Mission Viejo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 =1
Los Alamitos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0
When I saw Los Al pitcher Andie Formby on crutches I knew it might be a long day for the Griffins but Halle Humphrey filled in admirably. The only problem was she wasn't quite as good as Taylor McQuillin. If you arrived 10 minutes late you missed all the scoring. Maybe Humphrey was nervous or maybe she didn't get fully warmed up but she immediately found herself up to her hips in Diablos. With 1 out in the 1st Roberson beat out an IF hit and Palomino slapped a single to left. C. Ybarra's IF hit loaded the bases and Shafer got an RBI single to CF. Palomino doubled her 2nd time up in the 3rd but died on 2nd. Scheele led off the 3rd for the Griffins with a double but they popped up the attempted sacrifice and the next 2 batters struck out. Johnson led off the MV 5th with a single but was immediately erased in a double play. Medina got a 1-out single in the 5th and Crissman reached 3rd after a double and a wild pitch but Los Al couldn't get the clutch hit. In the bottom of the 7th Sellers walked with 1 out. Once again the bunt was popped up but Scheele's single to left was so sharply hit I doubt the pinch runner would have scored from 2nd. The game ended surprisingly when the same pinch runner was thrown out trying to steal 3rd. McQuillin struck out 9 Griffins.