Softball: Ocean View’s Cutspec slams home a point

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Amy Lwin, the Bishop Amat pitcher, has been working magic all afternoon. She stranded runners on base in each of the first five innings.

In the bottom of the sixth, however, there were no more rabbits in her hat.

Her error allowed Sara Craig to reach base, then consecutive hits by Nikole Afusia and Brenna Klein scored Craig with Ocean View’s first run. With runners at first and second, Holli Floetker -- who earlier had singled deep to center field and flied out deep to right -- stepped to the plate. Her ground ball was mishandled by the third baseman.

With the bases loaded, junior first baseman Brandice Cutspec hit a grand slam over the left-center field fence.

The magic, clearly, is Ocean View’s. The Seahawks now have a commanding 5-2 lead. Lwin was replaced in the pitching circle by Ariel Whiteman, who was met with a single by Melissa Carroll.

The Seahawks are still batting, and it looks as if they’re going to win their first section title since 1985 when they went 32-0 behind pitcher Jackie Oakley.

-- Martin Henderson