Jordan Robbeloth struck out the first 17 batters (only one thereafter) to spark
North Harrison (Ramsey, Ind.)
to a 10-0 victory over Salem (Ind.) during the first round of the Class
3A baseball sectional. A two-out single in the seventh inning cost him a
no-hitter.
File photo by Rob CartmellPalm Desert's Jonathan Serven
More diamond notes throughout the country.
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Palm Desert (Calif.) outlasted Savanna (Anaheim, Calif.) 4-3 in 14 innings during Southern Section Division IV quarterfinals.
Jonathan Serven tripled and scored the winning run on a bad relay throw to third base.
Softball * In one of the most dramatic games of the spring,
Liberty (Sykesville, Md.) scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun perennial champion McDonough (Owings Mlls, Md.) 3-2 on Friday to claim its first Class 2A state softball crown.
Trailing the five-time state champs 2-0 in the final inning, the Lions quickly loaded the bases on two bunt singles and a walk to eventual hero Sammy Bost. A two-run single by Rebecca Oneto tied the score and left runners on first and second, still with nobody out.
Natalie Gill missed a bunt attempt, but Bost and Oneto were safe on a double steal. Bost over-slid third and appeared to be tagged out. However, when no call was made she broke for home and was able to score the winning run without a throw to home plate.
Bost told the Washington Post, "I didn't feel a tag. I wasn't going to go back into a tag, so I figured I'd rather get into a rundown or go to score."
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Lauren Cox struck out 20 of a possible 21 batters while pitching
La Canada (Calif.) to a 7-0 victory over Mary Star of the Sea (San Pedro, Calif.) during the Southern Section Division V quarterfinals. She yielded just one hit and three walks. Earlier this spring she fanned 23 in a 14-inning game.
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North Medford (Medford, Ore.) nipped Forest Grove (Ore.) 2-1 in 11 innings during the Class 6A state quarterfinals as Maryssa Becker struck out 21. While raising her record to 24-0, Becker yielded only two hits. In a losing cause, Marissa Reichard fanned 14 against a team which has lost just once in 28 outings.
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Holly Springs (N.C.) edged Apex (N.C.) 6-5 in 13 innings as
Erica Nunn struck out 22 during the Class 4A state quarterfinals.
* Senior Ashley Cole pitched a perfect game with 18 strikeouts as
Carle Place (N.Y.) blanked Oyster Bay (N.Y.) 2-0, It marked her second perfect game and third no-hitter of the season.
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Morgan Foley struck out 18 batters to lead
Assumption (Louisville, Ky.) to a 1-0 victory over Fern Creek (Louisville, Ky.) in the district championship game.