Valencia vs El Toro
Lady Vikings faced El Toro for a disheartening loss 3-2.
Due to some outstanding pitching by Sarah Enriquez and great defense by the Vikings, this was a close game. In the top of the 1st inning, Megan Foglesong had a single to center field followed by a sacrifice bunt by Lauren Boser advancing Foglesong to 2nd. Foglesong then stole 3rd base. Bethany Kemp then walked. Caitlin Rooney came up with a single to center field scoring Foglesong. Bottom of the 1st, Enriquez and company were able to keep El Toro scoreless. In the top of the 2nd, Shannon Fitzgerald singled. Madison Shipman drew a walk and Foglesong singled to load the bases. The Lady Vikings were unable to score. Bottom of the 2nd, El Toro remained scoreless. 3rd inning, Kemp singled, Rooney had a sacrifice bunt, but was safe on an overthrow by El Toro advancing Kemp to 3rd. Bottom of the 3rd, El Toro remained scoreless due to the efforts of Enriquez, Boser, and Rooney. In the top of the 4th, Foglesong hit a homerun over the center field fence. Bottom of the 4th, Enriquez dropped the batters 1,2,3 with three strikeouts. In the bottom of the 5th, El Toro was able to score twice to tie the game. Top of 6th, with runners on 1st and 2nd, Enriquez was able to get the next batter on a ground out to Rooney. With runners now at 2nd and 3rd, Rooney had a pop up for the second out. Coach Donna Lee had the next batter intentionally walked due to her hot bat. Enriquez was able to get the next batter to ground out to end the inning and the threat. Bottom of the 7th, El Toro was able to capitalize and get the win on a homerun. Enriquez had 7 strikeouts on the game.
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