Baseball Falters in Season Opener

SAN ANTONIO – The defense flashed its leather, but the offense wasn't able to get into a rhythm for the St. Mary's Baseball team in its 2022 season opener on Saturday afternoon.
 
Newcomers Jorge Cuevas (El Paso, Texas) at third base, second baseman Jacob Elizondo (San Antonio) and left fielder Trey Guajardo (San Juan, Texas) all made acrobatic diving catches or leaps to rob Oklahoma Christian batters of hits, but the Rattlers fell 10-0.
 
Junior Brian Juarez (Corpus Christ, Texas) had two of the team's three hits on the day, including a double down the left field line in the bottom of the fourth. Guajardo drew both walks in the contest.
 
Senior Dylan Bells (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) threw three innings in the loss. He allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Junior Josh Buske (San Antonio) also gave up two runs on five hits in 3.1 innings with one walk and fanned three. Senior John Curtis (Athens, Tenn.) gave up two hits in 0.2 innings and freshman Tyler Pauly (Fisher, Texas) threw the final two innings.
 
The two teams play three more games, including a pair of seven-inning contests beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.