Bakersfield College Softball used all 12 innings to display their talents and picked up a 9-5 win over Cuesta College on the way.
Cuesta jumped to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of second inning on a pair of errors by the Renegades.
But in the top of the third, Alexis Rodriguez reached on a base hit, and Alexis Solis drew a walk to set the table for Alyssa Gonzales, and she answered with a two run double, and scored shortly thereafter when McKenna Valencia homered to give BC a 4-3 lead.
BC gave up the tying run in the fifth, and the game was scoreless for the next six and a half innings until the Renegades batted around to score five runs. Kathryn Alderete and Solis delivered back to back doubles to give BC a 6-4 lead, and then the floodgates opened in earnest. A walk and an error juiced the bases for catcher Naizemarie Ubay, and she delivered the third BC double of the frame and the final runs of the 9-5 win.
While the offense was electric in spurts, Valencia was a workhorse. The freshman righty scattered nine hits over 12 innings, while striking out seven.
The Renegades return to action Sunday as they travel to Reedley for a 11am game vs Reedley and a 1pm game vs Delta College out of Stockton.
12 INNINGS FOR THE PRICE OF 7; BC SOFTBALL DELIVERS VALUE TO FANS, WIN TO RECORD
Bakersfield
9
Cuesta
5
Final (12) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakersfield (13-10, 9-3) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Cuesta (10-10, 5-5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
Posted: Mar 23, 2017