Lady Eagles fall against Edinburg Vela 1-0 in Game 2 of Bi-District, forcing Game 3

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles fell to the Edinburg Vela High School Lady Saber Cats 1-0 in Game 2 of their best of three Bi-District Championship series on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the Laredo Independent School District Zachary Softball Complex, tying the series at 1-1 and forcing a decisive winner take all Game 3 within 30 minutes following Game 2 in Laredo, Texas.

Game Two went down to the wire as Lady Eagles standout junior lefty pitcher Krystal De La Cruz and Lady Saber Cats ace right hand hurler Shayla Abbott locked up in a pitchers duel until the bottom of the seventh inning with the home team Lady Saber Cats scoring on a Lady Eagles infield error as the Saber Cats had a runner on second base and the Saber Cat batter laid down a perfectly executed bunt fielded by the Lady Eagle second baseman who picked up the ball and instinctly threw to third base but the Lady Eagle third baseman rushed to cover the bunt too and no one covered third base with the softball sailing to the fence, allowing the Saber Cat base runner to score the winning run and tying the best of three series at one game a piece.

Game Three will start 30 minutes after Game Two with all the marbles on the line as the winner advances to the Area Championship against the McAllen High School Lady Bulldogs while the loser ends its post-season.

Both the Lady Eagles and Lady Saber Cats are evenly matched and Game Three promises to be another exciting and thrilling high school softball game just as the first two games have been.