Outfielder Jennifer Salas was up to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning with two runners on base with no outs. The stage was set for the walk off victory.
Salas, who hit a two-run homerun in the fourth inning, managed to hit a soft line drive out resulting in a baserunning blunder leading to a game ending triple play by Sierra College sending the Cerritos College softball team to the losers bracket in the state tournament on Friday.
The 3-2 loss in the first round snaps the Falcons' 14-game winning streak and forces Cerritos to win six games on Saturday and Sunday to win the state championship.
The last time a team accomplished that feat was in 1985 when Santa Ana was able to win the title after losing the first game.
Earlier this season when the Falcons were beating teams by double-digits, I wrote an article saying this wouldn't happen in the postseason. I went on to say that this young team would not be ready to handle close games in the playoffs.
It comes to no surprise that the deficit of Game One of the state tournament was by one run.
Sixty percent of the Falcons' losses this year have been by one run.
Pitcher HIllary Perez-Ashley suffered a loss and allowed two homeruns including one to the state's homerun leader, third baseman Rochel Vanyi.
The Falcons will face Riverside in an elimination game on Saturday at noon. They faced Riverside on March 27 and lost. Guess how much they lost by...you have a 60 percent chance of getting it.
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