Garcia, Radeke Lead Warriors Past East LA for Seventh Straight Win

TORRANCE, Calif. --- Freshman Emma Garcia was perfect at the plate and sophomore Madilyn Radeke tossed another complete game as El Camino College recorded its seventh straight win with a 7-1 South Coast Conference decision over East Los Angeles on Tuesday at the ECC Softball Field.

Garcia went 4-for-4 at the dish for the Warriors (22-10, 12-4) to extend her hitting streak to six games and record her fourth multi-hit game in that span. It was also her second four-hit game of the season, her last also coming against ELAC on March 19.

Radeke tossed her 10th complete game of the season en route to her 11th win of the season in the circle. She dominated the Huskies, allowing just one unearned run on only two hits. She walked one and struck out two. Radeke has now recorded a win in six straight pitching appearances.

On Tuesday, the Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Malia Martin belted a fly ball to right field with Garcia on first base. Right fielder Zahyra Corado lost the ball in the sun and the ball landed 10 feet behind her, allowing both Garcia and Martin to score to put ECC up by a pair after one inning.

In the next inning, Anahi Pintado singled to right field and then new right fielder Jocelyn Solorzano botched the ball allowing Pintado to advance and Emily Esparza to score from second base on the play.

Cheyenne Navarro then hit ECC's second inside-the-park home run of the day, also to right field, to score herself and Pintado and give the Warriors a 5-0 lead.

The team cruised to victory from there as Radeke faced just four batters over the minimum and allowed just one base runner to advance past second base.

The Warriors will return to action on Friday afternoon against Mount San Antonio on the road.