LIONS EDGE MARINERS: One big swing and one dominant effort in the circle has put the @JserraSoftball team one win away from another CIF-SS title game appearance, as the Lions edged the Pacifica Mariners 1-0 in a CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals game on Wednesday at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove.
The Lions are now 23-8 on the season and will travel to Norco on Saturday for a Division 1 semifinals game against the Cougars.
JSerra jumped out into the lead three pitches into the game, as sophomore Annabel Raftery blasted a drive over the wall in left center field, her program-record 11th homerun of the season.
Senior Liliana Escobar held the Mariners hitless through three innings and struck out six through the first five innings.
Pacifica loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs, but Escobar induced a fly out to right field to end the threat.
The Mariners put the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs, but Escobar completed the shutout triumph with her 10th strikeout of the game.
The Mariners put the tying run on base in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs, but Escobar completed the shutout triumph with her 10th strikeout of the game.
Escobar now has 238 strikeouts on the season, one shy of her school record total from last season.
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