The second round of play of the Catalina CoEd Softball League concluded this past Thursday. Game one had Buoys & Gulls taking on Straight Up Builders. Straight Up Builders used four base hits and an error to score three in the bottom of the first inning.
Buoys & Gulls got on the board in the third inning with two runs off three base hits and a walk. In the bottom of the fourth inning Avery Joharchi caught the high pop up behind the plate for Buoys & Gulls. Brandon Franco hit a double for Straight Up Builders and later scored.
Buoys & Gulls got back on the board in the fifth inning when Alex Reyes hit a single and just didn’t stop running until he scored. Two base hits and a walk later, a second run scored. Straight Up Builders answered with a run off a base hit, a double from Maddie Hiniker and a sacrifice fly ball.
Buoys & Gulls’ Julian Tejeda hit a two RBI home run in the sixth. Straight Up Builders used a base hit and a double to score two in the bottom of the inning. Jose Merino made the great snag of a hard line drive at third to end the inning.
Buoys & Gulls went into the seventh inning down by one. David Ramirez hit an RBI double to tie it up for Buoys & Gulls. Straight Up Builders got their last at bat. Julio Chavoya hit an RBI triple, but was tagged out trying to stretch it into an inside the park home run. The game ended with the walk off hit, Buoys & Gulls 7, Straight Up Builders 8.
For Buoys & Gulls Brooke Trunelle collected three hits. David Ramirez and Taryn Minuto contributed two hits. Jaime Alaniz, Julian Tejeda, Jose Merino, Alex Reyes, Hugh Bevins, Ron Bevins and Avery Joharchi had one hit.
For Straight Up Builders Maddie Hiniker contributed three hits. Chuys Sillas, Brandon Franco, Julio Chavoya and Jesus Rodriguez had two hits. Johnny Hernandez, Juan De La Cruz, Isaac Gonzalez and Rachel Mc Cormick each collected one hit.
Game two had Sunset Bar & Grill facing Leave it to Leo Handyman. Sunset Bar & Grill was up first and promptly batted around the order. Three base hits, doubles from Gabriel Alvarado, Gustavo Gutierrez and Missy Schafer, a triple from Tyler Engel and an inside the park home run from Joe Hernandez had seven cross the plate.
Leave it to Leo Handyman answered with a double from Marco Gallegos and two base hits to score two. Leave it to Leo Handyman added another run in the second off the RBI triple from Jose Octavo. Sunset Bar & Grill got busy in the third, again batting around the order. This time they had six base hits, a double from Felipe Gonzalez, a triple from Joe Hernandez and an inside the park home run from Gustavo Gutierrez to bring home nine.
Leave it to Leo Handyman had four base hits and a home run from Luis Lazaro to answer back with four runs. Leave it to Leo Handyman put another run on the board in the fourth when Luis Lazaro hit a triple and later scored.
In the fifth inning Marco Gallegos had a two RBI home run for Leave it to Leo Handyman. Sunset Bar & Grill got back on the board in the sixth inning. Three base hits and doubles from Gabriel Alvarado, Nestor Cubillas and Tyler Engel had an additional four cross the plate.
In the seventh and final inning Sunset Bar & Grill put the game away with six more runs off seven base hits, a double from Caitlin Lopez and a triple from Francisco Bravo. Leave it to Leo Handyman got their last at bat. Sunset Bar & Grill turned a double play, followed by a solo inside the park home run by Marco Gallegos. Despite three more base hits, no more runs scored, and the game ended with the score Leave it to Leo Handyman 11, Sunset Bar & Grill 26.
For Leave it to Leo Handyman Marco Gallegos collected four hits. Jose Octavo, Luis Lazaro and Matilda Martinez contributed three hits. Jack Villagomez had two hits, while Daniel Madriz and Edmundo Vega had one.
For Sunset Bar & Grill Gabriel Alvarado, Ryan Adkins, Nectar Cubillas, Tyler Engel, Francisco Bravo and Missy Schafter contributed four hits. Joe Hernandez and Gustavo Gutierrez collected three hits. Felipe Gonzalez and Brittany Randall had two base hits, while Caitlin Lopez had one.
Schedule for Thursday, Oct 29
6 p.m. Sunset Bar & Grill vs Straight Up Builders
7:45 p.m. Leave it to Leo Handyman vs. Buoys & Gulls