Miami opens series versus Cal with a W

Friday evening lights by no means felt so good in Oxford because the Miami RedHawks (27-13) took on PAC 12 energy College of California (25-19) in a marquee matchup April 22. The RedHawks beat the visiting Golden Bears 6-5 to safe their third win in a row.

Cal got here out sizzling, loading the bases within the 1st inning after three of their 4 opening batters reached base safely with just one out. Miami gave up two walks and an error, serving to the Golden Bears rating 4 early runs. 

Miami regrouped within the backside of the primary, slicing the deficit in half. Karli Spaid’s triple to proper, introduced residence Allie Cummins for the RedHawks’ first run. Holly Blaska’s single to proper discipline drove Spaid residence to account for Miami’s second run.

“Everybody is aware of it doesn’t matter what, they don’t must get down. In the event that they rating 4 runs, we come again and chip away. I don’t must encourage them in that sense as a result of they know they’ll hit and all they must do is do this.” Head Coach Kiran Kumar mentioned after the sport.

The RedHawks offensive assault carried over into the second inning as Chloe Parks had an RBI double to left discipline after which superior to 3rd on a wild pitch. Cummins adopted up with an RBI single to deliver residence Parks. Cummins superior to 3rd thanks to 2 extra wild pitches, finally crossing residence plate on a line drive to middle discipline by Spaid giving Miami a 6-4 lead. Miami’s scoring spree pressured California head coach Chelsea Spencer to drag beginning pitcher Haylei Archer. 

“All of us had one another’s backs. We normally depend on Courtney for some strikeouts on this sport, (however) it didn’t matter,” Miami outfielder Kate Kobayashi mentioned. 

Throughout the backside of the sixth inning, freshman outfielder Jenna Golembiewski crushed a fastball out to left middle that seemed certain to be an additional base hit. But, Cal center-fielder Amani Bradley had different concepts and made a diving catch to maintain her workforce inside one run at 6-5.

 “We had been sort of shifted on her, so I needed to hustle my technique to the alternative facet to try to make a play. Annabelle was pitching an ideal sport and simply wished to again her up. We had been down by one and I used to be making an attempt to get the least folks on base to come back again and win.” Bradley mentioned postgame. From there, Miami held on to protect the 6-5 win.

The Friday evening sport was the primary match in a 3 sport residence sequence in opposition to Cal. The RedHawks gained the second sport on Saturday, 7-5, and tied the Sunday sport 8-8, which was known as after eight innings so Cal might nonetheless catch its flight residence.