Prep softball: Mustangs outlast Saddleback, 9-6

SANTA ANA - Ann Marie Topps, Lauren DeMello and Katy Renish each

went 2 for 3 to lead the Costa Mesa High softball team to a 9-6 nonleague

victory over host Saddleback Tuesday.

Topps, a junior shortstop, also had three runs scored, two RBIs, three

stolen bases, a double and a home run, a two-run blast in the second

inning. DeMello, a freshman catcher, also earned two RBIs, scored a run

and stole two bases, while Renish finished with a run scored, one RBI and

a double. Saddleback dropped to 4-2.

Costa Mesa (5-1) returns to action Tuesday at 3:15 p.m., facing

Newport Harbor at TeWinkle Park.

NONLEAGUE

Costa Mesa 9, Saddleback 6

Costa Mesa 123 003 0 - 9 7 5

Saddleback 011 022 x - 6 7 2

Lindsay and DeMello; O. Bell and Rodriguez.

W - Lindsay, 5-1. L - O. Bell, 4-2. 2B - A. Topps (CM), Renish (CM),

Rodriguez (S), C. Bell (S). HR - A. Topps (CM), Fernandez (S).