Wimberley High School’s Texan baseball team is on a win streak.
After stumbling hard coming out of the gate into the second half of the season, the young men have turned a corner by taking a new tack on their style of play. The team started with good pitching in preseason and tournament play but lost control and consistency facing district opponents — which led to a 2-5 record coming into last week. After a team get-together, a decision was made to trust the defense, throw strikes and believe in each other. The change has altered their trajectory.
After defeating Bandera High School in the away game the week before, the weather delayed the next game until a week later. The Texans hosted the Bulldogs on Monday, April 10, putting together a solid effort behind the pitching of Hayden Oakes and Finn Mignerey. Oakes tossed three and a third innings, allowing only one hit and no runs with one strikeout. Mignerey backed him up out of the bullpen with three and two-thirds, striking out seven with no hits for the save. Eight Bandera batters got on the base paths via free pass — walk, hit by pitch, or error — a problem that has plagued the Texans during district thus far.
