Sophomore right fielder Kirstin Sanchez highlighted the boxscore with two hits and 4 RBIs to lead the Vikings to a 7-1 victory over L.A. Harbor.
This is the Vikings’ second consecutive victory after losing two straight.
“It feels great for our team. We weren’t getting discouraged, but we knew that we were better than how we played last week, so to be able to come out and perform how we’ve been doing is very good for us,” sophomore pitcher Ashley Hester said.
Sophomore starting pitcher Olivia Ramirez showed her usual dominance on the rubber pitching four shutout innings while only giving up one hit.
Hester was able to come in in the fifth inning and closed out the game by pitching three innings while giving up four hits and an unearned run.
“It feels good after having a couple of bad games this past week to be able to come back and trust my defense while throwing some good innings,” Hester said.
The Vikings were able to start the scoring in the second inning on a RBI triple by sophomore left fielder Jasmine Delgado.
Delgado would then score on a sacrifice fly by freshmen catcher Breanna Lucero.
The Vikings would go on to score three more runs in the third on a two RBI double hit by Sanchez followed by an RBI single hit by sophomore first baseman Gladys Garcia.
The Vikings would score their last two runs of the game in the fourth inning on a pair of RBI singles hit by freshmen third baseman Alejandra Mota and Kirstin Sanchez.
Sanchez was responsible for over half of the runs scored by the Vikings on two hits. When asked about her success at the plate Sanchez responded, “Just adjusting to the outside. I learned that in the pitching pattern every game they throw me out so I’ve been working on my outside pitches going in there knowing I’m going to get an outside pitch.”
With this win, the Vikings moved to a 5-2 record in conference play and a record of 11-6 overall.
The Vikings will return to the field on Friday as they play El Camino at 3 p.m.