Ocean View (17-5) remains on the road to face Alhambra Mark Keppel in the second round on Tuesday. South El Monte (15-9), the Mission Valley League champion, had won 12 games in a row entering the playoffs. Always what’s after the play, not just that play.” Even the one where the girl stole, and thought she was going to make it to, we always have to have that second out. “I always tell them that we have to look ahead,” Cordeiro said of her team’s defense. She was tagged out before Hernandez could cross the plate, ending the inning. Loreli Castrejon, who had walked on the pitch, attempted to move up to second, but Arteaga threw over to the bag. She got the ball to shortstop Ashley Capelouto, whose relay throw reached third baseman Kaylah Arteaga in time to cut down Gutierrez trying to stretch the hit into a triple.įollowing a walk in the fifth, Knobbe threw late to third with Alyssa Hernandez executing a delayed steal. The ball bounced away from Fullbright, but second baseman Sienna Erskine tracked it down. Nadine Gutierrez dropped a hit in front of right fielder Sydney Fullbright to lead off the bottom of the second. ![]() She was assisted by a couple of untraditional plays from her defense. Knobbe stranded four runners between the first and second innings, before retiring eight in a row, a stretch that ended in the fifth. The Mustangs manage just two hits in a 19-1 loss to the visiting Wildcats on Thursday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 softball playoffs. Sports Costa Mesa softball ousted by Monrovia in CIF Division 6 opener The whole game, my adrenaline was just keeping me going.” “It feels amazing,” Knobbe said of pitching a shutout in the playoffs. The Seahawks recorded a shutout for the fourth time this season, their first since a 15-0 win over Century on Feb. She scattered eight hits and two walks in a complete game, a feat accomplished without the benefit of a strikeout. Two-run innings in the first and second allowed Ocean View starter Kaitlyn Knobbe to settle in. “They were ready, and I just got to keep them relaxed, no matter what, and just keep telling them that even though it is CIF, it’s just another game, and we have to take it one game at a time.” “I’ve been anxious all week, so I have a different mindset,” a jovial Cordeiro said. Ocean View made an early lead stand up, as the visiting Seahawks defeated South El Monte 4-0 on Friday to begin their run in the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs. Since the draw had come out over the weekend, Cordeiro had been champing at the bit to get it started. After her team’s playoff opener, Ocean View High softball coach Keala Cordeiro was able to laugh about the fact that one of her players had told her it didn’t feel like the postseason had begun until they arrived at the field.Īs winners of their final seven regular season games, the Seahawks had been playing like a team ready to meet the moment.
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