VARSITY BASEBALL

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

           1|2|3|4|5|6|7|  R | H  | E

West   0|0|0|0|0|2|X   2 |  2  | 1

Tracy  1|0|2|1|4|6|X  14| 13 | 4

In preparing notes for today's Senior Day, Elijah Gutierrez stated his favorite High School baseball memory had been a walk off hit in Game 1 of the 2024 season.   In his last at bat at home as a Bulldog he changed that to a 3 run HR vs West to shutdown the 2025 regular season and defeat West.  

It would be a festive day at the yard well before that celebration at home plate as the large late- season roster of infused youth combined with six Seniors were in a great mood and were being entertained by DJ Suga Shane.

Jace Johnson had another masterful day collecting 10 strikeouts in his 5 innings of work allowing only 1 hit. 

Offensively the Bulldogs struck in the bottom of the 1st as Brady Brown and Dylan Giannini singled.  Ryan Torres would hit a Sac Fly to score Brown.

In the 3rd, Josh Giuliacci worked a walk, Brown singled again and Giuliacci would score on another Giannini hit.  Torres would then hit another Sac Fly to center to score Brown (3-0)

In the 4th, Leland Freitas hit a double and would later score on a Giuliacci single to center to put Tracy up 4-0.

In the 5th, Giannini opened with his 3rd single of the day.  Torres singled, and then Godoy tripled to score the pinch runner Jordan Alvarado.  The Dogs would add another run when Giannini scored on a wild pitch.  Jacoby Freitas then hit a Sac Fly to score Freitas.   Gutierrez would get hit by a pitch and eventually score on a West error. (8-0)

Dylan Giannini got a chance to pitch in relief and the Wolf Pack would score two runs in the 6th due to some Tracy errors.

Tracy would put an end to the game in the bottom of the 6th when Giuliacci would work another walk.  Giannini singled for his 4th hit of the day to score Josh.  Torres would then double for his 2nd hit of the day.  Godoy would walk and then Josh Verduzco would pinch hit and come up big with a 2 RBI single to score Giannini and Torres.  The game would then end with the Gutierrez bomb to left field scoring Godoy and Verduzco.

Coaches Postgame Comments:

"Its always good to get a win and especially a bounce back win after the loss yesterday," said Coach Mac.  "I thought we pitched well and got the hits we needed."

"I know it has been an interesting year for this baseball program as change occurred.  When something new starts, something old has to fully end.  This group stuck with the program and the process that was implemented this year.  I'm proud of our six seniors and all the hard work they have put into the season. I wish them nothing but the best.  They have some big plans in their future."

"I really believe in respect and today I think we showed respect to our Seniors."

The Bulldogs now await their postseason fate as the playoff brackets are released after 3 p.m. Saturday.

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

Giannini 4AB, 2R, 4H, 2RBI

Torres 2AB, 1R, 2H, 2RBI, 2B, Sac Fly(2), 2SB

Alvarado 1R (PR)

Godoy 3AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, 1BB, 3B

Freitas, J. 2AB, 0R, 0H, 1RBI, Sac Fly, SB

Verduzco 1AB, 1R, 1H, 2RBI

Gutierrez 3AB, 2R, 1H, 3RBI, HR

Saenz 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Juran 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Bogetti 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Freitas, L 1AB, 1R, 1H, 0RBI, 2B

Giuliacci 1AB, 2R, 1H, 1RBI, 2BB

Pitching:

Johnson (W) 5 IP, 0R, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 10K, 82 pitches

Giannini 1 IP, 2R, 1H, 1ER, 2BB, 0K, 21 pitches

Friday, April 11, 2025 

       1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|  R | H | E

Tr    0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2   2 | 3 |  0

Lo    0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1   1 | 6 | 2

It appears Mr. Johnson lives for the lights of Friday night.  In another exciting performance, Jace held the hot bats of the Flames scoreless through 7 1/3 innings until his pitch count got him.  He collected 9 strikeouts and had to wait a long time for his offense to give him a lead.  

