Canyons Walks Off Glendale 8-7 for First Conference Win
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Glendale
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5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
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Canyons
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
By Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director
College of the Canyons came up with three runs in the final frame to earn an 8-7 walk-off victory over visiting Glendale College on Tuesday, good for the club's first conference victory of the season.
Canyons (8-11, 1-2) has won back-to-back games following its split of a road doubleheader at Santiago Canyon College over the weekend.
The Lady Cougars were forced to battle back after falling behind 5-0 in the opening sequence. COC plated a pair of runs in the home half of the first to get into the ballgame at 5-2. Brooke Petretti's RBI single put Canyons on the board before Paige Pikor's double brought Petretti around to score.
Now trailing 6-2, Petretti added another RBI base hit and later came around to score to make it a 6-4 ball game after three.
Ryan Shepherd's RBI single in the fourth brought things a bit closer at 6-5.
Glendale (11-8, 1-1) did its bets to protect the lead with another run in the seventh, sending COC to its final at bat with a 7-5 deficit.
Once again it was Petretti and Pikor who both singled to start the seventh. Petretti then scored an unearned run on a ground ball hit by Kate Garcia. Garcia then followed Pikor home on a two-run single from Lexy Angulo that gave Canyons its 8-7 walk-off victory.
Top Performers
- Lexy Angulo – 2-for-4, 2 RBI / W (5-5), 7 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 9 BB, K
- Gigi Garcia – 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Brooke Petretti – 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI
- Paige Pikor – 2-for-3, BB, 2B, R, RBI, 2 SB
- Ryan Shepherd – 2-for-4, R, RBI, SB
Upcoming Schedule
The Lady Cougars continue Western State Conference (WSC), South Division on the road Thursday, March 21, at L.A. Valley College. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Canyons will then play in a road doubleheader at Fullerton College on Saturday, March 23. The action continues back at Whitten Field with another doubleheader, this time vs. Cuesta College, on Monday March 25. Those games are slated for 1 and 3 p.m.
Stay up to date on all this season's action by following the College of the Canyons Athletic department on social media at @COCathletics on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
—Photo by Carla Sophia Velasco/COC Sports Information