College of the Canyons softball won a fourth straight contest as sophomore pitcher Akane Gonzalez shut out the Bakersfield lineup for a 3-0 win Thursday, March 26 at Whitten Field.

Canyons (17-11, 4-2) has now won four straight Western State Conference, South Division games after beginning the conference portion of its schedule 0-2.

The Cougars have also emerged victorious in six of the last seven games, while the current four-game win streak is one short of the season-best five-game streak COC established between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6.

Gonzalez (8-2) posted her third shutout of the year, and second in the last four games, to earn the win. She limited the Renegades to just three hits while striking out three and walking one. That performance lowered her ERA to 1.74 on the year.

Neither team was able to get much going offensively until the Cougars pushed across three runs in what turned out to be a decisive sequence in the sixth inning.

Yahali Gonzalez doubled to begin the COC sixth and later came around to score on Jocelyn Jimenez‘ RBI sac-fly.

Jeniece Jimenez then worked a two-out walk before Jordan Shepherd put a ball in play that allowed Jeniece Jimenez to score at 2-0 on a Bakersfield fielding error.

After a BC pitching change Jasmine Soriano singled to bring Shepherd home and make it a 3-0 ballgame.

Soriano finished the game two-for-three with a double and RBI to continue a hot week at the plate. The freshman drove in six runs during COC’s road win at L.A. Valley earlier in the week.

Bakersfield (13-16, 3-3) was retired in order in the seventh to end the game. The Renegades have now lost six of the last seven games.

Alexia Martinez (5-6) took the loss despite allowing three runs, one earned, in her five and two-thirds innings. Martinez also recorded one of just three BC base hits on the day.

COC resumes conference play Tuesday, March 31, vs. Citrus College at Whitten Field.

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