LMC softball blown out in second game of double-header
Disappointing season continues on
April 20, 2023
It was a pitchers duel until the sixth inning when the Yuba City College 49ers defeated the Los Medanos Mustangs 11-2 as a seven run rally was too much for LMC to comeback from.
Charlize Howay was on the mound for the Mustangs and got into trouble off the bat in the top of the first. She walked Yuba’s leadoff batter Reagan Chan and after striking out Londyn Gillespie, gave up three straight hits including an RBI single from Danika Martin that scored Chan. A walk to Samantha Flores scored Martin, but Howay was able to get out of the inning allowing just two runs.
The first two Mustangs hitters struck out and flew out to start the inning but a walk to Anastasia Martinez sparked a two out rally. Priscilla Self walked then Charlize Howay singled to score Martinez to make the score 2-1. Self scored after a wild pitch to tie the game at two.
Following rocky first innings both pitchers settled into grooves and gave up zero runs across the next four innings while striking out 12 batters. The score remained tied at two going into the sixth inning with neither pitcher showing signs of fatigue.
In the top of the sixth Monica Mitchell walked to leadoff the inning and eventually came around to score along with Harmony Balchus on a two RBI single from Katelyn Parker. Madalynn Biagie struck out and the Mustangs looked to get out of the inning with a ground ball hit to Tamia Roberts, but she couldn’t field it cleanly and the inning continued.
The score was 5-2 with the bases loaded and two outs when Martin hit a sharp ground ball to second, Roberts bent down to try and field it but the ball took a bad hop and it went over her head and rolled all the way to the wall in the right center gap. All three runners on base plus Martin herself came around to score to give Yuba a 9-2 lead and put the game out of reach.
The Mustangs were sat down in order by Yuba pitcher Londyn Gillespie while in the top half of the seventh, Yuba added on two more runs that came from a double by Samantha Flores and a squeeze play by Madalynn Biagie extended the Yuba lead to 11-2.
LMC went down in order to end the game as a close game slipped away from them in the late innings as Yuba pitcher Londyn Gillespie pitched all seven innings while striking out 11 Mustangs.
The loss drops LMC to 3-11 on the season and 2-8 in Conference play.
