2020 VARSITY ROSTER
2 Williams, Devon (SR)
3 Crivello, Robert (SR)
4 Henderson, Chase (JR)
5 Martinez, Octavio (SR)
6 Ornellas, Blake (SR)
9 Corona, Kyle (JR)
10 Patino, Jonathan (SR)
11 Pereira, Cameron (JR)
12 Giannini, Drew (SO)
13 Shrout, Jacob (JR)
14 Francis, Chris (JR)
15 Pombo, Matt (JR)
16 DeBie, Trevor (JR)
17 Dibble, Dax (SR)
18 Giuliacci, Matt (SR)
19 Bicomong, Rey (SR)
21 Davis, Kieran (SR)
22 Canada, Matt (SR)
23 Cortinas, Josh (FR)
24 Delong, Clayton (JR)
25 Bowen, Shane (JR)
27 Corso, Marcus (SR)
30 Mulhern, Kyle (SR)
FINAL GAME
VARSITY DOMINATE IN BITTERSWEET GAME
Friday, March 13, 2020
BEAR CREEK 0R | 2H |3E
TRACY 14R | 10H | 1E
5 Inning Affair
Coaches Summary
Several days after this game I caught up with Coach Alkire to ask him his thoughts on player performance. He was ready to target two guys who have been absolute delights to coach this year. Matt Giuliacci came out late from soccer and he didn't play at all until the 3rd game. Shane Bowen arrived at Tracy High for the first time this year as a Junior and didn't make a start until the Atwater game. They were both prepared when their opportunity arrived and have had excellent attitudes in practice and during the games. They worked so hard and responded at first call that I had to continue to give them more playing time. Matt went from batting 8th in his first game, to 6th, and finally 2nd in the lineup for this game against Bear Creek. Matt ended up batting .545 and Bowen was sitting at .500 with 2nd most RBIs on the team These are the kind of athletes you root for," said Alkire.
Alkire was also very impressed and proud of Marcus Corso. "He battled injuries last year and could not pitch for us. We discussed at the first practice this season about getting him another chance to start and boy did he have a game last Friday on the hill and at the plate. It had to be one of the most rewarding moments of his baseball career," said Alkire.
Corso went all the way in this one pitching 5 innings of shutout ball and only giving up 2 hits. His offense was hot right out of the gate collecting 7 in the first, 2 in the 4th, 4 in the 3rd, and 1 in 4th for a total of 10 hits. Shane Bowen muscled a homer and went 1-2 with 4RBIs. Matt Giuliacci kept his hot bat going with a 2-2 3 run performance. Dieran Davis doubled for 2RBIs, Trevor DeBie was 2-4 with 2RBIs, 3 runs and 2 doubles.
OFFICIAL STATS
Williams 2AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB
Giuliacci 2AB, 2R, 2H, 0RBI 2RBI, 2BB, SB
Davis 3AB, 1R, 1H, 2RBI, 2B
DeBie 4AB, 3R, 2H, 2RBI, 2B (2)
Dibble 1AB, 2R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB
Bowen 2AB, 1R, 1H, 3H, 1RBB, 1HR
Corso 3AB, 1R, 2H, 1RBI
Pereira
Giannini 1AB, 1R, 1H 0RBI
Crivello 1AB, 0R, 0H, 1RBI
Corona 2AB, 1R, 1H, 1RBI
Ornellas 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Corso (W) 5 IP, 0R, 2H, 0ER, 5K, 63 pitches
TRACY BATS DAMPENED IN 2-1 LOSS
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Devin Williams kept his hot bat alive on a cool Saturday morning but his two hits and Matt Giuliacci's solo hit were not enough energy to overtake Alameda. Kyle Mulhern threw a solid 6 innings only giving up 6 hits, but a two run second inning was all the offense the Hornets needed against the waterlogged Tracy bats.
In his postgame presser, Coach Vic Alkire really only had one player to spotlight. "I thought Kyle Mulhern had a big improvement over his first start from last Saturday. "He only gave up one earned run over six innings and I saw glimpses of the command and dominance he had last year. "
After the game, Alkire addressed his squad who have been struggling at the plate coming out of the gate in the 2020 season. "You will find your swing, I'm confident it will all come together for you as we progress. Don't get down on yourself," was Alkire's message to his team who currently sits with a .158 team batting average.
Dibble 2AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, 2BB, SB
Williams 3AB, 0R, 2H, 1RBI
Davis 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 2BB
Pereira 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, Sac
DeBie 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Giannini 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB
Giuliacci 2AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI, 1BB, SB
Corso 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Corona 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Pitching
Mulhern (L) 6 IP, 2R, 6H, 1ER, 4K, 2BB, 99 pitches
VARSITY - ATWATER 6 - TRACY 2
March 4, 2020
Tracy 2R | 3H | 2E
Atwater 6R | 9H | 3E
Tracy could only muster 3 hits on the day as Atwater scored one in the first, two in the 2nd and added another three in the 4th to cruise to victory. Tracy faced a talented Atwater pitcher who mowed down 14 Bulldog batters. Tracy got on the board in the top of the 7th with their two runs with a single from Matt Giuliacci and a 2 RBI single from Devin Williams. Giuliacci had two hits on the day and Williams collected two RBIs. Robert Crivello and Chris Francis shared the pitching duties with Crivello taking the loss.
