The El Capitan Gauchos baseball team (Merced, CA), was overwhelmed 14-7 in Friday's non-league outing with the host Ripon Indians (Ripon, CA)

The Indians now hold a 3-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host East Union for a non-league outing on Monday, March 7. Ripon will confront a Lancers team coming off a 4-3 non-league loss to Franklin (Stockton, CA). The Lancers record now stands at 0-1.

Next, the Gauchos confront the Turlock Bulldogs (Turlock, CA) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, March 5. El Capitan will attempt to advance on its 0-2 season record. The Bulldogs go into the outing with a 2-1 record after their 4-2 non-league loss to Lodi (Lodi, CA).