Sophomore pitcher Kristen Voller has been the starting pitcher for the Falcons in their last two games against Mt. San Antonio College and Pasadena City.
Against Mt. Sac, Voller threw five scoreless innings before surrendering three runs in the sixth that would evetually lead to a loss (3-2)
In the next matchup versus Pasadena City Voller threw a complete seven innings and only allowed four hits and one run for the victory (2-1).
Despite the loss to Mt. Sac, head coach Kodee Murray described Voller’s performance as stellar.
The two most recent games have been the lowest scoring of the season by the Falcons, their previous wins came by the scores of 20-2, 13-9 and 8-0.
Against Mt. SAC the game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when the mounties would take a 3-0 before switching sides.
In the top of the seventh the Falcons battled back with a two run single by Ashley Melendez to bring the game within one.
The comeback came too little to late as the next batter would pop out to first base for the third out and end the game.
Although it was a tough loss for the Falcons, Coach Murray had nothing but respect for the other team, in particular the opposing starting pitcher, Racqual Espinoza.
“She threw extremely well against us […] we can swing, but she threw and outstanding game.”
Espinoza pitched the entire seven innings only allowed two hits and two runs throughout the entire game, both runs and one hit coming in the final inning.
After the game, coaches and players stayed positive and hoped to polish various aspects of their game.
Sophomore infielder and pitcher Jissel Caballero said, “We fought well as a team, we stuck together and didn’t single each other out, we just kept it together, we win together and we lose together.”
The team feels very confortble with where it is at at this point in the season.
Murray said, “We’ll get better, and that [game] showed them how much better they can actually get.”
Freshman infielder Briana Lopez added, “We are working as a team to get better.”
The Falcons had five days before their next matchup against Pasadena City.
Caballero said, “We worked on communication and adjusting to the pitcher sooner, a lot of vocal things on the field.”
The game against Pasadena started out much the same as the last, the first four innings were scoreless.
In the fifth, Pasadena broke the silence with a RBI single to give them a 1-0 lead.
Then in the bottom of the sixth Cerritos scored its first run of the game due to a pitchers error.
Cerritos was able to stop Pasadena from scoring in the top of the seventh to give the team an opportunity to win it.
In the bottom of the final inning, with two outs and the bases loaded, Pasadena walked outfielder Kimberly Oli to secure a score by Desiree Flor.
The Falcons finished the game with only two hits but managed to draw six walks and only strike out five times as a team.
Voller was able to strike out seven Pasadena batters and no walks.
The victory marked the fourth of the season for Cerritos.
Sophomore pitcher Kristen Voller said, “We’re competing against any team we play, whether they’re suppose to be better than us or not we’re playing at out level.”
