A game called

TAYLOR ALSTON

It’s 5:30 p.m., 2 1/2 hours after the first pitch of the game, and it

is only the bottom of the fourth inning.

It began as any normal junior varsity baseball game may, Santa Ana

Valley taking the field while Corona del Mar took their shot at

scoring. Little did they know just how much scoring would be

involved.

The first at-bat did not seem to bear witness to a game out of the

ordinary; he just grounded out to the second baseman. The second

hitter got a base on balls, the third a single, the fourth a double,

and then it was 2-0.

Hitter after hitter came up, and hitter after hitter got on base.

At the end of the first half of the inning, it was 8-0, and that

would not change in the bottom half.

In the top of the second, there was a similar result, ending with

the score of 17-0. Pity started creeping into the hearts of the

Corona del Mar boys, but this did not cause them to let their bats be

silenced.

The third inning saw the opening of the floodgates and the torrent

of scoring followed. By this time, Santa Ana Valley had used three

pitchers, and the pickings were growing slim. As Corona del Mar got

more and more runs on the scoreboard, more and more players found

their way to the mound.

The score was 25-0. It was hopeless. Corona del Mar put up nine

more runs in the top of the fourth, with the starters taking a rest.

This brings us back to the beginning, in the bottom of the fourth.

The sun has now waned below the trees surrounding the field, and with

it, the game ended.

The final score: 34-3. How they scored those three would be a

mystery for Corona del Mar.