"We were just off and out of sync in our approach at the plate today, but we did face a good pitcher and he deserves credit since we struck out 14 times," said Coach Alkire. "Everybody in the lineup struck out at least once except Shane Bowen. The heart of our lineup contributed to 10 of the 14 strikeouts."
Coach Alkire did find a few positives in the long trip to the heart of the Central Valley today. "Matt Giuliacci made his first appearance at the plate for the year and went 2-3. It was good to see that since he came out late to our program this year because of his soccer play. Chris Francis also appeared for the first time on the mound in relief and pitched 2 1/3 innings with no runs and no hits, two strikeouts and one walk. That was nice to see. Both Francis and Giuliacci were ready to play when their number was called."
Dibble 2AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB, HBP
Williams 3AB, 0R, 1H, 2RBI, HBP
Davis 4AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Pereira 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
DeBie 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Giannini 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Giuliacci 3AB, 1R, 2H, 0RBI
Crivello 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Francis 0AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Corso 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Bowen 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB
Pitching
Crivello (L) 3 2/3IP, 6R, 9H, 4ER, 1K, 1BB, 72 pitches
Francis 2 1/3IP, 0R, 0H, 0ER, 2K, 1BB 31 pitches
BULLDOG BATS SPARK 8-5 OPENING DAY VICTORY
KIMBALL 5R|6H|4E
TRACY 8R|7H|1E
Devin Williams and Trevor DeBie showed their muscle hitting homeruns to propel Tracy over Kimball 8-5 in six innings. Williams was 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs, Kieran Davis, Dax Dibble, Chase Henderson, and Cameron Pereira each had doubles. After a challenging first two innings, Kyle Mulhern settled in and gave Tracy 4 innings on the mound striking out 4. Drew Giannini came in for the final two innings giving up no hits and no runs.
OFFICIAL STATS
Dibble 4AB, 2R, 1H, 0RBI, 2B, SB
Williams 2AB, 2R, 2H, 3RBI, HR, 2BB
Davis 1AB, 1R, 1H, 0RBI, 3BB, 2B
Francis 0R, 0H, 0R
Giuliaccci 0R, 0H,0R
Corso 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB
Giannini 3AB, 1R, 0H, 1RBI
Pereira 3AB, 0R, 1H, 1RBI, 2B, SB
Crivello 0R, 0H, 0RBI
Corona 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI
DeBie 3AB, 1R, 1H, 1RBI, 1HR
Henderson, 3AB, 1R, 1H, 0RBI, 2B
Mulhern (W) 4 IP, 5R, 6H, 4ER, 4K, 2BB, 2HR, 74 pitches
Giannini (S) 2IP, 0R, 0H, 0ER, 1K, 1BB, 29 pitches
COACHES CORNER
After a very long Saturday at the ball field, Coach Alkire connected with me on Sunday to comment on Saturday's 8-5 victory over Kimball. "I was satisfied with the outcome and really pleased with the offensive production," said Coach Alkire. We had seven hits and six were for extra base hits. We have been putting a lot of emphasis on the hitting in the pre-season and it carried over to the game."
In the pitching arena, Coach Alkire highlighted a positive from starter Kyle Mulhern's performance. "He was not at the top of his game on Saturday, but he battled through four innings and kept us in the game. When you don't have your best stuff but can hang in there and get the win, that is a real positive. I was also pleased with Drew Giannini who did well in his two innings of relief."
"It was great to finally see our players perform under game conditions, we learned several things on Saturday and we hope to build on it Tuesday when we face Kimball again."
Alkire mentioned that Giannini will get the start Tuesday.
BOOSTERS TOURNEY - complete
TRACY HIGH BASEBALL BOOSTERS TOURNEY
VARSITY STANDINGS
Alameda 2-0
Tokay 2-0
Tracy 1-1
West 1-1
Inderkum 1-1
Kimball 1-1
Chavez 0-2
Edison 0-2
JV STANDINGS
Tokay 2-0
Tracy 1-1
West 1-1
Kimball 1-0-1
Inderkum 1-0-1
Alameda 0-2
Edison 0-2
Chavez 0-2
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1st WEEK VARSITY RESULTS
Kimball 5 - Tracy 8
Alameda 11 - West 7
Edison 5 - Tokay 22
Inderkum 9 - Chavez 5
JV RESULTS
Kimball 8 - Tracy 2
West 9 - Alameda 2
Tokay 10- Edison 0
Inderkum 7 - Chavez 2
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2ND WEEK (MAR 7)
VARSITY RESULTS
Tracy 1 - Alameda 2
Kimball 5 - Inderkum 4
Tokay 16- Chavez 5
Edison 0 - West 7
JV RESULTS
Tracy 11 - Alameda 6
Kimball 4 - Inderkum 4
Tokay 9 - Chavez 1
Edison 4 - West 14
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Saturday (March 14)
8:15 a.m. Kimball vs Edison
10:45 a.m. Tracy vs Tokay
1:15 p.m. Chavez vs West
3:45 p.m. CANCELLED