In the top of the 8th, pinch hitter Malakai Jacobo led off getting hit by a pitch.  With 1 out Jordan Alvardo reached on an infield error placing Jacobo at 2nd.  Later in the inning with 2 outs, Brown came up for his 4th at bat of the game and singled to left scoring Jacobo and Alvarado.

With a 2-0 lead and 1 out and 1 on in the bottom of the 8th, Coach Mac placed the ball in the hands of Dylan Giannini.  Dylan would collect the 2nd out on a fly out to Derek Bogetti.  The intensity level then increased when Lodi doubled in the base runner placing the tying run at 2nd.  Dylan got the next batter to ground out to 1st to get the save and give the Bulldogs a much needed league win.

Coaches Interview:

"Jace was dominant again tonight," said Coach Mac postgame.  "He kept the Lodi hitters off balance and had good command of all of his pitches.  It was a great, great effort tonight!"

"From a  team perspective we played really well on defense and got a couple of timely hits in extra innings.  As a staff, we are proud of how the boys bounced back and got a big win on the road," said a satisfied Coach Mac as he began his weekend.

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

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

Torres 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Godoy 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI , 1BB

Juran 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Johnson 

Jacobo 0AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, HBP

Gutierrez 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Alvarado 2AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI

Verduzco 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Freitas, J. 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Bogetti 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Pitching

Johnson (W) 7 1/3 IP, 0R, 5H, 0ER, 3BB, 9K, 110 pitches

Giannini (S) 2/3 IP, 0R, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 0K, 30 pitches

Lodi pitcher Slade Schmitt 8 IP, 2R, 3H, 0ER, 2BB, 7Ks

Varsity - Friday, April 4, 2025

             1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10   R | H | E

Dogs     0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0     0 | 4 | 1

Rams    0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1     1 | 6 | 3

Tracy and St. Mary's had the ultimate pitchers duel on Friday night that would not be decided until the bottom of the 10th.   Jace Johnson may have gotten the loss in this game, but he delivered a stellar pitching performance against the upper crust bats of the Rams.

"Jace Johnson dealt tonight, he did what a true pitching ace does," said a passionate Coach Mac.  "I was proud of how he competed and was efficient with his pitches.  He gave us everything he had in those 10 innings.  I can't say enough about his effort tonight.  It was pretty special to watch."

"From a team perspective I am proud of the boys for competing like that after being down two games in the series.  We didn't get the win, but we kept our respect, and I'm certain we earned some from our competition as well."

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

Torres 4AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

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

Freitas, J. 4AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI

Jacobo 4AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

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

Verduzco 4AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Alvarado 4AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Dorn 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, HBP

Johnson (L) 9 2/3 1R, 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K, 107 pitches

Varsity - Wednesday, April 2, 2025

             1|2|3|4|5|6|7|   R  | H | E

SM        0|1|1|1|2|4|4   13 | 11 | 0

Tracy    0|0|0|1|0|3|0|     4 | 8  | 7

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Jacoby Freitas started for the Bulldogs and had a strong start striking out the side to start the game as he would eventually end up with 6 strikeouts in his 4 1/3 effort.  Errors behind Freitas caused him to stay out on the hill longer than needed and thus piled on some unearned runs.  The Bulldogs would have a rough day fielding as they collected 7 errors.

Offensively the Bulldogs were getting no hit until Dylan Giannini made solid contact to right in the bottom of the 4th.  Ryan Torres would follow with his own single.  Torres would have a very strong day at the plate going 3-4 against good St. Mary's pitching.  Giannini had two hits and Jacoby Freitas had a key two RBI double in the 6th to draw Tracy back into the game a bit 9-4.

"Down 0-2 in the series, this is where we find out what we are made of, " said Coach Mac.  "We have been punched in the mouth twice and now we turn the page to Friday which I'm really looking forward to."

