The San Francisco Firebells scored seven runs in the first two innings on their way to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Queens to stay alive in the Women’s Professional Baseball League’s championship series on Saturday night.
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Joely Leguizamon homered for the Firebells, who amassed 17 hits and advanced to Sunday’s Game 4, trailing L.A. 2-1 in the best-of-5 series.
Skylar Kaplan had three hits for San Francisco, which got two hits apiece from seven other hitters.
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Game 4 in Springfield, Illinois’ Robin Roberts Stadium is Sunday at noon PT.
A Firebells victory Sunday would force a winner-take-all Game 5 in Springfield on Tuesday at 4 p.m. PT to crown the WPBL champion.
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