Moffitt leads San Mateo past Cypress
The pitcher earned the win in the circle and hit a three-run blast to help the Bulldogs win 7-3.
BAKERSFIELD - Chloe Moffitt provided the late-game heroics to deliver the College of San Mateo a 7-4 win over Cypress College to open day two of the 2022 CCCAA Softball Tournament.
San Mateo, the #1 seed from Northern California, advances to the semifinals and will face the winner of Mt. San Antonio College and Santa Ana tomorrow at noon at Bakersfield College.
The Southern California #2 seed Chargers will face the winner of San Jose City College and Butte College in an elimination game tonight at 8 p.m.
With two outs in the top of the seventh inning and the game tied 3-3, Moffitt stepped up to the plate and blasted a shot over the center-field fence to bring in Sarah Giles and Logan Bonetti. Two batters later, Celeste Casillas added an insurance run when she doubled in Kealani Cardona to put the score at 7-3.
Moffitt had an incredible all-around game for the Bulldogs. Offensively, she finished with four RBIs, 3-3 at the plate with a double, and two runs. In the circle, she pitched four and two-thirds innings of relief and allowed no runs to improve her record to 21-0.
Chole Moffitt hit the go ahead 3-run HR, finished 3-3 at the plate with 4 RBIs, and improved her pitching record to 21-0 in the @csmbulldogs 7-3 win over @CYPRESSChargers pic.twitter.com/55rZUnGF0N
— CCCAA Sports (@CCCAASports) May 20, 2022
Lafu Malepeai gave San Mateo its first lead of the game in the top of the second when she doubled in Jada Walker and Moffitt to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 advantage. Bonetti finished the game with three hits.
Cypress took the opening lead of the game in the first when Alyssa Huerta hit a hard shot past the pitcher that sent Eliana Mora to the plate. The Chargers retook the lead in the third inning off a Paige Shafer single that scored Jordan Thompson and Emily Rush. Huerta led the Chargers with two hits.
(Anthony Avila, CCCAA)
