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Freshman Kelli Godin comes home with the game-winning run in the eighth.
Photo by: Nick Allen
No. 1 Bruins Come Back, Walk Off With Win Against California
March 29, 2019 | Softball
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LOS ANGELES - Junior Bubba Nickles recorded an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to send the top-ranked Bruins to a walk-off win over California on Friday at Easton Stadium. UCLA (30-1, 4-0 Pac-12) rallied twice after California (20-13, 1-5 Pac-12) took one-run leads, tying things up in the third and the seventh before finishing off its 10th comeback victory of the season in extra innings.
Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia (14-0) struck out eight in eight innings, giving up two runs (one earned), six hits and one walk. She had 1-2-3 innings in the second, fifth and eighth, striking out a pair in the second, third and fifth.
The Bruins had seven hits from five different players, as redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan and sophomore Briana Perez both posted two-hit contests.
California scored an unearned run in the third inning on two singles and an error, but UCLA evened things back up in its half of the third. Perez led off with a double to left, moved to third one out later on an infield single by Jordan and scored on a Garcia sacrifice fly.
The score remained even at one until the top of the seventh when Cal went ahead via a double and a single.
In the bottom of the seventh, Garcia drew a one-out walk, and was pinch-run for by freshman Anna Vines, with senior Taylor Pack also getting on with a free pass. Freshman Colleen Sullivan then reached on an error to load the bases. Junior Jacqui Prober followed by grounding one to third, with Cal coming home to get the force on Vines for the second out. But as the Bears tried to turn the double play to first, the throw hit Prober in the back and ricocheted toward the Cal dugout, as Pack came in from third to even the score at two.
In the eighth, freshman Kelli Godin led off with an infield single, Perez sacrificed her to second and Nickles drove her in with a single through the 5-6 hole to send the Bruins to victory.
Game two of the series will be on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Easton Stadium. The contest will air live on Pac-12 Networks and also have a free audio broadcast on UCLABruins.com.
LOS ANGELES - Junior Bubba Nickles recorded an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to send the top-ranked Bruins to a walk-off win over California on Friday at Easton Stadium. UCLA (30-1, 4-0 Pac-12) rallied twice after California (20-13, 1-5 Pac-12) took one-run leads, tying things up in the third and the seventh before finishing off its 10th comeback victory of the season in extra innings.
Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia (14-0) struck out eight in eight innings, giving up two runs (one earned), six hits and one walk. She had 1-2-3 innings in the second, fifth and eighth, striking out a pair in the second, third and fifth.
The Bruins had seven hits from five different players, as redshirt sophomore Aaliyah Jordan and sophomore Briana Perez both posted two-hit contests.
California scored an unearned run in the third inning on two singles and an error, but UCLA evened things back up in its half of the third. Perez led off with a double to left, moved to third one out later on an infield single by Jordan and scored on a Garcia sacrifice fly.
The score remained even at one until the top of the seventh when Cal went ahead via a double and a single.
In the bottom of the seventh, Garcia drew a one-out walk, and was pinch-run for by freshman Anna Vines, with senior Taylor Pack also getting on with a free pass. Freshman Colleen Sullivan then reached on an error to load the bases. Junior Jacqui Prober followed by grounding one to third, with Cal coming home to get the force on Vines for the second out. But as the Bears tried to turn the double play to first, the throw hit Prober in the back and ricocheted toward the Cal dugout, as Pack came in from third to even the score at two.
In the eighth, freshman Kelli Godin led off with an infield single, Perez sacrificed her to second and Nickles drove her in with a single through the 5-6 hole to send the Bruins to victory.
Game two of the series will be on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Easton Stadium. The contest will air live on Pac-12 Networks and also have a free audio broadcast on UCLABruins.com.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Garcia, Rachel (14-0)
L: Conley, Zoe (6-8)
Batting:
2B: Sparacino, Karlee 1
RBI: Nunez, Sabrina 1
SH: McCue, Krysten 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sparacino, Karlee 1 ; Perez, Alexandra 1
HBP: Coelho, Mikayla 1
Batting:
2B: Perez, Briana 1
RBI: Nickles, Bubba 1 ; Garcia, Rachel 1
SH: Perez, Briana 1 ; Washington, Kinsley 1
SF: Garcia, Rachel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Perez, Briana 1 ; Pack, Taylor 1 ; Godin, Kelli 1
SB: Washington, Kinsley 1
Game Leaders
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