Canyon del Oro ace Amelia Streuber nearly pitched a perfect game, not allowing a walk or hit while striking out 18 batters in the No. 3 Dorados’ 1-0 win Thursday night over No. 1 Mesa Eastmark in the 4A semifinals.
Streuber’s bid for a perfect game was stopped with two outs in the top of the seventh inning when Tayler McCombs hit a double on a 0-1 pitch.
Streuber struck out the next batter to close the game at Phoenix’s Papago Sports Complex.
CDO (33-2) will play No. 4 Salpointe (30-4) in the 4A state championship game Saturday at 7 p.m. at Arizona’s Hillenbrand Stadium. The Dorados are 3-0 against the Lancers this season.
@Streuber2025 was 1 pitch away from a perfect game when Eastmark’s @MccombsTay9 almost tied the score on this opposite field blast. McCombs settled for a double, and Streuber retired the next batter to secure the 1-0 win and a trip to the state title game for Canyon del Oro pic.twitter.com/O4upQ9xpvW
— Ben Stapley (@AZpreps365Ben) May 10, 2024
Streuber, a Class of 2025 Oregon State commit, threw only 86 pitches and faced 22 batters in the game.
She is 19-0 with a 0.49 ERA and 165 strikeouts with 15 walks.
CDO scored its lone run in the fifth inning after Jacey Mazura walked and Kayla Hendrix reached on an error.
Mazura scored from third base on a fielder’s choice.
Amelia Streuber discusses giving up a perfect game on the final out, before ultimately leading @CDOSoftball to the 4A state championship game @Streuber2025 pic.twitter.com/eP1ccm1JVY
— Ben Stapley (@AZpreps365Ben) May 10, 2024
Taya Kelly and Sammy Hudgens had the lone hits for CDO against Eastmark ace Lexi Mendez, who had 12 strikeouts and four walks in her complete-game performance.
CDO and Salpointe will meet for the 4A title for the second time in three years.
The Lancers beat the Dorados in the 2022 championship as part of their current streak of five straight titles dating to 2018.
CDO won the state championship in 2017, the third under legendary coach Kelly Fowler.
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