High School Softball: Mesa rallies for the win

COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High sophomore Ann Marie Topps smacked a

two-run homer on the first pitch with one out in the seventh inning to

give the Mustangs’ softball team a 7-5 nonleague victory over visiting La

Quinta Tuesday.

Down 5-0 after two innings, the Mustangs (5-1-1) came back as Topps

went 2 for 4 with four RBIs.

Mustang pitchers, Tess Lindsay and Alle Gallardo, held La Quinta (3-3)

scoreless in six innings, yielding five hits.

NONLEAGUE

Costa Mesa 7, La Quinta 5

La Quinta 050 000 0 - 5 5 2

Costa Mesa 021 020 2 - 7 10 3 S. Wolf, A. Wolf (6) and Martinez; Lindsay, Gallardo (3), Lindsay (6)

and Watkins. W - Lindsay, 5-1-1. L - Amber Wolf, 1-1. HR - S. Wolfe (LQ),

Topps (CM).

Sailors fall, 5-2

NEWPORT BEACH - Visiting Northwood scored three runs in the eighth

inning to pull out a 5-2 nonleague girls softball decision at Newport

Harbor Tuesday.

The Sailors (3-2-1) were paced by the pitching of Kim Moore, who

struck out two and walked five, giving up seven hits.

Defensive standouts were Athena Vasquez at shortstop with a great

leaping grab of a line drive, and catcher Lisa Huntington, with a double

play, catching a pop fly and throwing the runner out trying to get back.

Allison Lewis got the win, striking out 13 with a no-hit effort. The

Sailors struck for single runs in the fourth and fifth innings with the

help of four walks and a hit-batter.

NONLEAGUE

Northwood 5, Newport Harbor 2

Northwood 101 000 03 - 5 7 3

Newport Harbor 000 110 00 - 2 0 3 Lewis and Ota; Moore and Huntington.