Renegades Continue Good Play at Panthers Friendly on 5/4

This friendly was a 16-team friendly hosted by Panthers Gold in Fontana. There were many good teams entered.

In our first game, we played very well and defeated the Firecrackers 9-2. Our offense was rolling as we banged out 10 hits. Lauren H doubled to the fence, and Sasha hit a liner to left-center that one-hopped the fence. Amanda and Rachel got things going at the top of the lineup and each of them reached base three times. Lauren H pitched a good game, scattering 4 hits and striking out 7.

In the second game, we faced the Central Cal Dirt Dogs from Fresno and defeated them 6-2. Britnea pitched very well, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 7. The offense was led by Naomi, with a 2-run HR over the fence in center, and Brianna, with a double to the fence in right-center. Amanda again set the table in the leadoff spot and reached base 3 times. We showed good pitch selection in this game, collecting 7 walks and not swinging at pitches off the plate.

In our final game we played a very tough Lakewood Ladies Black team and lost in a game that was much closer than the 5-0 score. Tiffany pitched an outstanding game against a very tough lineup of hitters and threw some great pitches over 6 innings. Of their 5 runs, only 2 were earned runs. Highlights on defense included two very nicely-executed relays by Lauren P and Skooch to throw Lakewood runners out at home. We have been practicing our cutoffs and relays a lot in practice and our coaches were really pleased to see our girls execute those plays in the game. Our offense slowed down in this game and our coaches talked to the squad after the game about the importance of remaining aggressive at the plate and showing good pitch selection. This is something that we will continue to work on at practice.

Overall our team played very well today. Our pitchers threw well and the offense was clicking in 2 of the 3 games. Probably our best execution came in baserunning today -- our running was a nice mixture of aggressiveness and good judgment. We got some great jumps on balls past the catcher to score from third on several plays. Keep working hard in practice Renegades! Our record since April 1 is 17-5.

Coach Dan