Shadow Ridge used a late home run to take a 5-4 road win against Centennial on Wednesday. Alyssa Stanley hit it, turning a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead with two outs in the seventh. Mia Voges finished it off by striking out the final hitter, and stranding the tying run at second. Centennial led 4-1 after four innings, but Shadow Ridge fought back with two in the fifth. The win moved Shadow Ridge to 19-8 (11-3 Northwest League), and dropped Centennial to 20-13, 11-6.
Rancho baseball picked up a 9-1, extra-inning win at Coronado on Thursday. Down a run in the seventh, Rancho did just enough to send it to extras. Rancho exploded for eight runs in the ninth inning, started by Chayse Baker’s two-RBI double. Jimmy Gamboa threw the first six innings, striking out six and allowing one run on six hits. Tanner Ray finished the job with three shutout innings with one hit and three strikeouts. Rancho improved to 11-2, 6-1 in Sunrise League play.
