After Saturday\u2019s 13-11 loss at San Juan High School on Saturday, the Dolores Bears are still winless for the 2016 season.<\/p>\n
But head coach Rusty Hamilton has seen improvement, and he\u2019s hoping to get a notch in the win column on Tuesday in a home contest against Nucla (2-5).<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve been kind of getting beat up like we have against the bigger schools,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cSo I\u2019m feeling optimistic. What I took away from this weekend is that if we play like we did yesterday throughout our league play, we should be in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton said that the team is starting to come together, and he noted that a recent change to the batting lineup has paid dividends.<\/p>\n
Even in the loss to San Juan, the Bears\u2019 offense was rolling, plating 11 runs.<\/p>\n
Dolores led 6-0 after two innings, but the Broncos scored six runs in the third and five in the fourth to jump ahead.<\/p>\n
The Bears put four across in the fifth inning to pull within one, but were held scoreless for the remainder of the contest as San Juan protected its home field.<\/p>\n
Brandon Ward started on the mound for the Bears, going four innings and allowing 11 hits. While San Juan scored 11 runs against the Dolores junior, only five were earned.<\/p>\n
Freshman Niel Faries closed out the game for Dolores, throwing two innings and allowing three hits and two earned.<\/p>\n
The Bears offensive pop was led by freshman Dakota Smith and senior Josh McCoy.<\/p>\n
Smith went 3-for-4 on the afternoon with four RBIs and McCoy was 3-for-5 with four runs scored.<\/p>\n
Dolores will look to get its first win of the season on Tuesday against Nucla at home at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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