No lead is safe in a Jal-Loving state softball championship game, and Saturday at the Albuquerque Sportsplex the two southeast New Mexico rivals again caused fidgeting among onlookers. I'd do that again each and every time. Loving's Selsa Armendarez, with the bases loaded, ripped a single to center that got by outfielder Michelle Santos to score everyone but Armendarez, who stopped at third. Panthers pitcher Jenny Owen. Apparently neither shaken nor stirred, Owen then struck Franco out to secure the championship.
Fouls are always a strike.
This happened to us last year also, where they came back like that. There's always a chance they could get us. So I knew I had to throw good. The freshman shortstop was experiencing a state title for the first time. I had to pull it together.