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Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia's go-ahead homer was her fourth bomb of the season.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Garcia Pitches and Hits No. 1 UCLA to Series Win at No. 5 UW
March 16, 2019 | Softball
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SEATTLE - Redshirtย junior Rachel Garcia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning and also earned the win in the circle, striking out seven in five shutout frames of relief, as the top-ranked Bruins clinched their Pac-12-opening series at No. 5 Washington with a 4-2 victory on Saturday at Husky Softball Stadium.
Garcia, who improved to 12-0 on the season, allowed just five hits and a walk in her handful of innings. She had 1-2-3 frames in the sixth and eighth, fanning two in the fourth and eighth. Sophomore Holly Azevedoย started and struck out two in three innings, giving up two runs, two hits and three walks.
The Bruins had seven hits from six different players, as Garcia posted a pair of hits.
A delayed steal of home allowed Washington (22-5, 0-2 Pac-12) to score the first run of the game in the bottom of the first, but UCLA (24-1, 2-0 Pac-12) grabbed the lead with two in the third. Sophomore Kinsley Washington led off with a single to center, and one out later, moved to third on a double to left by sophomore Briana Perez. Then junior Bubba Nickles, on the first pitch, singled through the 3-4 hole to score both runners and put the Bruins up.
The Huskies strung together a walk and two singles in the fourth to even the game at two, which was the score as the contest headed to extra innings, the Bruins' second such affair in their last three games.
With two outs in the top of the eighth, redshirtย sophomore Aaliyah Jordan reached on a fly-ball double to right and came home on Garcia's dinger to left-center, her fourth of the season.
The Bruins go for the sweep on Sunday at 3 p.m. The game will air live on Pac-12 Networks National and Los Angeles.
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SEATTLE - Redshirtย junior Rachel Garcia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning and also earned the win in the circle, striking out seven in five shutout frames of relief, as the top-ranked Bruins clinched their Pac-12-opening series at No. 5 Washington with a 4-2 victory on Saturday at Husky Softball Stadium.
Garcia, who improved to 12-0 on the season, allowed just five hits and a walk in her handful of innings. She had 1-2-3 frames in the sixth and eighth, fanning two in the fourth and eighth. Sophomore Holly Azevedoย started and struck out two in three innings, giving up two runs, two hits and three walks.
The Bruins had seven hits from six different players, as Garcia posted a pair of hits.
A delayed steal of home allowed Washington (22-5, 0-2 Pac-12) to score the first run of the game in the bottom of the first, but UCLA (24-1, 2-0 Pac-12) grabbed the lead with two in the third. Sophomore Kinsley Washington led off with a single to center, and one out later, moved to third on a double to left by sophomore Briana Perez. Then junior Bubba Nickles, on the first pitch, singled through the 3-4 hole to score both runners and put the Bruins up.
The Huskies strung together a walk and two singles in the fourth to even the game at two, which was the score as the contest headed to extra innings, the Bruins' second such affair in their last three games.
With two outs in the top of the eighth, redshirtย sophomore Aaliyah Jordan reached on a fly-ball double to right and came home on Garcia's dinger to left-center, her fourth of the season.
The Bruins go for the sweep on Sunday at 3 p.m. The game will air live on Pac-12 Networks National and Los Angeles.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Garcia, Rachel (12-0)
L: Plain, Gabbie (9-1)
Batting:
2B: Perez, Briana 1 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 1
HR: Garcia, Rachel 1
RBI: Nickles, Bubba 2 ; Garcia, Rachel 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Perez, Briana 1 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 1 ; Garcia, Rachel 1 ; Washington, Kinsley 1
Batting:
2B: Bates, Sis 1
RBI: Kaupe, Nawai 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bates, Sis 1 ; Vandegrift, Megan 1
SB: Bates, Sis 2
CS: Atlee, Taryn 1 ; Quinones, Ari 1
HBP: Hee, Noelle 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
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AB
4
R
1
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2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
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