Washington Scores Early, Beats Minnesota 5-3

Saturday, June 1

Oklahoma City, OK

9:00 AM

University of Washington

51-8

Minnesota

46-14

Washington

Minnesota

June 01, 2019 | Softball

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Washington's bats were alive all day as the Huskies defeated the #7 Minnesota Golden Gophers to stay alive at the World Series on Saturday. Washington scored three runs in the first four innings then, after a three-hour delay due to lightning and rain, put two more up in the sixth for a 5-3 win.

Washington put multiple runners on in five of seven innings. Sis Bates and Amirah Milloy had two hits each, with Milloy having a perfect day, also drawing a walk. Morganne Flores hit a first-inning home run that put the Dawgs up for good. Sami Reynolds also drove in two runs.

In the circle, Gabbie Plain was exquisite, allowing baserunners in only two innings. She would earn her fifth win of the postseason, striking out ten. Plain retired the first six batters she faced and had another stretch of ten straight retired at one point.

Taran Alvelo earned the save as she recorded the last out of the game with the tying runner in scoring position, striking out Minnesota's final batter on five pitches.

Sami Reynolds delivers again! A 2 RBI double puts the Huskies up, 5-1.#WCWS | @UWSoftball pic.twitter.com/HUiAH3Ql8O
— NCAA Softball (@NCAAsoftball) June 1, 2019

		SCORING
First Inning: Flores launched a bomb to dead centerfield for her fifth home run this postseason. The Huskies picked up another run on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead. Third Inning: Minnesota strung two hits together, scoring on a double low off the leftfield wall to make it 2-1. Plain would end the inning with no more damage done. Fourth Inning: Madison Huskey and Milloy set the table with a single and double to start off the inning before Bates' blooper single over the retreating shortstop brought in a run. Sixth Inning: After loading the bases following the rain delay, Reynolds sent a looping liner past the centerfielder for a two-run double. Seventh Inning: Minnesota would double with the bases loaded and two outs to cut the deficit to 5-3, but could not get any closer.

		NOTES
Flores (1x3, HR) tied the Washington postseason home run record with her ninth, matching Jaime Clark's career total. Flores' 23 homers this year are the third-most ever by a Husky. Her 43 career homers are fifth all-time. Milloy (2x2, 2B) has a four-game hit streak, with multiple hits in both WCWS games. Plain (6.2 IP, 4 H, 10 K) became the second Husky ever with three games of ten or more strikeouts in a single postseason, joining Danielle Lawrie. Plain's career-best 34-inning scoreless streak came to a close. Bates (2x4, R, RBI) has hits in six of her last seven games. After driving in no runs the first three postseason games, Reynolds (1x4, R, 2B, 2 RBI) has four RBI in the last four.

The Huskies will now play Oklahoma State, with that game set for 45 minutes after Florida-Alabama concludes today.

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