Warriors return with a bang

The Carpinteria High softball team played its first game in 17 days on Tuesday and hit three home runs in an 8-0 rout of Viewpoint on the road.

Dakotah Wilcox showed that there was no rust on the Warriors from their time off and belted a three-run homer in the first inning to start the scoring.

Catalina Maldonado made her 11th start of the season and pitched a complete game shutout while also hitting her third and fourth home runs of the year.

“We did a good job of being focused,” head coach Henry Gonzales said.

The Warriors (6-4-1) will return home for a showdown with Santa Paul on Thursday.

LINE SCORE:

Carpinteria… 300 110 3—8 12 0
Viewpoint… 000 000 0—0 3 0
Maldonado and Rodriguez; Farrow and Cook. W—Maldonado  (6-4-1) L—Farrow (N/A)
2B—C: Campi, Schneider. HR—C: Wilcox (1), 1st inn., 2 on. Maldonoda (3), 5th inn., none on. Maldonado (4), 7th inn., none on.