Lake Washington jumped out to a 7-0 lead over the Ballard High School softball team by the end of the third inning and never looked back, cruising to an 8-3 victory May 7 with the help of six Beaver errors.

Ballard nearly equaled Lake Washington's offense with eight hits to its opponents 11, but the six to zero error differential was too much to overcome.

Freshman Lexie Gray went two-for-three with an RBI for the Beavers, and junior Jamie Thelan added a home run on one-for-three hitting.

The loss was Ballard's fifth in a row and dropped the team to 3-9 in KingCo and 7-9 overall.

The Beavers' next game is against Woodinville at 6:30 p.m. on May 10 at Woodinville High School.