Sailors, Mustangs battle to 3-3 tie

COSTA MESA - The Newport Harbor High girls softball team rallied

for three runs in the seventh inning to tie Costa Mesa, 3-3, in the

third-place game of the Costa Mesa Tournament Saturday at TeWinkle Park.

Costa Mesa jumped out to a 3-0 lead, thanks to a two-RBI hit from Ola

Wallace had an RBI single from Cara Molter.

Mustangs’ pitcher Tess Lindsay pitched six shutout innings, but Mesa’

defense fell asleep in the seventh. After two costly Mesa errors, Lisa

Huntington ripped two-RBI hit, followed by an RBI single by Kim Moore.

The game was called after seven innings due to darkness.

The Mustangs reached the third-place following a 5-1 loss to Century

in the semifinals.

Jade Moss went 2 for 3, while Katy Renish had the Mustang’s lone RBI

hit, scoring Alejandra Gallardo in the fifth inning.

COSTA MESA TOURNAMENT

Third place

Newport Harbor 3, Costa Mesa 3

Newport Harbor 000 000 3 - 3 7 2

Costa Mesa 000 300 0 - 3 6 2

Lindsay and Watkins; Moore and Huntington. 2B - Huntington (NH),

Renish (CM).

Championship semifinals

Century 5, Costa Mesa 1

Century 001 031 - 5 4 0

Costa Mesa 000 010 - 1 5 1

Soto and Andrade. Lindsay and Watkins. W - Soto. L - Lindsay, 4-1-1.