The Warriors baseball has a chance to redeem themselves. Pacheco Panthers would come out on top of the Warriors, 14-3, on Tuesday. A game that had Warrior’s batters winded by the Panther’s sophomore pitcher, Aidan Pikas (1). The Warriors fall to 0-5 for the season but there is still a lot of season ahead for them.
“We’ll figure out where we can get some flow with the pitchers. And start throwing strikes. That’s what we’ve got to do,” said head coach Harold Peeples.
By the second inning, the Warriors had mustered two runs against Pacheco’s five. Playing from behind early has become a similar theme for the Warriors in other previous matches in the season.
Winning the ball game became a bit more unattainable after the Panthers continued to pull away in the fifth.
The Warriors found themselves working against an uphill battle, early on. It’s difficult coming back in any baseball game when down by seven runs by the third inning.
“We need to start hot,” Peeples mentioned. “We need to get going sooner, if we can start getting it going early, start locating sooner kind of work ahead with the pitch counts, we’ll be in good shape.”
There was a noticeable momentum shift in transitioning from the third to fourth inning and there were some notable highlights. The Warriors were getting on base and that’s what mattered. Bottom of the third had a potential comeback situation with bases loaded, but an eager steal attempt on third base would result in a third out and dissolve it.
Overall, pre-season for the Warriors has been a learning curve. The Warriors are figuring out what works for them and how to not play from behind.
This week, the Warriors begin their first league game. The Warriors will be going up against Gustine High School (2-4 record) on Wednesday, at home, at 4 p.m. Then the Warriors will travel to Gustine High, at 2 p.m. on Friday.