Community college softball: Pirates storm back to win, 11-8

COSTA MESA - Despite six errors, the Orange Coast College softball

team came back from an 8-4 fifth-inning deficit to defeat Orange Empire

Conference visitor Santa Ana, 11-8, Wednesday.

OCC freshman Katie Hoffman smacked a double with the bases loaded to

key a five-run fith-inning, while Kelly Sharum, Autumn Pearce and Jessica

Lee contributed two hits each.

Freshman pitcher Charlotte Kraft went the distance to earn her fifth

win of the season.

The Pirates (8-7, 2-4 in the OEC) return to conference action

Wednesday, hosting Saddleback at 3 p.m.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 11, Santa Ana 8

Santa Ana 301 400 0 - 8 10 1

Orange Coast 310 025 x - 11 10 6

Soto, Yost (6), Soto (6) and Rausch; Kraft and White, Lee (4).

W - Kraft, 5-6. L - Soto. 2B - Vasquez (SA), Soto (SA), Hoffman (OCC).

3B - Pham (OCC).