By Josh Lowden
(San Marino) – Still in the hunt for the league championship, San Marino gained some momentum into the league race, avenging an earlier loss to Monrovia with a 4-0 victory.
All four runs came in the first inning.
Michelle Floyd recorded the games first RBI, hitting a single which brought Courtney Johnson in for the score. With one out, Raquel Edmonds’ single loaded the bases with Titans.
The Lady Cats only made their situation worse.
Emily Orozco walked Caitlyn Callahan, which brought Erin Stonewall home for a score. Sami Ortega and Stephanie Garcia committed consecutive errors, allowing two more San Marino base runners to cross the plate.
Kelly Williams helped Monrovia get out of a jam in the third inning recording all three outs. Williams tagged out Allison Lee at home and caught two pop fouls to end the Titan threat.
San Marino also had the opportunity to score in the fourth. With two on and one out, the Lady Cats intentionally walked Floyd to load the bases.
“We could’ve taken advantage of more situations,” said Titans coach Hilda Valencia. “We loaded up the bases many times and we actually didn’t produce as many runs as we hoped.”
Freshman pitcher Adrienne Guerra was brought in to relieve Orozco and only allowed one hit in two innings.
Monrovia squandered chances to get to Floyd in the first and second inning only to have Floyd bear down to stop any threats.
Floyd finished with 9 strikeouts and allowed only two hits.
“We said that we have to jump out early (and) make them work to put up some runs,” said Valencia. “And that’s exactly what happened.”
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