Ryen Diaz throws complete game shutout for Goshen baseball vs Mishawaka

GOSHEN − Despite their six runs scored in a Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) baseball victory vs. Mishawaka Monday, May 11, the Goshen RedHawks were defined by their defense against the Cavemen, as they so often are. Senior ace starting pitcher Ryen Diaz threw a complete game shutout on 84 pitches, only allowing two hits and three walks, but he also only struck out three batters.

Diaz doesn’t mind pitching to contact, because that contact more often than not fails to find gaps. Mishawaka hit the ball hard against Diaz, two of which resulted in base knocks, but all others resulted in putouts. A sizzling line drive hit by senior Noah Deeds that was caught by sophomore left fielder Brycen Eaton.

A scorching ground ball on which senior second baseman Jensen Meikle made a diving play to result in a groundout. A screamer by junior Alex Demaegd that hit Diaz square in the thigh but was then quickly fielded by the ace for the out. The latter was most frustrating for the Cavemen and most emblematic of who the RedHawks are.

Diaz said as soon as he got back to the Goshen dugout, he laid on the ground and tried to massage away the pain he felt in his leg. More: South Bend area high school baseball power rankings midway through 2026 It worked temporarily, as he returned to the game for his seventh and final inning of work in what likely should have been a one-two-three inning were it not for an error on a groundball to senior third baseman Bray Hoag, who pitched a no-hitter in the RedHawks’ first game against Mishawaka this season April 24. That was the only error or misplayed ball of the game by Goshen’s defense, and sure enough, the very next ball was hit right back to Hoag, who fielded it cleanly, turned to throw a strike to Jensen Meikle at second base, who fired to Karter Marcum at first for a double play.