What do you do when your team is so vastly superior the game threatens to be a mismatch from the start. Well you can do what Edison did and bench most of your starters. The little used reserves got to get some swings and the game remained close for awhile. The Chargers scored 7 in the last 2 innings to win going away. Edison didn't exactly tear the cover off the ball but they received 10 walks, 2 hit batters, 2 wild pitches and stole 4 bases.
Edison 1 2 0 5 2=10
Rialto 0 0 3 1 0= 4
Leyba led off the game with a walk, stole 2nd and came in on O'Connors single to center. The 2nd began the same way with a walk to DeMarco and a stolen base. With 2 outs Feuerstein was hit by a pitch and stole 2nd. Both runners scored on an error by the 1st baseman and the Chargers were up 3. After Mercedes O'Connor had limited Rialto to an infield hit, Karley Wester came in to pitch the 3rd and immediately got into trouble. Two walks and an E-3 loaded the bases and a double to right scored 2 with the 3rd run coming in on a groundout.
Edison scored 5 in the 4th on only 1 hit. DeMarco walked and stole 2nd and Tahti walked as well. Feuerstein drove in 1 with a single to CF and Hickman walked to load the bases. K. Wester walked to force in a run and a wild pitch brought in another.Talataina was hit by a pitch to reload the bases and another wild pitch scored a run. Zapotoczny walked which brought in a new pitcher who immediately walked DeMarco for the 5th run of the inning. When Wester put the 1st 2 hitters on in the 4th O'Connor returned to the circle. She hit the 1st batter to load the bases and with 1 out what should have been an RBI single turned into a 7-4 force when the runner thought the ball was caught. Plaza reached on the pitcher's error to open the 5th and Baca singled to LF. Leyba brought them both in with a double to LF to complete the scoring. Cordova pitched the 5th and retired the side in order.