Box Score
Post-Game Notes
OKLAHOMA CITY--No. 2-ranked Arizona (58-8) snapped out of a funk created
by suffering Thursday night's perfect-game loss and smacked three home runs
among 11 hits in beating California, 6-0, to stay alive in the loser's
bracket of College World Series action Saturday afternoon.
UA pitcher Becky Lemke (30-6) scattered five hits and pitched through
situations which resulted in the Bears (49-25) stranding 11 runners. She
struck out five.
UA will face top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Washington in an elimination game
later Saturday at 9:30 p.m. CDT. The Huskies lost to UCLA in winner's
bracket action earlier Saturday morning.
Arizona, which had been the victim of a perfect game in its opener,
doubled its output of College World Series with two in the first to take a
1-0 lead. With one out, Nicole Giordano singled up the middle and an out
later scored on Toni Mascarenas' single down the rightfield line.
Chrissy Gil's high fly ball down the right field line sailed over the
fence for a solo home run in the second to push the lead to 2-0. It was her
eighth of the year.
Cal threatened in the second when Pauline Duenas was hit by a pitch, Toni
Mascrenas' throw on Paige Bowie's sacrifice bunt caused both runners to be
safe and Courtney Scott sacrificed both runners up. But Mascarenas threw
Duenas out at the plate on a grounder by Amber Phillips and Lemke struck
out Eryn Manahan to end the inning.
UA added two more runs in the third with its short game. Lauren Bauer
walked, stole second and moved to third on a single by Giordano, who stole
second. One out later Mascarenas singled in Bauer, then Collins single in
Giordano.
The Bears stranded three more in the third, loading the bases with a walk
sandwiched around two infield singles, but Lemke retired the side on two
foul flies.
Allison Andrade lined the first pitch of the sixth inning over the center
field fence to make it 5-0. Mascarenas lined the first pitch in the seventh
over the fence in left field to close the scoring for UA. She finished the
day 4-for-4 with three RBI.
Post-Game Notes
Arizona 6, California 0
Post-Game Notes
California's Veronica Nelson was walked for the 86th and
87th times
today to extend her own NCAA record. It marked the 29th game
this season
Nelson has been walked at least once.
California went 0-2 in the WCWS for the first time in five
appearances. Cal went 2-2 in 1986 and 1999, and 1-2 in 1992 and
1996.
Arizona's Lauren Bauer has stolen two bases in seven games
this
season.
Arizona's Toni Mascarenas posted four hits and three RBI's
today
after tallying five hits and four RBI's in her eight previous
WCWS
games.
Today's games marks the second time in the past two seasons
Arizona
shutout California in the WCWS. Arizona defeated Cal 3-0 in the
opening
round last season.
Arizona's Nicole Giordano collected her 94th and 95th hits
of the
season, the eighth best single-season total in school history.
Mascarenas moved into sole possession of the seventh spot
in
Arizona career home runs with 18, ninth place in career RBI's
(160) and
into the top 10 in career runs scored with 143.
Arizona's six runs matched Alabama's total earlier today
for the
highest single-game run total of the 2000 WCWS. The six-run
victory
margin was also the largest of the WCWS this year.
