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Late rally by Mustangs falls short & Lions win CIF-State D1 SoCal Regional title:
Oaks Christian (34-1): 2-0-4-0-0-0-0=6 9 2
Roosevelt (28-3): 2-0-0-0-0-3-0=5 5 4
By: Derryl Trujillo
Inland Sports Senior Writer
Eastvale (Roosevelt HS)-
One way or another the 2022 season was ending Saturday afternoon in Eastvale for the Roosevelt & Oaks Christian softball teams. The only question left to answer over two plus hours was who’d be hoisting CIF-State championship hardware…a Roosevelt team looking to add a second title in two weeks or an Oaks Christian side eager for redemption after a tough loss in the D1 CIF-SS quarterfinals? After a lengthy rally over the last two innings which saw Roosevelt close a 6-2 deficit to 6-5 and load the bases in the seventh Oaks Christian survived and brings home the CIF-State SoCal division one regional title.
Alyvia Hernandez started for Roosevelt & Oaks Christian had early success in the first inning getting the ball into play against her. The Lions got three straight runners aboard on a single and two errors and scored their first two runs on a Ilove’a Brittingham single.
In the Mustang first inning Ashlee Annett reached on an error and scored on a first pitch two out homer down the left field line from Alexia Lopez to make it a 2-2 game after one.
After a one, two, three second inning the Lions bats picked up right where they left off in the first as starting pitcher Mikaela Kastor led off with a double down the left field line, scoring on an RBI single from Anahi Arreola. A batter later Lily Knox had a two run homer to left center which put the Lions up 5-2 and Heaven Oliva’s RBI single made it 6-2 after three. Four out of the first five Oaks Christian batters reached base in the only tough inning for Hernandez.
Oaks Christian didn’t score again and was held to just two hits and a pair of strikeouts the rest of the way.
Lions coach Pete Ackerman said “When you put the ball in play good things happen offensively. Yesterday we only had two ground ball outs so I was really pleased with how we hit the ball. That being said we knew Roosevelt had one last punch in them but that final pitch from Mikaela was something else.”
Meanwhile the Mustangs refused to go down without a fight, scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 6-5 game as Lopez came through with a 2 RBI single and Emily Carr added an RBI single of her own with one out. On the Carr single Lopez was thrown out trying to take third base and Kastor got a strikeout against Marissa Morales to escape the threat.
In the seventh with two outs the Mustangs made Kastor work for out twenty one, loading the bases with two outs on a walk from Payton Walker, Annett’s single up the middle, and Jordan Elias’ walk. Kayla Lyon, hero of the semifinal win against Camarillo, faced Kastor and struck out looking on a 3-2 curveball to end the game.
Kastor remarked “We weren’t going to let that one game (the Los Alamitos loss in CIF-SS D1 quarterfinals) define us but the time off definitely gave us a chance to decompress and coming in I knew we’d be ready to go. I’m so glad we got the opportunity to get here and play a great Roosevelt team and finish the year together..”
Roosevelt coach Mike Smith said “I couldn’t be prouder of them for making a game of it and giving ourselves an opportunity to come through late. Alyvia pitched her heart out today and gave us a chance to make that run at them and Alexia was huge for us offensively. They’ve just been a really special group to coach.”
It should be noted that both sides were missing players affiliated with the Mercado 18U travel team.
WP: Kastor, Mikaela>> CG, 5 runs, 6 hits, 5 K’s, 4 BB’s
LP: Hernandez, Alyvia>> CG, 6 runs, 9 hits, 4 K’s 0 BB’s
Leading Hitters:
Oaks Christian>>Brittingham 2-3 w 2 RBI
Roosevelt>>Annett 2-3 w a run scored, Alexia Lopez 2-3 w 4 RBI and a run scored
Derryl Trujillo can be reached at socaltrekkie@gmail.com. He has been the Senior Writer for Inland Sports since 2018 and is the 2019 IEBCA Supporter of the Year award winner.
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