(Duarte) – La Canada’s Lauren O’Leary and Lauren Cox combined to pitch a masterful gem and Anna Edwards went two for three with a homer-run to lead the Lady Spartans over Schurr, 9-0.
O’Leary and Cox each struck out seven Schurr batters and each scattered a hit over seven innings. The pitchers combined to shut-out all four opponents they faced in the Duarte Tournament to become the only team to not allow a run.
Edwards scored three runs and had four RBI’s on the evening as La Canada completely dominated Schurr in all aspects of the game.
Starting Schurr pitcher Cynthia Martinez tried early on to keep the ball away from Edwards in the first that led to a walk and an eventual run as she stole second and came home on two throwing errors.
The game stayed close until the fifth inning when Megan Martin singled and stole second. With one out, Edwards singled in Martin to give La Canada a 4-0 lead. Catcher Catherine Horner would triple to score Edwards and would later score on a wild pitch.
The punctuation mark for La Canada came in the sixth inning when Edwards delivered a three-run homer with one out.
La Canada finished the tournament by outscoring their opponents 30-0. Cox finished the tournament 2-0 with 39 strikeouts in 15 innings and O’Leary went 2-0 with 20 strikeouts in nine innings.
Edwards concluded a stellar tournament when she finished 10 for 12 with three homer-runs and 13 RBI’s.
SCHURR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
LA CANADA 1 1 0 1 3 3 X 9 9 1
WP – Lauren O’Leary (LC)
LP – Cynthia Martinez (S)
HR – Anna Edwards (LC)
3B – Catherine Edwards (LC)
2B – Megan Siepler (LC)
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