A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

The CC Winn Lady Mavericks dropped a heartbreaker on Friday as the Del Rio Queens behind the pitching of Ari Galvan as the Queens chased Brittany Perez for six runs on 13 hits when Galvan opened up the top of the first with a hit followed by two putouts, one by Ronnie Valdez and the other by Rosemary Hernandez, but DH Noemi Rosas got another hit to drive in Galvan followed by Caro Cruz reaching on an error and Clarissa Leon with a base-clearing triple.  3-0 DR after a half inning.

Galvan held the Lady Mavs at bay for two, and then the Queens got two more on four hits in their half of the second to go up 5-0, but Winn would not go down without a fight and they stormed back with three runs in the bottom of the fourth on a single by Ari Ruiz, another by Valdez and the swift Alyssa Lopez reached on an error by the Queen second baseman.

Maverick catcher Lorena Sanchez got a shot of her own to drive in Lopez with the third Mav run, 6-3 after four.

It was in the seventh and final at bat for Winn that the Lady Mavericks made a run that could've decided the game or at least extra innings as Giselle Cerda and Caridad Garcia got on base with hits followed by a bunt by Amberly Garza to move them over into scoring position.  Coach Varela's strategy worked because both Cerda and Garcia would eventually come in to score, one on a sacrifice by Rosemary Hernandez.

It was on the last play of the game with Garza on third that Galvan escaped with a one run victory when she got the dangerous Ariana Ruiz to ground out to third baseman Jackie Montejano who was barely able to throw Ruiz out at first for the last out of the game.

The Lady Mavs travel to Laredo on Thursday to take on Laredo Alexander.