whittier, CA — Game two of pool play is against Long Beach Heartwell. In a late Saturday game, wind blowing and the LM flag waving proud. This game would end up in yet another close one for the girls of La Mirada. Once again, we get to strike first being in the visitors dug out. To lead things off was Faith. Can anyone guess what happened? If you guess walk, your right. We have been accustom to a walk and two steals from Faith to lead of every game. Two batters later Andrea sets down a beautiful sacrifice bunt to score Faith and move abby to third from first after her walk. 1-0 LM Starting The game in the circle today giving Emily a little break was Andrea. Andrea was back to form in this one. Only allowing one walked batter and 1 earned run in the game. Heartwell chased the whole game, however matched every run La mirada was able to put up. Outfielders, Evie, Emily, Faith, Destyni, Lylah and Layla have been putting hardworking at practice and transferring it into game situations. Evie with a great stop in left field and holding the runner to a single with a great show to second. Layla and Lylah with great back up coverage in their respective positions. The third inning was highlighted by a bunt put down to perfection by Emma Ortiz scoring Two and getting all the way to third base. Both Andrea and Rylee seemed to be having a distance contest as they both took the ball deep into center field for triples. This gave the girls a 5-1 lead with about 18min left in the game. Then the wheels feel off. In the bottom of the inning Heartwell was able to put the ball in play and get 4 runs of their own, all unearned.