The Los Medanos College Softball team put themselves in an early hole that they could not climb out of as they fell to Ohlone College 12-5 on March 27 at home. 

Errors were costly for the Mustangs as the Ohlone Renegades were able to capitalize on them during their blowout victory over LMC. 

The Mustangs plunged into a deficit in the top of the second after a single up the middle by the Renegades knocked in the first two runs of the game. Another single to center field scored another run as Ohlone took a 3-0 lead.

At the top of the third, Ohlone was threatening to score again having two runners on base but the Mustangs needed just one out to end the inning. A hard ground ball was stopped from going into the outfield by third baseman Charlize Howay, who looked to get the Stangs out of the jam. 

However first baseman Vannessa Fritzler couldn’t handle Howay’s throw and the ball bounced into right field, allowing two runs to score. Ohlone would then single to center field again which scored another run and made the score 6-0 in favor of the Renegades. 

In the bottom half of the inning, the Mustangs would show signs of life with a rally to get back in the game. Ohlone’s pitcher loaded the bases, and the Mustangs capitalized on the opportunity. Priscilla Self doubled to knock in two runs which were followed by another double by Paris Willis to score two more runs to make the score 6-4. 

However, in the top half of the fourth Ohlone scored two more runs off of a base hit and a wild pitch to make the score 8-4. Then in the top half of the fifth, the Renegades put the nail in the coffin when they scored three runs after LMC walked the bases loaded which was followed by a throwing error to allow two more runs. A base hit scored one last run in the inning as Ohlone led 11-4. 

Both teams tallied on one more run each but the game was out of reach for the Mustangs as they took a blowout loss at home to the Ohlone Renegades by a final score of 12-5. 

The Mustangs will next play Tuesday, April 11 against Solano College with first pitches scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and 2 p.m.