San Marcos softball earned its first win of the young season with an 18-0 rout of Del Sol on Tuesday in Oxnard.
After the Royals scored three runs in the opening frame, their offense erupted for 10 runs in the second inning to pull away for good.
Reese Large shined in the middle of the San Marcos lineup, going 3-for-3 with four RBI and three runs scored. Meanwhile, Autumn Johnson set the table with a 3-for-4 day, driving in two runs and scoring three times along the way.
Solana Sandoval reached base three times and scored all three times, while Riley Zant, Piper Kittle and Sutera Raring all tallied two hits. Lucy Dessert drove in three runs.
Dessert and Caroline Wang combined for the shutout in the circle. They each allowed one hit, with Wang striking out six in three innings and Dessert striking out three in two innings
The Royals will host Del Sol in a rematch on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Simi Valley 6, Dos Pueblos 3
The Chargers suffered their first loss of the season on the road against Simi Valley on Tuesday.
“We played a good team today,” Dos Pueblos head coach Mike Gerken said. “This was not the result we wanted, but we got to know a little more about who we are as a team, so that’s a positive.”
Simi Valley scored runs in the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead, while Dos Pueblos was held off the board for the first four frames.
However, the Chargers came storming back with three runs in the top of the fifth as Zella Cassidy roped a two-run triple and came home to score on a wild pitch to take the lead.
Simi Valley swung back with four runs in the bottom half and held onto the lead from there en route to the win.
“We gave them a few extra chances with some errors and they took advantage. I was proud of our team’s late rally,” Gerken said.
Cassidy and Anastasia Brunner each went 2-for-4 for Dos Pueblos, while Emily Morici allowed five hits and struck out five in six innings of work.