The No. 10 UCLA softball team blew away the Cal Baptist Lancers with a mid-week 13-6 win at Easton Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Bruins continued their trend of obliterating the competition following their series sweep against Illinois and increasing their win streak to nine. While UCLA senior right-handed pitcher Taylor Tinsley held down the middle of the diamond for the Bruins, allowing six hits and a walk leading to six runs in seven innings. UCLA batters had a field day with 13 runs off of 10 hits.
Let there be runs
Cal Baptist got the best of Tinsley in the top of the first with four hits leading to four runs. UCLA didn’t flinch, as they battled back with two home runs from sophomore outfielder Rylee Slimp and senior infielder Jordan Woolery to get it back to a 4-2 game.
Slowing it down
Tinsley regained her footing in the second and allowed just one hit, but no runs to keep Cal Baptist at a two-run lead. UCLA was unable to take advantage though with two base runners coming off of the Lancers pitching miscues, but they did not lead to runs for the Bruins.
Battling back
Tinsley gave up two more hits in the top of the third, including a two-run homer to put Cal Baptist up 6-2, but UCLA came storming back in the bottom of the inning. Woolery hit her second homer of the game and redshirt junior center fielder Alexis Ramirez hit a two-run homer to cut into the Lancers lead. UCLA was down one run entering the fourth.
Tying it up
Tinsley pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the fourth, which gave UCLA’s batters the opportunity to tie the game up. Freshman utility Jolyna Lamar started the bottom of the fourth with a home run to right field to tie the game up 6-6. The game would head into the fifth all tied up.
Blowing away the competition
The game remained tied until the bottom of the sixth. UCLA’s batters were on fire with four hits more than doubling their runs with seven. The final three came off of a three-run homer by redshirt freshman infielder Aleen Garcia. Tinsley didn’t allow the Lancers a chance to make it a game again in the top of the seventh with the first three batters going out and UCLA taking the win.
The Bruins will play another midweek game against on Wednesday against Long Beach State at the LBSU Softball Complex in Long Beach, Calif. with an anticipated start time of 6 p.m. PT.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA softball mounts a comeback to take down Cal Baptist
Reporting by Ryan Lorenz, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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