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First
Inning Run Enough for Sac City to Eliminate Antelope Valley
May 19 , 2007
Chino Hills, Calif. Sacramento City just finished up a thrilling
1-0 win over Sierra to survive and repeated the result with a 1-0 win over Antelope
Valley to extend their season and avenge an earlier season loss to the Marauders.
The Panthers lost to AVC 5-1 earlier this season but would not let the same
fate happen again. Sac City scored a run in the first and held on the rest of
the way for the win. All-American Cindy Oseguera produced the RBI while going
3 for 3 on the day to lead the Panthers.
Fellow Panther All-American
Nicole Wells led the game off with a bunt single. Wells hit second on a ground
out and then a single from freshman third baseman Kayla Hayes. Oseguera closed
it out with a double over the center fielders head scoring Wells in what
would be the game winning run. Both teams would shut each other down from there
stranding a combined eighteen runners.
Antelope Valley had some
late game shots to take over. AVC freshman designated player Evan Ruiz singled
to lead off the sixth. Two walks later, Ruiz was on second and the bases were
loaded. Sac City pitcher Amanda Monday forced a fly out to strand all three
runners. The Marauders had one more chance in the bottom of the seventh. Freshman
catcher Rebecca Zapata reached on a walk. Ruiz singled again for runners on
first and third and two outs retired. Monday forced a fly out to end the Marauder
threat and the game 1-0. Monday improved to 22-4 with the win allowing just
three hits for the second game in a row while striking out seven batters. Ashley
Arnett suffered the loss for AVC finishing her season at 38-9 and finishing
her career at Antelope Valley.
Antelope Valley finishes
their season 41-9-1. Sacramento City improves to 49-7 and will move on to play
their third game in a row today in a rematch of their first round loss to Cerritos.
Cerritos defeated Sac City yesterday in the first round in a 2-0 shutout off
of two unearned runs. The two will meet up again at 5:00 pm today.
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