EL CAJON — With the sun sinking toward the horizon, Addison Suriano struck out Pressly Villalva with her 226th pitch and Eastlake High School beat top-seeded Christian 2-1 in 12 innings to win the CIF Southern California Regional Division 2 softball championship on Saturday evening.

Suriano, a junior, hugged her senior catcher, Rachel Del Busto, and the two were buried in a dogpile near the circle.

Leadoff batter Deziree Gomez singled in Mia Vasquez with the go-ahead run with one out in the 12th.

The victory completed a remarkable five days for the sixth-seeded Titans, who won at Bakersfield Christian on Tuesday and then won at Westlake on Friday, returning home at about 10:30 p.m.

“I kept asking her if she was OK and she’s like, ‘Don’t take the ball from me, I want to finish this game

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