CANYON, Texas – Team Maroon plated three runs in the first inning and never looked back as they rolled to a -12-0 victory in the opening game of the 2020 WT Softball Fall World Series at Schaeffer Park on Sunday afternoon. Maroon looks for the series sweep on Monday night with first pitch of game two set for 5 p.m. in Canyon.
 
Team White looked to take the early lead in the top of the first inning as Ruby Salzman tripled to the left center field gap with two outs but Sydney Greeson responded as the Amarillo product forced a grounder to second to end the inning. 
 
Maddie Geidel led off the home half of the frame with a single to right followed by a walk to Greeson two batters later to put runners on first and second with one out, Alyx Cordell was hit by a pitch to load the bases followed by a wild pitch that plated Geidel before Gabriella Valforte laced a triple down the right field line to drive in a pair and make it 3-0.
 
Team White stranded another runner in the second as Malaya Delfin singled up the middle with two outs before Erica Vessels made a great defensive play to end the inning, laying out for a diving stop and flipping to Cordell at second for the force to keep it at 3-0.
 
Danielle Garcia singled to right field with one out then stole second just two pitches later, Kyra Lair forced a flyout to left followed by a Hailey Neira single up the middle and a throw to the plate that allowed the freshman to move into scoring position with two outs. Team Maroon would score a pair on an errant throw to first with two outs to extend their lead to 5-0.
 
Cordell took first on another hit-by-pitch to start the bottom of the third followed by a Vessels single up the middle, a wild pitch moved both runners up 60 feet followed by a Valforte infield single for her third RBI of the afternoon to make it 6-0. Maroon wasn't done yet as Cinthia Garcia and Kallieah Richerson-Cook both drove in runs with singles to center field with no outs followed two batters later by a Greeson RBI double down the left field line, Maroon added another run with an errant throw with two outs to make it 11-0.
 
Maroon added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as Garcia got herself into a rundown with two outs to score Valforte from third base for the 12-0 advantage. Danielle Garcia took over in the circle for Team Maroon to start the fifth inning as the Fort Worth native forced a popup to second followed by a grounder to shortstop and a flyout to center for the win.