WOODBRIDGE SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : El Toro Advances on Tiebreaker Run
El Toro scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the 10th inning to post a 1-0 victory over Laguna Hills in the quarterfinals of the Woodbridge softball tournament Monday at Harvard Park.
After two scoreless extra innings, the game went to the international tiebreaker rule, which gives each team a runner on second base to start the inning.
El Toro’s Kelli Bruce sacrificed Jamie Smith to third. Then Jennifer Claridge hit a hard ground ball to second base, where Christy Journell misplayed it, allowing Smith to score the winning run for the Chargers (11-6-1).
El Toro pitcher Misty Lauby struck out seven and threw a four-hitter for her eighth shutout of the season. Laguna Hills is 6-5.
In other quarterfinal games:
Fullerton 2, Irvine 1--Kathleen Kennedy allowed only two hits and improved to 8-5 for Fullerton, which plays El Toro in the 3 p.m. semifinal at Harvard Park today.
Garden Grove 1, Kennedy 0--Kim Taylor threw a two-hitter to earn her fifth victory for Garden Grove.
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