Valencia vs Hart
Valencia 6 Hart 3
The Lady Vikings went to Newhall Park today with one goal. Clinch league. In order to do that, they would have to beat Hart on their field and they did.
In the first inning we went down 123.
The second inning brought Bethany Kemp up who hit a shot so hard there was no way Hart’s right fielder could have handled it. Bethany’s triple would have been our first run, but the call at the plate after Shannon Fitzgerald’s sac attempt did not go our way. With 2 outs, Karlie Habitz singled to right and Shannon had her wheels on and easily took third. The throw from right was headed closer to the dug out than it was to the plate, so Shannon took advantage and scored on a bad throw giving us a 1 run lead. Justine Sibthorp also singled in the 2nd, but Shannon’s run was it for us that inning.
The 3rd inning brought our top 3 batters to the plate, but they all flew out to center, left and second.
The 4th inning started off with another hit by Bethany who singled , then was moved over by a sac from Caitlin Rooney, then advanced to 3rd after a bobble by the shortstop who gave Shannon Fitzgerald her base. With 1 out Karlie Habitz had a sac fly opportunity with a shot to right that was caught, but Bethany was called out for leaving early so the score remained unchanged at 1-0.
The 5th inning resulted in a quick 2 outs, but then Megan Foglesong started a rally with her single followed by a triple by Lauren Boser to score her. Hart didn’t have the courage to pitch to Shipman so after the intentional walk, they also gave her 2nd base and took their chances with Bethany who was already 2 for 2. Bethany came up big with a 2 out double and scored Boser and Shipman bringing the score to 4-0.
Hart’s offense had been pretty quiet up until now. They lead off with a single, then a fielder’s choice and a walk. With 2 runners on Tracy Chandless came up with a shot to left center that resulted in a home run and a score of 4-3.
Valencia answered back in the 5th with a Karlie Habitz single. Melissa Fundora in to run for her stole 2nd base, then scored on a clutch single by Annie Dreher who was pinch hitting for Tori Balta. With a 2 run lead the girls were able to hold the Indians in the 6th after Carly Mortensen came in to the circle replacing Sarah Enriquez in the 5th.
The top of the 7th brought Madison Shipman up to bat who doubled, then scored on a sac fly by Bethany Kemp who almost completed a cycle if not for a great play by the center fielder. With a score of 6-3 the Indians threatened in the bottom of the 7th with back to back infield singles and a walk to load the bases, but the Vikings came out unscathed and clinched their 10th consecutive league title.
Sarah Enriquez started the game strong and received the win.
The Lady Vikings play Saugus on Tuesday at Saugus High School.
Valencia vs West Ranch
Valencia 4 West Ranch 0
The Lady Vikings faced West Ranch at home today and won 4-0.
The game started with West Ranch hitting a lead off double which they could not capitalize on. Then in the bottom of the 1st Megan Foglesong getting hit by a pitch with a 1-1 count. Boser up with the sign to sac couldn’t get it down and popped up to the pitcher for the 1st out. Maddi Shipman was then walked followed by a strike out from Bethany Kemp and a line out to second by Caitlin Rooney.
The Vikings almost fell flat in the 3rd, but not before Lauren Boser started a 2 out rally. Lauren singled to right, followed by a single from Madison Shipman which moved Lauren to 2nd. With Kemp up Lauren advanced on a passed ball, then Bethany drew the walk. With Rooney at the plate and Boser at 3rd, West Ranch’s Janelle Lindvall attempted to pick off Lauren at 3rd. Boser paused in fair territory only to get hit by the ball and score, giving the Vikings a one run lead. Caitlin Rooney then came up with a clutch hit and scored both Maddi and Bethany giving the Vikings a 3 run lead.
In the 4th Karlie Habitz came up huge with a homer to left center field to give the Vikings a 4-0 lead. Karlie singled in the bottom of the 6th and Melissa Fundora was put in as a courtesy runner and stole 2nd, but unfortunately was left on base.
Carly Mortensen pitched all 7 innings and had 8 strike outs and gave up 2 hits.
Valencia plays Hart on Tuesday to clinch the league champion title.
Valencia vs Golden Valley
Lady Vikings took on Golden Valley on April 29, 2010 and take the win 19-2.
Top of the 1st, Sara Enriquez took to the mound and started the game off with a strikeout followed by a put out from Madison Shipman and Shannon Fitzgerald.
Bottom of 1st, Foglesong was the first batter and started it off with a homerun over the center field fence. Shipman singled and then stole 2nd and 3rd.. Bethany Kemp singled to center bringing Shipman home. Kemp stole 2nd while Caitlin Rooney was up to bat. Rooney walked. Fitzgerald singled to left bringing home both Kemp and Rooney and advancing to 2nd on the throw. Annie Dreher singled to left scoring Fitzgerald. With Missy Fundora running for Dreher, Justine Sibthorp walked. Tori Balta came to the plate and singled to left scoring Fundora and advancing Sibthorp to 3rd. Foglesong doubled to center scoring Sibthorp. Lauren Boser popped up to 1st which allowed Foglesong to score.
Top of 2nd, Enriquez got the 1st batter to pop up to Foglesong and struck out the next two batters.
Bottom of 2nd, Rooney doubled to left and scored on a passed ball. Fitzgerald singled. Dreher was able to get to 1st and went to 2nd on a bad throw while Fitzgerald went home. Sibthorp went to 1st and 2nd on an error. Fundora who was running for Dreher went to 3rd. Foglesong once again got on with a single to center and scored both Fundora and Sibthorp. Boser singled to center scoring Foglesong.
Top of 3rd, Shipman recorded the first out with a throw to Boser. Next runner was able to get on with an error followed by Enriquez striking out the next batter. With a single, Golden Valley was able to score their first unearned run. Enriquez was able to get the last batter of the inning to groundout to Bethany Kemp who threw to 1st to Karlie Habitz for the out.
Bottom of 3rd, Lady Vikings went down in order.
Top of 4th, with a single to center, stolen base and and advancing to 3rd on a fielders choice, the runner was put out at 3rd for leaving to early. The last out of the inning was a grounder to Sibthorp who threw to 1st baseman Habitz for the out.
Bottom of 4th, Dreher singled to left center. Dani Ross-Smith was put in to run for Dreher and went to 2nd when Sibthorp was hit by a pitch. Elena Dickson came in to bat and singled to left advancing the runners. Lady Vikings were unable to score.
Top of 5th, Carly Mortensen took the mound in relief of a fabulous performance by Enriquez. The batters went down in order with 3 consecutive strikeouts.
Bottom of 5th, Allyson Peskay was able to get on 1st with a fielding error. Jessica Smith singled to center advancing Peskay to 2nd. With runners at 1st and 2nd Dreher hit a homerun over the left field fence.
Top of 6th, the first batter flyed out to Fundora followed by two runners getting on with errors. One unearned run was scored when the catcher missed the pitch. The base runner at 1st was called out while running for interference when the ball was batted. Mortensen struck out the last batter to end the inning.
Bottom of 6th, Dickson hit the ball to center and was able to get on when the center fielder dropped it. Fundora was hit by a pitch and advanced to 1st, taking Dickson to 2nd. Habitz came up to bat and hit a single scoring both Dickson and Fundora. Habitz was called out at 2nd for leaving the base early. Kemp hit a homerun over center field fence.
Top of 7th, Golden Valley went down in order with a line out to Kemp a strikeout by Mortensen and a groundout to Sibthorp. Enriquez took the win while Mortensen the save.