Two Big Innings For UW In 12-3 Win

Wednesday, February 12

Orlando, FL

3:00 PM

University of Washington

6-0

UCF

5-2

Washington

UCF

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February 12, 2020 | Softball

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Two huge innings were enough for the #1 Washington Huskies to defeat the UCF Knights 12-3 Wednesday night. Washington scored five runs in the second, then seven in the seventh. Washington's 1-2-3-4 hitters all had multiple hits in the game as the Huskies moved to 6-0.

Morganne Flores and Taryn Atlee had three hits each, with Flores hitting her second home run of the season. Atlee scored twice, as did Livy Schiele, who was making her season debut.

Washington's early big inning put the Huskies in a comfortable position. Washington scored five times in the second inning, all with two outs, to take the lead for good. Another big inning, this time in the seventh, put a UCF rally to bed. After the first batter of the inning grounded out, Washington would put six straight batters on base and ten of the next 11. The Huskies batted around in the inning for the second time this season.

Washington's defense came to play when they were called upon as well. SilentRain Espinoza made a particularly good play after a ricochet off Gabbie Plain's glove in the second inning. The sophomore grabbed the ball in stride after tracking the bounce well, then fired a bullet to first just barely ahead of the runner.

Plain started and retired the game's first six batters. She would pitch six innings before ceding the circle to Pat Moore for the seventh. Plain struck out eight batters in the game, while Moore threw a shutout inning to end the game.

T2 | @morganneflores can have a little home run, as a treat.#MightyAreTheWomen pic.twitter.com/QfVKpT4xLB
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) February 12, 2020

		SCORING
Second Inning: The two-out offense reared its head for the Huskies as they took a 5-0 lead early. Atlee ripped a single into center with two runners on for the first run. Bates dropped a beautiful bunt toward the third baseman, with Gibson evading the tag on her way home to score. Flores' no-doubter over the flag pole in leftfield brought three more runs in. Fourth Inning: UCF had three straight singles to get on the board, with the last two just barely out of reach of the Husky defense. Plain got a strikeout and a leisurely pop fly after that to strand two runners in scoring position. Sixth Inning: UCF scored two runs with a home run to centerfield to make it 5-3. Seventh Inning: Flores was again in the middle of Washington's scoring, this time with a double down the leftfield line. In all, 13 Huskies came to the plate in the inning as seven runs scored.

		NOTES
Plain (6.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 K) became the fastest Husky ever to 50 career wins, doing so in 74 career appearances. Eve Gaw had previously held that record, with 50 wins in her first 75 appearances. Flores (3x4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) tied Nikia Williams for tenth in Husky history with 171 career RBI. Flores has recorded at least one RBI in five consecutive games. This is her fifth career RBI streak of five or more games. Atlee (3x4, 2 R, 2 RBI) has three multi-hit games in her first six this season. Atlee has hit .556 in the nine spot in her career. Bates (2x5, R, 2 RBI) has five RBI in the last five games, all while batting leadoff. Baylee Klingler (2x5, R) has multiple hits in back-to-back games.

Washington will begin the Clearwater Elite Invitational tomorrow as they play #9 Alabama at 1:00 pm PT on ESPN2.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Plain, Gabbie (4-0)

L: A. White (3-1)

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Batting:

2B: Flores, Morganne 1

HR: Flores, Morganne 1

RBI: Bates, Sis 2 ; Flores, Morganne 3 ; Reynolds, Sami 2 ; Schiele, Livy 1 ; Helm, Emma 1 ; Atlee, Taryn 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Bates, Sis 1 ; Flores, Morganne 1 ; Vandegrift, Megan 1 ; Reynolds, Sami 1 ; Klingler, Baylee 1 ; Espinoza, SilentRain 1 ; Schiele, Livy 2 ; Helm, Emma 1 ; Gibson, Kaija 1 ; Atlee, Taryn 2