Indians learn curve

    Ganado Indians won out over Fayetteville on March 22 with a final score of 9-8.
    The winning pitcher was Michael-Douglas Maresh, with a save by Matt Bridges.
    Hitting for the Indians, Jose Gonzalez was two for four with a triple and two runs batted in, while Logan Hurt was one for three with a double. Garrett McCann was one for four with a double and two runs batted in, and Christian Palacios was one for two with two runs batted in. Maresh was also one for two with a double.
    Logan Hurt was the starting pitcher and pitched a little over four innings. He gave up six runs, two earned runs, two walks and had two strikeouts. Caleb Thedford came in and pitched almost a full inning. He gave up two runs but none of those were earned. Maresh then came in for one inning and gave up one walk and one hit. Bridges came in for the save in one inning and had one strikeout.
    Head Coach Kris Cavazos said the team has had their struggles early on in district by executing a lot of errors both mentally and physically. “I believe a lot of it has to do with the learning curve and how far they are behind knowing the game. So they’re thinking too much instead of having fun, reacting to the situation and playing the game,” he said. “We let Schulenburg slip away from us in our second district game after I thought five good innings against Shiner the game before that.”
    Cavasos said in the game against Fayetteville started off well but the team got complacent and the snow ball effect came out, with the team getting another seven errors and down four runs.
    “I challenged them to cut the score in half by the 7th inning to give us a chance and have faith in themselves and teammates and we can do this. They answered by scoring two runs and another three runs in the top of the 7th inning to take the lead,” he said. “Hopefully that game will be our turning point of our season. We’ve came a long way and still have a long way to go but soon as these boys buy in and have faith in themselves, their teammates and myself, we will be in the playoffs.”
    Ganado Indians played Louise on March 24 and won with a score of 11-8.
    The winning pitcher was Matt Bridges with three innings pitches, four strikeouts and one hit. Michael Garza came in to relieve Bridges for three innings and gave up one hit and four strikeouts.
    Hitting for the Indians, Thedford was two for four with a double, a triple and four runs batted in, Hurt was two for four, with one run batted in and three runs scored. Palacios was one for four with two runs batted in, and two runs scored. Garrett McCann was one for three with two runs scored.
    Cavasos said it was a great team win all the way around.
    The Indians will have played Weimar on March 29 and will play Flatonia at home on Friday, April 1.