Washington Finishes Four-Game Sweep With 5-1 Win

Saturday, April 3

Seattle, WA

12:00 PM

University of Washington

28-4, 6-2

California

12-11, 1-5

California

Washington

Jadelyn Allchin heads out of the batter's box after a hit

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

April 03, 2021 | Softball

Box Score Box Score

SEATTLE – The #6 Washington Huskies completed a four-game sweep of the California Golden Bears with today's 5-1 win. This was Washington's sixth straight win as well as its 12th straight win over Cal. Washington has not lost a home series to Cal since 1998.

Washington scrapped its way onto the scoreboard, scoring via a bases-loaded walk, a bloop double, and a fielding error in the game. The Huskies improve to 28-4 overall with today's win and 6-2 in Pac-12 play with their second series sweep of the season.

Sis Bates, Madison Huskey, and Jadelyn Allchin all had multiple hits, with Washington's 8-9-1 hitters going 6x9 with three runs scored. Bates and Morganne Flores had the only RBI for Washington, with one each. Bates, Allchin, and SilentRain Espinoza all had doubles, the game's only extra-base hits for either team.

The trio of Gabbie Plain, Brooke Nelson, and Sarah Willis combined to hold Cal to just one run in the win. Plain threw 12 first-pitch strikes to the 17 batters she faced, including first-pitch strikes to each of Cal's first six batters. Willis came up big in a dangerous situation, getting a three-pitch strikeout with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to end Cal's best scoring threat after the Golden Bear's only run. The freshman would pick up her second save of the season with 1.1 scoreless innings.

T6 | Three pitches and Willis gets a HUGE K to strand the bases loaded!

Cal 1
UW 2#MightyAreTheWomen pic.twitter.com/CaeY0UAphK
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 3, 2021

		SCORING
Third Inning: Washington's fourth walk of the game brought in a run as Flores worked the count with the bases loaded for the RBI. Fourth Inning: Bates dropped a ball in no-man's land down the rightfield line, just out of reach of three converging defenders. Hustle from Bates and Huskey made that an RBI double, with Huskey scoring from second as the ball bounced into foul territory. Sixth Inning: Cal poked one through the left side with two outs to get on the board, making it 2-1. A misplayed line drive in the bottom half gave Washington some breathing room, allowing three runs to score and make it 5-1.

		NOTES
Bates (2x3, 2B, RBI) tied Jaime Clark for third in Husky history with her 292^nd hit. Sami Reynolds (0x0, R, 3 BB) had her second three-walk game of the season. Flores (1x3, RBI) has a hit and an RBI in six streak games now, hitting .444 with 12 RBI in that time. Flores leads the Pac-12 in RBI during conference play now with 14. Since returning from injury, Allchin (2x3, 2 R, 2B) has hit .429. Willis (1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K) has yet to allow a run at home in her career. In Pac-12 play, Willis has a 1.40 ERA.

Washington will be back on the road next week, facing off with Oregon State in Corvallis. That series begins Friday, April 9 at 5:00 pm.

Make sure to follow the Huskies on social media at @UWSoftball.