By Maddie Coate
Sports Editor
After shutting out Leuzinger on April 18, the Mira Costa softball team fell to West Torrance High, 15-5, in five innings on Wednesday.
Both teams struggled to put points on the board in the first two innings until West scored five runs at the bottom of the third and another two in the top of the fourth. Costa responded in the bottom of the fourth when freshman pitch hitter Emily Eudy scored off of an RBI from junior outfielder Kasey Hutton.
“The freshmen played very well in this game,” coach Dick Amberik said.
West was up 7-1 at the top of the fifth. Senior outfielder Maddy Locicero drew a walk, followed by a single from junior second baseman Brittany Werre. Junior first baseman Ulufa Leilua hit a single to load the bases. Locicero scored off a line drive hit by Eudy to bring Costa up one more run to 7-2.
“We had a lot of base hits and that helped, but they were the better team,” Locicero said.
With Werre on third and Leilua on second, junior pitcher Dillon Boada drove Werre home, making the score 7-3. Leilua scored the next run after a single from Hutton, with Eudy moving to third. With the bases loaded, freshman Alex Orozco hit a single, allowing Eudy to score Costa’s final run of the game.
West managed to maintain its lead and score an additional eight runs for a final score of 15-5. The girls will play again today at home against Redondo at 3:15 p.m.
“Next time we’ll come up trying harder and hope for the best,” Orozco said.
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