Jaye’s slam not enough

Corona del Mar High junior third baseman Kianna Jaye belted a grand

slam in the fifth inning, but it proved to be too little, too late

for the Sea Kings, who dropped a crucial Pacific Coast League

softball game to visiting Calvary Chapel on Monday.

The Eagles scored 10 runs in the first and cruised to a 12-5

triumph to pull even with CdM for the league’s third and final

guaranteed berth into the CIF Southern Section playoffs with just one

league game remaining.

CdM (9-9, 5-4 in league) committed six errors, but it was a walk

and eight first-inning singles that got the Eagles (7-14, 5-4) off to

an explosive start.

CdM scored a run on one of three Calvary errors in the second, but

was down, 12-1, by the time Jaye, the team’s cleanup hitter, stepped

to the plate with the bases full in the fifth. Annika Gaar, Amy Tyson

and Alissa Zoelle all singled to set the table for Jaye, whose blast

cleared the center-field fence.

Jaye and Zoelle went 2 for 4 and Tyson finished 2 for 3 to pace

the Sea Kings’ eight-hit attack.

CdM visits Northwood on Wednesday and Calvary Chapel plays Tesoro.

CdM and Calvary split their two league games this spring, so, should

they finish tied, a third-place playoff would decide the league’s

final guaranteed postseason berth.

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Pacific Coast League

Calvary Chapel 12, CdM 5

Score by Innings

Calvary (10)02 000 0 -- 12 10 3

CdM 010 040 0 -- 5 8 6

Paino, Wilt (7) and Merrell; Zoelle

and Tyson. W -- Paino, 4-8. L --

Zoelle, 8-7. HR -- Jaye (CdM)

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