Coach Crivello found a positive in the loss  "We faced two very good arms today and we had eight hits.  We had opportunities to put numerous runs on the board.  If we can clean up the errors, our future is much more promising.  We are not far away from that," said an optimistic Crivello.  

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

Giannini 4AB, 2R, 2H, 0RBI

Torres 4AB, 1R, 3H, 0RBI

Godoy 3AB, 0R, 1H, 2RBI, Sac Fly

Freitas, J. 3AB, 0R, 1H, 2RBI, 2B

Jacobo 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Juran 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Alvarado 3AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI, SB

Dorn 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Pitching

Freitas, J. 4 1/3 IP, 5R, 4H, 2ER, 4BB, 6K, 96 pitches

Godoy 1 2/3 IP, 4R, 4H, 4ER, 3BB, 1K, 37 pitches

Juran 1 IP, 4R, 3H, 3ER, 1BB, 0K, 27 pitches

Monday, March 31, 2025

St. Mary's Junior Nico Bavaro pitched a gem against the Bulldogs limiting Tracy to just 4 hits on the day as Tracy took their first loss in the TCAL.  Dylan Giannini went the distance for the Bulldogs and he also had himself a strong outing keeping the hot St. Mary's bats in check with just 4 hits.

"Dylan pitched a great game doing everything we asked of him and more," said Coach Mac.  "He pitched six innings allowing two earned runs, striking out seven and only walking one batter.  It was  a great effort by him."

"Offensively, it's pretty simple, we have to score to win and although we had a couple of chances in big innings, we could not capitalize at the moment."

"I thought Ryan Torres, Juan Godoy, and Jordan Alvarado were competitive at the plate.  They bought into the approach and had some quality at-bats for us."  

"We are looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow and back after it at home on Wednesday."

Brown 3AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI

Giannini 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Torres 2AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI, 1BB

Godoy 2AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI, 1BB

Freitas 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB

Jacobo 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Gutierrez 1AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Giuliacci 2AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Dorn 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Alvarado 2AB, 0R, 1H, 0RBI

Pitching

Giannini 6 IP, 4R, 4H, 2ER, 1BB, 7K, 92 pitches

VARSITY - Monday, March 24, 2025

             1|2|3|4|5|6|7|   R| H | E

Kimball 0|0|1|0|1|X|X   2 | 5 | 3

Tracy    0|1|5|7|X|X|X 13 | 4 | 1

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The Bulldogs pulled even on their season today to 6 wins and 6 losses.  Tracy only collected 4 hits in their 4 innings of at bats but it was enough to end the game early over Kimball as Dylan Giannini was in command on the mound keeping the Kimball bats relatively quiet.  Tracy would wear down the Kimball starter and once the bullpen came in, the lead expanded quickly to a 5 inning 11 run lead victory.

Derek Bogetti would go 1-3  and collect 3 RBIs on the day.  Ryan Torres would go 2-3 with 2 runs scored and Jacoby Freitas, Leland Freitas, Elijah Gutierrez, and Jordan Alvarado would each collect an RBI.

"Dylan did a great job on the bump today for us," said Coach Mac.  Coach went on to talk about a consistent approach is the success to victory. "Wins are tough to come by.  We have a system and an approach that we have to execute regardless of who we play.  We have a short trip over to their place on Wednesday and we need to be able to execute our approach as the visiting team."  

Brown 3AB, 0R, 0H, 0RBI

Dorn 0A, 0R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB

Giannini 2AB, 1R, 0H, 0RBI, 1BB, HBP

Torres 3AB, 2R, 2H, 0RBI, HBP, SB

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

Freitas, J. 2AB, 3R, 0H, 1RBI, 1BB, SB

Freitas L., 2AB, 1R, 1H, 1RBI, 1BB

Gutierrez 1AB, 1R, 0H, 1RBI, HBP

Alvarado 1AB, 2R, 0H, 1RBI, 2BB

Bogetti 3AB, 1R, 1H, 3RBI, SB

Pitching:

Giannini (W) 5 IP, 2R, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K, 72 pitches