FULLERTON, Calif. - The bats lit up for the California softball team on Sunday as the Golden Bears defeated Grand Canyon University, 9-5, in the final day of the Judi Garman Classic on the Cal State Fullerton campus.

The Bears improved to 10-9 on the year. 

Lauren Espalin got Cal on the board first when she went the other way for a solo home run in the top of the first. It was Espalin's first home run of the year. 

Cal broke the game open in the second inning. The Bears regained the lead after GCU tied it at 1 in the bottom of the first when Cameron Kondo scored on a GCU error off the bat of Kennedy Thomas. The next batter, Makena Smith, smacked a three-run homer to make it 5-1. It was Smith's second home run of the season, Cal's fourth home run of the weekend, and it extended her hitting streak to 14 games. Sunday also marked Cal's first multi-home run game of the season. 

The Bears added to their lead in the top of the fourth with a three-run frame. Back-to-back singles by D'Asha Saiki and Amani Bradley allowed Thomas to send Saiki home with an RBI ground out. Smith and Espalin each walked to load the bases for Mikayla Coelho who found a hole to drive in two more runs, putting Cal up 8-1. The RBI single was the second of two hits on the day for the Cal junior, extending her hitting streak to a team-best 15 games. 

Bradley went four-for-four for the second time in her career, first time this season. Saiki notched two hits, including an RBI single in the top of the seventh to make it 9-5. 

Chloe Romero was solid in the circle, going five and two-thirds innings, allowing one earned run on three hits, while striking out five Antelopes.

Grand Canyon made some noise in the bottom of the sixth with a bases-clearing double that cut Cal's lead down to three before the Bears added an insurance run in the seventh. 

The Bears next head to Harrisonburg, Va., for the JMU Dukes Invitational on the James Madison campus next weekend.