Softball: La Mirada rallies for 4-3 win over Mayfair on Jennie Finch Day

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By Stephen Ramirez
LA MIRADA >>The La Mirada High School softball team wasn’t going to lose to rival Mayfair on a day it paid homage to alum and Olympic Gold Medalist Jennie Finch by retiring her No. 27 jersey.Madison Bogdanovich made sure of it.

The senior sophomore singled home Marissa Velez to cap a two-run seventh inning and the host Matadores rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Monsoons in the Suburban League opener.
Rain Vega also had a two-run home run for La Mirada, which improved to 6-6. Kara Spoolstra and Haylee Ridge had two hits for the Monsoons, who slipped to 5-1.
Monsoons pitcher Makenna Stram looked to have the game in hand after giving up four hits with six strike outs through six innings. But the Matadores solved her in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Jorden Ostrowski led off with a single. Vegas, after a fielder’s choice, then tied at 3 with a double to right-center field that scored Nicole Barrow.
Bogdanovich, after a passed ball advanced Velez to third, won it with a line-drive single to right-center field.
La Mirada’s Madison Bogdanovich: “I’m just so proud we could beat Mayfair, who is our big rival. I’m glad I could help my team out like this. Overall, it was a team win. It wasn’t one person. All around, it was a great win for everybody.”
La Mirada coach Brent Tuttle: “We’ve been hitting the ball really hard. A lot of the balls just got held up in the win, which was really strong. We recognized (what Stram was throwing) and told them to get on top of the pitch. We looked for more pitches we could get on top of the ball and I think that’s what changed it.”

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