KEVIN NARRO | Staff Writer
LOS FRESNOS—While the temperatures dropped, the bats heated up for the San Benito Lady Greyhounds.
San Benito used a bases-loaded walk from Jordan Ramos and a pair of RBI triples from AJ Jasso and Kari Cisneros to fuel a six-run fifth inning en route to a 7-5 win over Los Fresnos Tuesday night.
“The kids stayed within the game,” San Benito head coach Denise Lira said. “Tonight was cold and there were a lot of factors in tonight’s game. The kids fought through their at bats and hitting is contagious. One kid gets a hit and they all start to come around and we came back with that strong inning in the fifth.”
Jasso and Cisneros both finished the night 2 for 4 with a triple, RBI and run scored. The Lady ’Hounds sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth inning.
Entering the night, Los Fresnos came in as one of the hottest teams at the plate, swatting 24 home runs on the young season.
“We take every game as if it was a district game,” Lira said. “This is what we are preparing for and each game has had that same approach.”
Sophomore hurler Megan Cavazos kept the Lady Falcon offense at bay for four innings, yielding one unearned run, no hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
“I came in with a plan to keep (Los Fresnos) off balanced,” Cavazos said. “It worked for the most part. They hit the ball really well and have power. That was an approach I knew I had to bring.”
The Lady Falcons wouldn’t stay quiet for long. In the fifth inning, Los Fresnos plated three runs on an RBI double from Shivani Garcia, followed by a Reba Reyes two-run homer later in the inning.
After the bumpy fifth, Cavazos would settle down and retire six of the next 10 batters and tossed a complete game giving up four earned runs, five hits, three walks, while fanning eight.
“Megan has done a great job for us this year as a sophomore,” Lira said. “She got some time last year but she is coming into her own and working well with the count and not throwing as many pitches, but she is hitting her spots and keeping the hitters off balanced.”
Up next for the Lady Falcons is a road test at Weslaco High, while San Benito will host Tuloso-Midway at home next Tuesday.