Softball: Mesa falls twice at Rialto Invitational

RIALTO - The Costa Mesa High softball team dropped two games at the

Rialto Tournament on Saturday in pool play action.

The Mustangs (5-3-1) lost to Pacific, 7-1, before falling to the host

Knights, 5-4, in eight innings.

In the opener, Ann Marie Topps scored the Mustangs’ lone run in the

sixth inning on the front end of a first-and-third double steal.

In the nightcap, the Mustangs trailed 4-1 and had nobody on with two

outs before rallying for three runs.

Back-to-back walks, followed by hits from Ola Wallace, Jade Moss (3

for 4) and Topps (2 for 4) brought the Mustangs even before the Knights

won the game in the eighth.

Costa Mesa will play at Newport Harbor on Tuesday before hosting

Capistrano Valley Christian on Wednesday. Both games are at 3:15 p.m.

RIALTO INVITATIONAL

Pool play

Pacific 7, Costa Mesa 1

Costa Mesa 000 001 - 1 4 2

Pacific 120 310 - 7 9 2

Lindsay, Gallardo (4) and Watson; Bocangra and Robles. W - Bocangra. L

- Lindsay, 5-2-1.

Anne Marie Topps scored the game’s lone run when she stole home on the

front end of a double steal.

Game two

Rialto 5, Costa Mesa 4

Costa Mesa 100 000 30 - 4 8 1

Rialto 000 400 01 - 5 6 4

Gallardo, Lindsay (4), Watson; Carejo and Gorsuch. W - Carejo. L -

Lindsay, 5-3-1.