Friday, April 7
Los Angeles, CA
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Sharlize Palacios (photo: Marie Goldfarb)
Photo by: Marie Goldfarb
No. 3 Bruins Best Beavers, 11-0, in Hit Parade
April 07, 2023 | Softball
LOS ANGELES – Megan Grant knocked in five runs in a 2-for-2 effort to help the No. 3 UCLA softball team to a 11-0 mercy-rule shutout against Oregon State at Easton Stadium on Friday evening.
Eight of the Bruins' (35-4, 11-3) starting nine recorded at least one hit for a grand total of 13, including four for extra bases. With UCLA's 12th mercy-rule win of the season, it has now taken each of its five Pac-12 series this season.
In the circle, Brooke Yanez turned in a one-hit, complete-game shutout with four strikeouts to earn her 11th win of the year. The one base hit the left-hander allowed was to the second batter of the game. Yanez did not let a runner reach scoring position after the first inning.
Sharlize Palacios put the Bruins on the board with a solo homer to left field in the second inning for her seventh of the year. After a pair of singles by Alyssa Garcia and Kennedy Powell, Grant blasted one into the upper canopy of the right field trees with a three-run home run to break the game open.
The San Bruno, Calif. native now leads the team with 42 RBI and ranks second among freshmen nationally in that category.
The Beavers' (11-21-1, 2-11-1) Ellie Garcia allowed 10 earned runs in her loss.
UCLA added six more runs on six hits in the third inning. A double by Aaliyah Jordan put two in scoring position for sophomore Savannah Pola who cashed in with a two-RBI single to center. With her two hits tonight, Pola is 5-for-6 with two RBI so far this series.
The Bruins' No. 7, 8 and 9 hitters – Garcia, Powell and Janelle Meoño – all went first-pitch swinging and recorded three consecutive base hits on three straight pitches. Meoño's single that bounced on the third-base chalk line scored Garcia to stretch UCLA's lead to 8-0.
Grant stepped to the plate next, and on an 0-1 pitch, knocked in another pair.
Rachel Cid continued the hit parade into the fourth inning with a double, advancing pinch runner Lauren Hatch to third base. Freshman Ramsey Suarez plated the Bruins' 11th and final run of the night on a sacrifice fly to center field.
UCLA looks to sweep its second consecutive Pac-12 series tomorrow when it takes on Oregon State at 1 p.m. (PT) at Easton Stadium. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network with Tracy Warren on the call.
Eight of the Bruins' (35-4, 11-3) starting nine recorded at least one hit for a grand total of 13, including four for extra bases. With UCLA's 12th mercy-rule win of the season, it has now taken each of its five Pac-12 series this season.
In the circle, Brooke Yanez turned in a one-hit, complete-game shutout with four strikeouts to earn her 11th win of the year. The one base hit the left-hander allowed was to the second batter of the game. Yanez did not let a runner reach scoring position after the first inning.
Sharlize Palacios put the Bruins on the board with a solo homer to left field in the second inning for her seventh of the year. After a pair of singles by Alyssa Garcia and Kennedy Powell, Grant blasted one into the upper canopy of the right field trees with a three-run home run to break the game open.
The San Bruno, Calif. native now leads the team with 42 RBI and ranks second among freshmen nationally in that category.
The Beavers' (11-21-1, 2-11-1) Ellie Garcia allowed 10 earned runs in her loss.
UCLA added six more runs on six hits in the third inning. A double by Aaliyah Jordan put two in scoring position for sophomore Savannah Pola who cashed in with a two-RBI single to center. With her two hits tonight, Pola is 5-for-6 with two RBI so far this series.
The Bruins' No. 7, 8 and 9 hitters – Garcia, Powell and Janelle Meoño – all went first-pitch swinging and recorded three consecutive base hits on three straight pitches. Meoño's single that bounced on the third-base chalk line scored Garcia to stretch UCLA's lead to 8-0.
Grant stepped to the plate next, and on an 0-1 pitch, knocked in another pair.
Rachel Cid continued the hit parade into the fourth inning with a double, advancing pinch runner Lauren Hatch to third base. Freshman Ramsey Suarez plated the Bruins' 11th and final run of the night on a sacrifice fly to center field.
UCLA looks to sweep its second consecutive Pac-12 series tomorrow when it takes on Oregon State at 1 p.m. (PT) at Easton Stadium. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network with Tracy Warren on the call.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Yanez, Brooke (11-1)
L: Ellie Garcia (3-7)
Batting:
2B: Cid, Rachel 1 ; Jordan, Aaliyah 1
HR: Grant, Megan 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1
RBI: Grant, Megan 5 ; Pola, Savannah 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 2 ; Garcia, Alyssa 1 ; Suarez, Ramsey 1 ; Meoño, Janelle 1
SH: Meoño, Janelle 1
SF: Palacios, Sharlize 1 ; Suarez, Ramsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Grant, Megan 1 ; Woolery, Jordan 1 ; Godin, Kelli 1 ; Pola, Savannah 1 ; Hatch, Lauren 1 ; Palacios, Sharlize 1 ; Garcia, Alyssa 1 ; Pinedo, Rylee 1 ; Powell, Kennedy 2 ; Meoño, Janelle 1
SB: Pola, Savannah 1
HBP: Grant, Megan 1
Game Leaders
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