 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Contreras 0AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Nairn 4AB, 0R, 1H, 1RBI

Pitching

Silveira Marquez 2 IP, 1R, 3H, 0ER, 2BB, 2K

Kalirai, A. 2 1/3 IP, 1R, 0H, 0ER, 2BB, 3K

Sardi 1 2/3 IP, 0R, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 1K

          1|2|3|4|5|6|7|   R | H | E

BC     1|0|7|0|0|0|0|   8 | 4  | 4

Tracy 2|7|0|3|0|0|0| 14 | 8  | 5

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Coach Tomek Game Summary and Comments:

The Freshman Bulldogs started their 2026 campaign at home against Bear Creek.

Steven Olson was the starter for the Dawgs. There were some nerves and some excitement the hurler endured in the first inning. Olson would walk the first batter and we would make an error on great bunt by the 2 hole for Bear Creek. Frustration boiled over and after a wild pitch Bear Creek would go up a run on a wild pitch and he would end up hitting that batter. Bear Creek would load the bases after a bloop single to left. Olson had enough and settled in nicely and got the next batter to ground into a double play. Steven would strike out the next batter looking on a perfect pitch. 

The Dawgs would come up in the bottom of the first trailing by one. The lead would not last long after walks by Steven Olson and Eli McKeon, Makai Sibayan would come up with one out runners at second and third and hit a scorcher to center field scoring Olson and tying the game. Mckeon would score on a passed ball and the Tracy would take the lead and never look back.

In the top of the second Olson would make quick work of the Bruins, striking out one and getting two weak grounders to catcher Makai Sibayan and second baseman J’quhal Jaden Jackson.

In the bottom of the second the Dawgs would put it on the Bruins.  Logan Taylor would lead off the inning hammering a line drive to center field. Taylor would use his wheels and steal second and third and eventually score on a pass ball. Tracy would load the bases after Koa Maas would be hit by a pitch and Montenegro and Olson would walk. Koa scores on a wild pitch and McKeon would single and drive in Montenegro and Olson. Sibayan next up stays hot while hitting another scorcher this time to left. Jackson would be hit by a pitch and just like that Tracy has the bases loaded again. NJ Guiterrez would clear the bases with a double to right center field. Bruins would end up getting out of the inning but the damage was done. Dawgs up 9-1

After the big inning, Tracy seemed to relax a little to much and would cost them 7 runs. Physical and mental errors consumed the dawgs making it a one run ball game. Olsons day would come to an end due to coaches’ pre-determined pitch limit. He would finish with 2 innings pitched, 2 hits, 4 runs, 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. “I think Steven pitched well despite the numbers. I think he got an early taste of HS baseball and how to deal with adversity. Steven has a great live arm with a nasty arsenal.”

NJ Guiterrez would come in to pitch for the Bulldogs.

In the bottom of the third a bit of the shock of the previous half inning lingered with the Dawgs. The Bruins would get back into the dugout with no hits and no runs.

NJ would settle in to his second inning of work. Striking out three bruins and walking two.

The Bulldogs would put their foot back on the gas in the bottom of the fourth. Mason Sander lead us off with a walk, and J’quhal Jaden would hit a nuke to center one hopping the fence. Taylor would end up drawing a walk and Koa Maas would drive in JJ and move Taylor into scoring position. Olson would come up with a clutch hit scoring one and McKeon would hit a hard ground ball scoring another Bulldog run.  Bulldogs up 14-8!

NJ continued his day by getting the next three Bruins to fly out in order. The game would be called at this point for insufficient light. and the Bulldogs come away with a home opener win in dominant fashion.

With only having a couple weeks of practice and winter sport athletes just getting to come out, I thought we did pretty well. I knew there would be nerves and jitters we had to get out but they overcame adversity and came away with the “Dub”! I am very happy to see how we responded to some silly errors and mental mistakes we made. This team is special; they have a lot of tools. We just need to put our head down and get to work to straighten up the little things.  There are big things to come from the Freshman Bulldogs!!!

Montenegro 3AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB

Olson 2AB, 3R, 1H, 2RBI, 2BB, 3SB

McKeon 3AB, 1R, 1H, 2RBI, 1BB, SB

Sibayan 3AB, 1R, 2H, 1RBI, 1BB, SB

Sander 3AB, 2R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB

Jackson 1AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, 2B, HBP (2) 

Gutierrez 3AB, 0R, 1H, 3RBI, 0BB, 2B

Taylor 2AB, 2R, 1H, 0RBI, 1BB, 3SB

Maas 2AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, HBP, SB

Pitching

Olson 2 IP, 4R, 2H, 4ER, 3BB, 2K

Gutierrez 3 IP, 4R, 2H, 0ER, 3BB, 6K