ELK GROVE — The Davis High softball team walked 12 Monterey Trail batters, made six errors and left 15 runners on base Wednesday, but the only statistic the Blue Devils will remember is their 9-8 win.

DHS (6-13, 2-5 Delta League) got the much-need conference victory by scoring three times in the top of the seventh inning.

“This was a total team effort, a total team win,” said Devil coach Art Guerra.

Trailing 8-6 at the time, Davis was down to it final out after the first two batters were retired in the seventh. But that brought up senior Emily Ginn, who already had four hits in four at-bats, then made it 5-for-5 with a single.

Sophomore Audrey Dufresne followed with a hit and Evelyn Andrews’ fly ball to right was dropped by the Mustang fielder, sending one run home and bringing Rosey Heilmann to the plate. The sophomore smashed a double to the right-center field and her third and fourth RBIs of the game gave the Blue Devils the lead.

The big inning was completed when Rachel Mobley held MTHS (3-10, 2-5) scoreless in the bottom of half. It was the second straight frame that a DHS pitcher had come up huge as junior Brittany Eggers had escaped a jam in the sixth.

“That was a superstar moment for (Eggers),” Guerra explained. “She probably got put in in the toughest pitching position of the year and she bailed us out. That’s the kind of integrity this team has.”

Thanks to a shuffle of the schedule last week, the Devils are back on the diamond Thursday — their third game in three days — traveling to take on Elk Grove at 4 p.m.

Comments

comments