By BRAD KEITH
TheFlashToday.com
STEPHENVILLE (March 15, 2017) — Julia Flores belted a 3-run homer as part of a 6-RBI performance at the plate and also earned the win in the circle in a 13-1 Stephenville shellacking of Midlothian Heritage at McCleskey Field Wednesday afternoon.
The 3-run homer opened up a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the second, and Flores also had an RBI double to begin the scoring in the bottom of the first and a two-run single in the third. She had three hits herself while allowing Heritage just one, a solo shot to center field in the top of the fourth. The only other Heritage base runners reached on two errors.
Nadine Arredondo had a two-run bomb that made it 12-0 in the bottom of the third and Sami Shaffer hammered a solo homer in the fourth, completing the Stephenville side of the tally. It was the seventh homer of the season for Arredondo, breaking her own school record of six home runs in a season.
The bottom of the first began with a DiCiccio single. She advanced to second on an error, third on a fly out by Madison Gilder and scored on the double by Flores, who later scored on a double steal that also advanced Arredondo to second. Arredondo came around on a single by Shaffer, who had 2 RBI in the 8-4A district contest.
Shaffer scored on a RBI single by DiCiccio to begin the six-run bottom of the third, which also included Flores’ 2-RBI single to plate Luna and DiCiccio for a 9-0 advantage. Gilder scored on a wild pitch to make it 10-0 before the record-setting blast by Arredondo.
The Bees improved to 4-0 in 8-4A, with a score margin of 63-1. They have an important trip to Alvarado on Tuesday. With a 6-5 victory over Godley earlier in the week, Alvarado appears to be as tough as any test Stephenville will have to pass in order to win its second straight district title.
First pitch at Alvarado Tuesday is set for 7 p.m., following a 5 p.m. junior varsity contest. The varsity battle is a rematch of an area-round playoff series that Stephenville swept last season.
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