LADY EAGLES SOFTBALL DIAMOND NEWS

Lady Eagles shutout by

South San Lady Bobcats 5 to 0

By: Conrado Perez, Jr. – Eagle Pass Sports Central

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One of the two premier softball diamond matchups in District 29-6A took center stage on Tuesday. March 6. 2018 when the high powered and potent Eagle Pass Lady Eagles varsity girls’ softball team sporting a district mark of 1-1 hosted the equally talented and current district tri-leading San Antonio South San Lady Bobcats sporting a district mark of 2-0 in a key 7:00 PM matchup at the Eagle Pass ISD Student Activity Center Softball Field with the ever present Loyal Legion of Lady Eagles followers in attendance ready to witness this clash of two of South Texas’s premier softball teams. This matchup however turned into a one sided affair as the visiting Lady Bobcats silenced the usually potent Lady Eagles bats to only three harmless hits and kept them scoreless on the night.

After a scoreless first inning of the play, the visiting Lady Bobcats took the lead in this game the result of a critical Lady Eagles error, with one out South San shortstop Angelina Zuniga connected with a double, first baseman Skye Estrada reached on an error on should have a routine second out of the inning which allowed Angelina Zuniga to score on the play. The next batter popped out to the pitcher on what would have ended the inning but instead the inning continued as a result of the Lady Eagles error, second baseman Elena Diaz got a base hit to put runners at the corners, South San leadoff batter Genesis Rodriguez connected with a two RBI double to bring in both runners to give the Lady Bobcats a 3 to 0 lead instead of what only should have been only one run at the most

The score remained3 to 0 all the way to the top of the sixth mainly due to the fact that the South San pitcher Caitlin Rangel was simply unhittable inside the circle especially with the Lady Eagles trying to swing for the fences. In the top of the sixth Lady Eagles relief pitcher Leenette Krezdorn to over the pitching chores replacing starting hurler Kaitlin Galvan who had allowed three runs two of which were unearned and had surrendered just four base hits through five complete innings of play.

The first batter that Krezdorn faced belted a base hit, first baseman Skye Estrada stepped up to the plate and blasted one over the fence for a two run homerun to give the Lady Bobcats a 5 to 0 led over the Lady Eagles who failed to score in the bottom of the sixth nor in the bottom of the seventh enabling the South San Bobcats to remain unbeaten in district play by the final score of 5 to 0. The Lady Eagles over all season record drops to 7-4 and their district record falls to 1-2.

Score by Innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

SOUTH SAN 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 0

LADY EAGLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

Losiing Pitcher: Kaitlin Galvan Leading Hitters: Leslie Martinez 1 for 3, Alexandra Martinez 1 for 3 and Kaylynne Ruiz 1 for 3