Dragons fall to Caliche, Merino

Holyoke Dragon baseball lost to Caliche 12-9 on Tuesday, May 18, and to Merino 10-0 on Saturday, May 22.

Coach Sherman Kage said the game with Caliche really showed the kids’ hard work, ability and how far they’ve come as a team. He pointed out that they had patience and discipline at the plate, allowing them to get on base with both hits and walks.

He said they will be working on continued patience offensively and anticipating what to do with the ball in a given situation defensively.

Holyoke 9, Caliche 12

Holyoke got off to a hot start early in last week’s first game, pushing four runs across in the top of the first, but Caliche answered with eight of their own in their half of the opening frame to take a four-run lead.

After five innings, the Buffaloes had added three more runs and the Dragons one to make the score 11-5.

The Dragons rallied in the top of the sixth and scored four more runs to cut Caliche’s lead to two. Caliche tacked on one more in the bottom of the sixth, and Holyoke could not overcome the three-run deficit in the seventh.

Michel Perez was the starting pitcher for the Dragons. He faced 15 batters and pitched one inning, allowing nine earned runs on seven hits. He struck out two and walked three.

Ty Dirks pitched five innings, facing 24 batters. He walked three and allowed two earned runs on 13 hits while on the mound.

At the plate, Dirks went three for five, including a double, and hit three RBIs. Perez had two singles, and Kai Siep, Tyson Mosenteen and Caiden Krueger each had one. Siep had two RBIs. Krueger, Cooper Goldenstein and Angel Carraso had an RBI each.

Mosenteen led the team in stolen bases with three. Dirks and Krueger stole two each. Perez and Carter Van Overbeke each stole one.

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