California High School Softball - Los Alamitos gets by Marina
May 5, 2011: Los Alamitos, CA 90720 The Los Alamitos Griffins (Los Alamitos, CA) softball nipped the visiting Marina Vikings (Huntington Beach, CA), 6-5 in Thursday's league bout.
The Griffins (23-2) will now prepare for their bout against Edison (Huntington Beach, CA). The Chargers go into the Sunset bout with a 24-4 record. In their last bout, Edison held off Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, CA), 12-2, in a league bout.
The Vikings now possess a 15-6 record. They play next when they host Huntington Beach for a Sunset bout on Tuesday, May 10. Marina will confront a Oilers squad coming off a 2-1 league loss to Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley, CA). The Oilers record now stands at 11-15.
Game Summary
Once again a dogfight in the Sunset League with the griffins outlasting the Vikings in a close 6 to 5 game that went down to the bottom of the 7th.
Andie Formby out dueled another Feshman star Tera Blanco who did all in her power to win hitting a solo homer in the top of the 7th to put Marina ahead 5 to 4. Three straight singles and a squeeze bunt by Clean up hitter Infinity Laufou proved the difference.Three Griffins had 2 hits led by Alex Finie with a monster 2 run homer in the 4 inning to start the comeback.