CATHEDRAL CITY – The No. 21 California softball team extended its win streak to 13 games and swept the weekend for the second straight week with an 8-0 (6) win over Long Beach State and a 3-2 comeback victory vs. Cal Poly on Sunday at the Mary Nutter Classic.
Tatum Anzaldo went 3-for-7 with two RBI to lead the Golden Bears (15-1).
Game 1: Cal 8, Long Beach State 0 (6)
Randi Roelling continued her strong weekend in the circle, allowing just a single through three innings after Cal scored a pair of runs in the first on bases loaded walks from
Tianna Bell and
Ryann Orange.
The Bears got their bats going in the third, scoring three runs on a couple of RBI hits. Orange drove one back up the middle to score pinch-runner
Hope Alley and
Mika Lee brought around two on a base hit through the right side to make it 5-0.
Cal added another run in the sixth on a
Tatum Anzaldo RBI single before
Kaylee Pond walked it off with a 2-run shot, her second of the season. Roelling earned her sixth win of the year, allowing just three singles with seven strikeouts. The freshman from Modesto earned three wins and two saves over the weekend, allowing just three runs (one earned) in 16.1 innings pitched.
Game 2: Cal 3, Cal Poly 2
The Mustangs took an early lead in the first, scoring a run on two singles and a passed ball as it was 1-0 heading to the fifth. Cal Poly extended its lead to 2-0 when three straight hits led to another run, forcing Cal to go to
Anna Reimers out of the pen in place of
Haylei Archer. Reimers worked out of the jam, getting a pair of outs to end the frame.
Cal executed small ball to perfection in the home half of the inning, taking the lead for the first time of the afternoon. Anzaldo recorded an RBI double to score Lee, who reached on a throwing error from the pitcher.
With Anzaldo on third after a Pond sacrifice bunt,
Acacia Anders laid down the first of two consecutive RBI squeeze bunts with the second coming from
Elon Butler to make it 3-2, Bears. After a flyout in the top of the seventh, the Bears went to Roelling and she got the final two outs for her third save of the season.
UP NEXT
Cal opens its home slate with a 2 p.m. midweek game against UC Davis on Wednesday at Levine-Fricke Field.
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