Lady Warriors drill Esparto for 12-4 win
PUBLISHED: April 21, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
Becca Elliott smacked four hits, including a double, and drove in three runs to lead the Mercy softball team to a 12-4 victory over Esparto at Red Bluff"s Forward Park on Tuesday afternoon.
Elliott also pitched a one-hitter on the mound, walking 10 batters and striking out 10.
Brittany Dunn went 3-for-3 with a double and a pair of runs batted in and Benicia Grace tripled and scored twice, finishing 2-for-4.
Elliott went 4-for-5, adding a pair of runs scored, and Audra Muller also doubled and scored twice.
Morgan Fry added a pair of runs batted in as well for the Lady Warriors (3-1 MVL-N, 4-3-1), who hosted Redding Christian yesterday but the results were not available by press time.
Esparto 100 020 1 – 4 1 –
Mercy 220 611 x – 12 11 –
MERCY IP H R ER BB SO
Elliott (W, 4-3) 7 1 4 n/a 10 10
Top hitters:
Elliott 4X5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R; Hatfield 1X5, RBI, R; Grace 2X4, 3B, 2 R; Dunn 3X3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Muller 1X2, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Esparto 17, Mercy 1
Ethan Moon drove in Derrick Emigh with a first-inning single for a 1-0 lead, but the Mercy baseball team was wiped out by visiting Esparto on Tuesday, 17-1, at Sacred Heart School.
Ben Williams and Eric Lindeman had the only other hits for the Warriors (2-3 MVL-N, 2-7).
Esparto 018 44x x – 17 9 1
Mercy 100 00x x – 1 3 5
Williams (L, 1-3) 3 6 10 7 4 1
Lindeman 1.2 3 7 6 4 1
Raschke 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Moon 1X1, RBI; Williams 1X2; Lindeman 1X3
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