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The Bandits held a 3-2 lead entering the seventh inning before the Pride surged ahead in the top of the inning. With Bianka Bell on base as a result of a fielder's choice, the momentum began to shift in the Pride's favor when Alex Powers hit a single.

Eugene had scored four runs in the top of the inning to take an 8-6 lead, but the Canadians tied the score when Matt Morgan hit a two-run home run to left-center field that also scored Mattingly Romanin.

Trailing by a run after an RBI single by Melvin Upton, Jr., in the top of the inning, Grandal decided to test the right arm of Kemp.

Things looked bleak for the Tornadoes, who trailed, 6-2, heading into the bottom of the sixth after home runs in the top of the inning by Williams and Phillip Cuadrado (3 for 5).

Lake Forest 7, Prospect 6: At the Class 4A Deerfield regional, Lake Forest walked off the Knights with 2 runs in the bottom of the eighth inning after Prospect had taken a 6-5 lead in the top of the inning. Tyler Priessing (2B.

Jelly Felix and Gabrielle Maurice hit solo home runs for UCLA in the top of the inning, and Mysha Sataraka added a two-run home run in the fifth, but the Bruins got no closer.

DiReda hit his eighth homer to make it 2-0 in the fourth, and Assumption scored twice in the fifth to retake the lead after New Haven had tied the game in the top of the inning.

Alex Paul, who came on in relief in the top of the inning and induced a double play, tripled off the right field wall.

Turning points: Anthony Aliotti's two-run homer in the fourth inning of the opener answered Jett Hart's two-run shot for Oregon in the top of the inning. ...

With the score tied at 2, a brief rain delay before the fifth frame was followed by a half-hour delay midway through the top of the inning when lightning and thunder were added to the mix.

Martin had entered as a defensive replacement in the top of the inning.

In the top of the inning, Leominster first baseman David Mason walked for the third straight time.