by oldNlazy » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:04 am
The UCLA offense can explode at any time and when Ally Carda chips in with her best outing as a Bruin it spells doom for Long Beach.
UCLA 0 4 7 0 3 =14
LB St 0 0 0 0 0=0
Jones-Wesley vs Carda
With 2 outs in the 1st LaRosa doubled down the RF line but was thrown out trying to score on Bates' IF hit. That was probably the high point of the night for the Beach as things just kept getting worse. Camuso led off the 2nd by blasting Jones-Wesley's pitch over the CF fence. Yudin then hit a ball that was either a double or an E-7 depending on who was scoring. After a wild pitch Carda singled in a run, Snow walked and Schroeder singled to load the bases. Harrison got 1 in with a sac fly and LaRosa singled in another. Carda retired the 1st 6 batters she faced and the Bruin offense came back for more.
If it is bad to walk the leadoff hitter how much worse to walk the bases loaded. With 1 out Snow singled off the LF wall for 2 runs and Carbajal took the circle. Schroeder greeted her with an RBI single up the middle and Harrison reached on an error. LaRosa found a pitch she liked and the result was a grand slam to left. The Beach broke up 1st the perfect game and then the no-hitter in the 3rd. A BB and Neal's IF hit put 2 runners on and a wild pitch moved them to 2nd and 3rd but Kimbrough grounded out to end the threat. Tiumalu pinch hit in the 4th and fell about a foot short of a 2-run HR. She should be ready to play on the Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo trip. UCLA loaded the bases with 1 out in the 5th on Schroeder's walk, LaRosa's single and Bates' walk. Camuso's ground ball got 1 run in and Fox brought in another with a single down the RF line. Yudin walked to load the bases and the walk to Carda brought in the final run. I'm sure it could not have ended too soon for Long Beach fans.