Softball: Sailors fall short, 1-0

GARDEN GROVE - The Newport Harbor High softball team went up

against a buzz-saw pitcher in Monday’s 1-0 loss to Tustin in the Garden

Grove Tournament second-section championship game.

Diane Lariba pitched a complete-game one-hitter with 15 strikeouts.

“She threw a great game today,” Newport Coach Jess Martinson said of the

Tillers’ hurler. “She has a good rise ball, she throws hard and she’s got

great location.”

Sailors’ hurler Kim Moore matched goose eggs with Lariba for five

innings, but a hit batsman, an error and two walks led to Tustin’s lone

run in the sixth.

“I really felt bad, because Kim pitched a great game for us, too,”

Martinson said. “One bad inning cost us the game.”

Bailey Beardon had both of Newport’s hits, while Athena Vasquez was

named to the all-tournament team.

“The team got a nice trophy and the players all got medals,” Martinson

said. “That’s something that probably hasn’t happened in quite awhile at

Newport Harbor in softball.”

The Sailors (6-5-2) will host Costa Mesa today, beginning at 3:15 p.m.

GARDEN GROVE TOURNAMENT

Second section finalsTustin 1, Newport Harbor 0

Newport 000 000 0 - 0 2 3

Tustin 000 001 x - 1 1 1

Moore and Campbell; Lariba and Cappucci. W - Lariba. L - Moore, 2-4-2.