Mustangs earn split

ARROYO GRANDE -- Costa Mesa High’s softball team split two games in

the consolation bracket to wrap up play in the Arroyo Grande

Tournament Saturday.

The Mustangs came back from a 3-0 first-inning deficit and held

off Morro Bay to win, 5-4, in the morning.

Mesa sophomore Paulina Rodriguez knocked home Uyen Mai for the

go-ahead run in the fifth inning. Mai had singled to lead off the

inning. Rodriguez then threw out a runner attempting to stretch a

single into a double in the top of the sixth and starter Jane-E

Yamamoto got the final out for her second victory.

Sisters Kelly and Anne Marie Topps each knocked in runs, with

Kelly scoring a run on a Mai single.

Three of Mesa’s seven errors came in the first, when St. Joseph of

Lakewood scored four runs, three on a bases-clearing double, in a 5-1

afternoon victory.

Mai singled to begin the fifth and eventually came around to score

on a sacrifice fly by Katie Renish.

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Arroyo Grande Tournament

Consolation round Game 1 Mesa 5, Morro Bay 4

Score by Innings

M. Bay 300 100 -- 4 5 3 Mesa 101 21x -- 5 6 2

Silalli and DeBackar; Yamamoto and Miller. W

-- Yamamoto, 2-4. L -- Silalli

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Game 2 St. Joseph 5, Mesa 1

Score by Innings

Mesa 000 01 -- 1 3 7

St. Joseph 401 0x -- 5 8 0

Yamamoto, Gallardo (2) and M. Miller; Castillo,

Martinez (5) and Robledo. 2B -- Correa 2 (SJ)

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