Vista Murrieta 7 San Clemente 1
The tone was set early as Morando led off the bottom of the 1st with a HR. Sydney Romero provide a run-scoring double and VM was off to the races. Kylie Datil who would finish with a single, double and triple, led off the 3rd with a double, stole 3rd and came home on a Triton error. IN the 4th it was an E-4, HBP, WP and RBI-single by Datil. Ta'amilo allowed only 3 hits but 2 came in the 5th. A walk and 2 singles brought in a run and SC loaded the bases, still without an out but Ta'amilo used 2 strikeouts and a pop up to avoid further damage. With 2 outs in the VM 6th Zamora got a single and Datil tripled her home. The coach made the unusual move of pinch-hitting for HR-hitter Morando and Tayler Moore made him look good by hitting her own HR to CF.
Etiwanda 0 0 0 0 4 2 2=8
Vista Murr.0 1 1 2 1 1 0=6
Wesley vs Ta'amilo
The first 2 games I saw Wednesday featured these teams getting upset but they fought back to play for the Consolation Championship. VM used a single by Sierra Romero, an E-2, a wild pitch and Swearingen's single to take the lead in the 2nd. In the 3rd it was Cochran's single, consecutive wild pitches and Ta'amilo's single to double their margin. In the 4th Flexen walked and came home on Datil's double. An RBI-single and it was 4-0 and beginning to look nasty for Etiwanda. But the Eagles are nothing if not resilient and they got them all back with 2 outs in the 5th. Isbel walked, Taukeiaho singled and Delaney Spaulding, Ta'amilo's future UCLA teammate, took her downtown for a 3-run HR. When Gonzalez followed with a solo shot wh had a brand new ballgame.
Vista didn't wait long to get the lead back as Sierra Romero opened the 5th with a HR of her own. The Eagles took the lead right back in the 6th. A hit batter, E-2 and bunt single by Silva loaded the bases with 0 outs. One out later they had no place to put Taukeiaho and she punished them with a single up the middle for 2 runs. With the time limit rapidly approaching, VM needed to score and they did on a BB, WP and RBI-single by Morando. ITB took over in the 7th and where Etiwanda needed 4 innings of ITB to score in the last game, this time they did it right away without benefit of a hit. Two walks, a hit batter and a ground ball got in 2 runs and VM went out in order in the bottom half of the inning.