Plagued by defensive errors and unable to consistently hit the ball, the Dolores High School baseball team lost 6-0 on the road against Shiprock High School on March 17.<\/p>\n
Senior Stetson Hamilton started the game on the mound for Dolores and gave up one run in four innings. Defensive errors led to four unearned runs however, and Dolores trailed 5-0 entering the 5th inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cErrors hurt us,\u201d said Dolores manager Rusty Hamilton. \u201cWe had a couple of misjudged fly balls that led to some unearned runs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senior Kellen Gatzke pitched the final three innings of the game and gave up one earned run.<\/p>\n
Dolores hitters struggled at the plate throughout the contest despite facing what Rusty Hamilton believed to be a hittable Shiprock pitching.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve struggled a little bit at the plate the last few games,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to put some work in on that this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
After returning to the practice field for a few days, Dolores will travel to Blanding, Utah for the opening game of the San Juan Slugfest Tournament.<\/p>\n
The Bears will open the tournament against San Juan High School on March 27 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe (San Juan Slugfest) is going to be a tough tournament,\u201d said Rusty Hamilton. \u201cWe\u2019ll play three games in two days. We\u2019ve got to get things better by the end of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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