Normally, a team’s No. 8 and 9 batters scrap to get on base so the leadoff can move them along.
There was nothing normal Thursday in the bottom of the second inning between East Union and visiting Manteca in Valley Oak League softball action at Garvine Field.
With the Buffaloes having taken a three-run lead in the top of the second, the Lancers No. 8 batter Cali Blevins came to the plate with two on, one out and one across. She promptly launched one over the right-center-field fence that scored Danielle Ramos and Shelby Cefalu to put East Union ahead by one. Bella Anchundo and Dani Godoy followed with bombs to almost the same spot for three of five Lancers home runs on the way to a 14-4 five-inning East Union win.
SOFTBALL: Lancers pound Manteca
3 straight homers spark East Union to 5-inning win over rival club
