April 17, 2009

Final Stats

TEMPE, ARIZ. -

The No. 14 California Golden Bears (29-13, 5-5 Pac-10) fell 6-4 to the No. 5 Arizona State Sun Devils (35-8, 5-3 Pac-10) Friday night in Tempe. Freshman outfielder Elia Reid smashed her fourth home run of the season for the Bears.

The Bears struck first, scoring a quick two runs in the first inning after capitalizing on Arizona State miscues. Sophomore Valerie Arioto got on base after being hit by a pitch. She advanced to second on an error by the Sun Devil second baseman. Arioto came around to score on the second error of the inning. The Bears plated a second run on a single by Elia Reid, taking the 2-0 lead.

Arizona State got one run back in the bottom of the first, and then tied the game on a home run in the bottom of the second. The Bears retook the lead in the top of the third, capitalizing on another pair of ASU errors with an RBI double by junior Verna Sevilla that plated junior Shannon Houston.

The Bears held a 3-2 lead until the bottom of the fifth. With two outs and the bases loaded, the Sun Devils hot a home run to take a 6-3 lead.

The Bears tried to rally in the seventh with Elia Reid leading off with a solo home run to left field to make it a 6-4 game. With one out, junior Taylor Kelly singled up the middle. Junior Vernae Sevilla followed with a single through the left side. A fielders choice had runners at first and second with two outs for Arioto, who singled up the middle to load the bases for the Bears. The Sun Devils induced a ground out to third to hold the Bears to the one run on four hits in the inning and to secure the 6-4 victory.

Cal's Vernae Sevilla went 3-for-4 with a run driven in. Elia Reid had two hits in four at-bats with two runs driven in. Jamia Reid and Valerie Arioto each had two hits in the loss. Arioto pitched the six inning complete game, allowing the six erned runs on six hits, striking out three and walking five.

The Bears head to Tucson where they will take on the Arizona Wildcats Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in Tucson. Game tracker stats for the game will be available on CalBears.com.