Softball: Irvine blanks Newport, 8-0

Joseph Boo

IRVINE - Newport Harbor High’s softball team could only muster two

baserunners against host Irvine Friday as the Vaqueros, ranked No. 8 in

CIF Southern Section Division I, rolled to an 8-0 Sea View League

victory.

Shelby Crisp’s double in the sixth was the only hit for the Sailors

(9-12, 0-5 in league). Kristen Smith got hit by a pitch from Irvine

pitcher Kari Singley to account for Newport’s other baserunner.

That was the only mistake Singley made as she struck out six for her 15th

victory. Her sister, Kendra, hit two home runs.

“Our girls tried hard,” Newport Harbor Coach Jess Martinson said. “They

didn’t give up. But (Irvine) was just too much.”

The Vaqueros improve to 15-7 and 3-2 in league. Newport hosts Laguna

Hills Wednesday in a league game.

In a nonleague softball game, Estancia managed a run on two hits, but it

was all Santa Ana in a 12-1 mercy-rule decision.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Irvine 8, Newport Harbor 0

Newport Harbor 000 000 0 - 0 1 1

Irvine 002 303 x - 8 13 0

K. Moore, Ciralli (2) and Huntington; Ka. Singley and Peterson. W - Ka.

Singley, 15-5. L - K. Moore, 7-3. 2B - Crisp (NH), Thompson (I). 3B - Ka.

Singley (I). HR - Ke. Singley 2 (I).

Nonleague

Santa Ana 12, Estancia 1 (5 innings)Estancia 000 01 - 1 2 1

Santa Ana 20(10) 0x - 12 10 1 Wyman, Morton (4) and Gudvangen; Flores, N. Bernal and Aguero. W -

Flores, 6-5. L - Wyman, 3-11. 2B - N. Bernal (SA). 3B - Olivares (SA).