Melinda Ortiz strikes out 11 en route to 6-2 Gavilan victory
GILROY
Danielle Scibuola scored three runs and knocked in another, Melinda Ortiz struck out 11 batters on the mound and the Gavilan College softball team dispatched visiting Foothill College 6-2 on Tuesday in Gilroy.
The Rams are now in the 4-1 Coast Conference South, 8-16 overall.
Gavilan, which held Foothill scoreless until the fourth, built a 3-0 lead over the first two innings behind an RBI single from Angelica Galindo and another RBI off of a Haley MacFarlane fielder’s choice.
Foothill kept it interesting when it plated a pair of runs in the top half of the fourth to cut into Gavilan’s three-run lead, but the Rams answered right back in the following frame with three more runs.
After Danielle Payne led off the inning with a walk, Scibuola trailed with an RBI double. Scibuola, meanwhile, would later score on a wild pitch.
Later, Andrea Garcia reached first on a base on balls, while Audra Brown followed with an RBI single to score Garcia, making it 6-2 Rams.
Gilroy product Melinda Ortiz went seven innings and scattered two runs on six hits. She hit three batters but didn’t walk any.
Last weekend at a tournament at Ohlone College in Fremont, the Rams compiled a 1-3 record, with their lone victory coming against Chabot College by an 8-7 margin.
Otherwise, Gavilan lost to Taft 8-5, fell to College of the Siskiyous 15-0 and were defeated by Feather River 5-1.
The Rams will return to Coast Conference play on Thursday when they visit Chabot College in Hayward. First pitch is at 3 p.m.
FOOTHILL – 000 200 0 – 2 6 4
GAVILAN – 120 300 X – 6 8 0
WP: M. Ortiz
