Izzo’s walk-off homer leads Griffs to sweep of Chaffey
- Updated: March 19, 2016
2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE SOFTBALL
By Chris Davis
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (3-20-16) — The fourteenth ranked Grossmont College Griffins played host to the Chaffey College Panthers in a non-league doubleheader on Saturday (Mar. 19) and left the field with a pair of victories in walk-off fashion.
Grossmont (18-7-1), which is also the seventh best team in Southern California, took game one 6-4 on a RACHELL EVERETT (Bonita Vista) walk-off home run, her first of the year, to guarantee the Griffins of a split.
In the second game of the day, Everett started things off with a triple to right field to in the fourth inning. She scored on an error by the catcher to break the scoring open.
In the top of the sixth, Chaffey (18-6-1) scored three times all coming by way of Mariah Bisaillon homered (1st) to give the Panthers a 3-1 lead.
The Panthers, the leaders of the Foothill Conference, tacked on another run in the top of the seventh for a 4-1 lead.
Eventful would be one way to describe the bottom of the seventh inning.
The frame began with JESSICA RUBIO (Patrick Henry) legged out a single by beating the throw from the shortstop. ARISA ROSADO (Olympian) grounded into a fielder’s choice that claimed Rubio at second. After a ground out that moved Rosado to second the real fun began as the Griffins had their collective backs to the wall.
Everett singled advancing Rosado to third. KRISTEN ARMSTRONG (Granite Hills) pinch ran for Everett at first. SIERRA SAHAGUN (Heritage Christian) walked to load the bases up. MACKENSIE REYNOLDS (Santana) singled to right to keep the marry-go-round effect going, bringing in Rosado. ALEXIS FLORES (Calexico) reached on an error, something the Panthers were guilty of five times, moving everyone up 60 feet. A wild pitch moved everyone up another base, allowing Armstrong to touch home plate. DIAMOND MEJIA (West Ranch) singled to left scoring Reynolds and a 5-4 victory for the Green and Gold.
The Griffins will play their make-up double header against No. 2 Cypress (18-2) on Monday (Mar. 21). First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.
@ Grossmont College
| Chaffey 4 |
Grossmont 5 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Grossmont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Chaffey |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassandra Seymour 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Raven Preseau ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mariah Bisaillon rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sabrina Gamboa 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lena Carter-Scott dp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Samantha Warner cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joelie Whitson lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Plant c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaitlyn Baker 2b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephanie Garcia 2b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sereena Ortiz p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Cassandra Seymour; Raven Preseau; Taylor Plant HR: Mariah Bisaillon RBI: Mariah Bisaillon 3 Sac: Raven Preseau |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Raven Preseau; Joelie Whitson; Taylor Plant; Kaitlyn Baker; Sereena Ortiz DP: Raven Preseau; Sabrina Gamboa |
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Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Izzo 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arisa Rosado 2b | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katie Schmidt lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rachel Everett 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kristen Armstrong 3b | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Salazar ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sophia Sahagun ss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MacKenzie Reynolds 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Flores dp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diamond-Nicole Mejia c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mariah Fortune rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jessica Rubio cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Madara p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Katie Schmidt; Diamond-Nicole Mejia 3B: Rachel Everett RBI: MacKenzie Reynolds; Diamond-Nicole Mejia |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
Chaffey |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sereena Ortiz | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Sereena Ortiz 34 HBP: Sereena Ortiz |
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Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Madara | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Ashley Madara 29 | |||||||
| SCORING SUMMARY |
|---|
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 4TH |
| R. Everett scored on an error by c, unearned. |
| CHAFFEY – TOP 6TH |
| M. Bisaillon homered, 3 RBI; R. Preseau scored; S. Garcia scored. |
| CHAFFEY – TOP 7TH |
| C. Seymour reached on a fielder’s choice; K. Baker out at second 2b to ss; T. Plant scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 7TH |
| M. Reynolds singled to right field, RBI; S. Sahagun advanced to second; K. Armstrong advanced to third; A. Rosado scored. |
| A. Flores reached first on an error by ss; M. Reynolds advanced to second; S. Sahagun advanced to third; K. Armstrong scored, unearned. |
| A. Flores advanced to second; M. Reynolds advanced to third; S. Sahagun scored on a wild pitch, unearned. |
| D. Mejia singled to left field, RBI; A. Flores advanced to third; M. Reynolds scored. |
