Mustangs handle OV, 5-1

Costa Mesa High sophomore pitcher Jackie Butler made a triumphant

return Wednesday and senior Ann Marie Topps launched her fifth home

run of the season to lead the Mustangs to a 5-1 Golden West

League-opening softball win at Ocean View.

Butler, out four games after a thrown ball bounced off her glove

and loosened some teeth, gave up just two hits in a complete-game

effort, earning her fourth victory in as many decisions. She fanned

two and walked five, the latter a byproduct of some rust, Coach Rick

Buonarigo said.

Topps belted a two-run dinger to cap a three-run second and also

doubled to finish 2 for 4 with three RBIs. Her season average

actually dropped to .667 (18 for 27), but the Oregon-bound shortstop

upped her RBI total to 22 this spring. Her 16 career homers are a

school record.

Sophomore Kelly Topps singled in a run to open the Mesa scoring in

the first and Jane-E Yamamoto had the other RBI for the winners, who

improved to 5-3.

Ocean View dropped to 2-5 overall.

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Golden West League

Mesa 5, Ocean View 1

Score by innings

Mesa 130 000 1 -- 5 9 1

OV 000 100 0 -- 1 2 1

Butler and Miller; Isfeld, Theophilos (7)

and McLaughlan. W -- Bulter, 4-0. L --

Isfeld, 1-2. 2B -- A. Topps (CM). HR -- A.

Topps (CM)

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Estancia edges Lions

* The Estancia High softball team opened its first Golden West

League campaign with 1-0 victory over the visiting Westminster Lions

Wednesday afternoon.

The Eagles (7-1) scored the game’s only run on a sacrifice fly by

sophomore Evelyn Flores in the fourth inning and freshman pitcher

Muriel Mason made it stand up with a complete-game four-hitter that

included four strikeouts and no walks.

Rebecca Kaplan opened the winning rally with a leadoff walk and

moved to second on a single by Hilary Ockey. Kaplan reached third on

a wild pitch and scored on Flores’ fly ball to center.

Ockey paced the Eagles’ six-hit attack, going 2 for 3, while Coach

Marc Rodig singled out Flores’ strong play at second base in an

errorless defensive effort.

Mason improved to 5-0 in the circle.

Westminster is now 4-4 overall.

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Golden West League

Estancia 1, Westminster 0 Score by Innings

W’ster 000 000 0 -- 0 4 0

Estancia 000 100 0 -- 1 6 0

Mason and Acosta; Bettancourt and Estrada.

W -- Mason, 5-0. L -- Bettancourt

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Lightning wins, 9-2

* Sophomore Alexa Shitanishi and junior Katrina Redelsheimer

collected three hits each to help lead the Sage Hill School softball

team to a 9-2 Academy League-opening victory over host St. Margaret’s

Wednesday.

Redelsheimer also struck out eight batters and allowed one earned

run to improve her pitching record to 2-1. Sophomore Jessica Torina

and freshman Meagan McCullough contributed two hits each for Coach

Jim Percival’s Lightning (4-3).

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Academy League

Sage Hill 9, St. Margaret’s 2

Score by Innings

Sage Hill 001 114 2 -- 9 11 2

St. Mar 001 100 0 -- 2 6 6

Redelsheimer and Torina; Freese and

Birtcher. W -- Redelsheimer, 2-1. L --

Freese. 2B -- McCullough (SH)

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