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Magean De La Torre

#11 Softball

Stars rally past Cal State San Marcos 8-3

OCU stuns Cal State San Marcos with seven-run sixth inning

Magean De La Torre hit her 10th home run of the year.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – Magean De La Torre's three-run home run keyed a seven-run uprising in the bottom of the sixth inning as Oklahoma City University pounded Cal State San Marcos 8-3 on Friday in the NAIA Championships at South Commons Softball Complex.
OCU (51-13) overcame a 3-0 deficit. The fourth-ranked Stars moved into a 3 p.m. CDT game Monday, while fifth-ranked Cal State San Marcos (43-11) plays an elimination game 9 a.m. Saturday.
De La Torre, a senior from Plano, Texas, launched a 1-2 pitch beyond the left-field fence with two on to put the Stars in front 5-3. Drew Wright socked an RBI double over the center fielder's head to slice OCU's deficit to 3-2.
Tori Joyner nailed a two-run single to left-center field to extend OCU's lead to 7-3. Wright picked up a bases-loaded walk to score another run. De La Torre flied out to center to finish the inning with the bases full.
Cal State San Marcos' Cortney Allen had retired seven OCU batters in a row entering the bottom of the sixth. Six Stars in a row reached base to begin the OCU half of the sixth.
LeeAnn Lopez ripped a double past the third baseman to drive in the Stars' first run of the game in the bottom of the third.
Caylyn Rodriguez's RBI base hit put Cal State San Marcos ahead 1-0 in the second. Patricia Banda knocked in a run on a second-inning single, and Sarah Quiambao scored on an error to give Cal State San Marcos a 3-0 advantage.
Lopez, a senior from Grand Prairie, Texas, went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, and Jamie Rateliff, a sophomore from Mustang, Okla., was 2-for-3 with a run scored. De La Torre hit her 10th homer of the year.
Shelbi Legg, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., scored twice, and Wright, a senior from Moore, Okla., was 1-for-3 with a run scored and two runs driven in.
Danielle Fox notched the victory for OCU. Fox, a junior from Yukon, Okla., shut out Cal State San Marcos over the last four innings on three hits. Fox (2-1) struck out five.
Allen dropped to 34-6. Allen allowed eight runs on 10 hits and three walks in 5.1 innings. Allen had entered the game with a 0.91 earned run average.
 
NAIA Championships
At Columbus, Ga.
South Commons Complex
All Times CDT
Friday's Results
Game 1: Spring Hill (Ala.) 6, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 3
Game 2: Reinhardt (Ga.) 3, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 0
Game 3: Oklahoma City 8, Cal State San Marcos 3
Game 4: Williams Baptist (Ark.) 3, Lee (Tenn.) 1
Saturday's Games
Game 5: Cal State San Marcos vs. Saint Xavier, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Auburn Montgomery vs. Lee, noon
Game 7: Lubbock Christian (Texas) vs. Spring Hill, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Concordia (Calif.) vs. Reinhardt, 6 p.m.
Monday's Games
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 9 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, noon
Game 11: Oklahoma City vs. Winner Game 8, 3 p.m.
Game 12: Williams Baptist vs. Winner Game 7, 6 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, noon
Game 14: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12, 3 p.m.
Game 15: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 6 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Game 16: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 3 p.m.
Game 17: Winner Game 16 vs. Loser Game 15, 6 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Game 18: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 17, 4 p.m., championship
Game 19: If necessary, 30 minutes following Game 18
 
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