EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 15 California softball team hit five home runs in an 11-5 win over Oregon in game one before falling 4-3 in nine innings to the Ducks in the nightcap on Friday at Jane Sanders Stadium.   

Chelsea Spencer earned her 100th career win as head coach for the Golden Bears (21-3, 1-1 Pac-12) and Elon Butler had a career best 6 RBI in the game one victory.

Game 1: No. 15 Cal 11, Oregon 5
Oregon got on the board first when Ariel Carlson hit a two-out, solo home run off of Cal starter Randi Roelling. Cal had answered in all but one inning after the opposing team scored this season, but the Bears went down in order in the second frame against the Ducks' Stevie Hansen.

After Roelling had a quick 1-2-3 inning in the second, the Bears did have the answer in the third inning. Kyndal Todd and Alyssa Herrera went back-to-back with solo home runs, making it 2-1 Cal.

The home run parade continued in the fourth as Cal went back-to-back again with a Butler 2-run laser and a Tianna Bell solo shot to give Cal a 5-1 advantage. Butler hit her ninth of the year the next time she came to the plate, a 3-run blast to right center and it was 8-1 heading to the home fifth.

Cal added three runs on three hits in the seventh and Haylei Archer got the final three outs in relief of Roelling to secure the victory, Spencer's 100th as head coach of the Bears. Cal's five home runs were the most in a game so far this season.

Game 2: Oregon 4, No. 15 Cal 3
The Ducks took an early lead once again, using another Carlson solo home run in the first to make it 1-0 against starter Anna Reimers. With the Bears struggling to find their bats through four, the Ducks added a run in both the third and the fourth to lead it 3-0 heading to the fifth.

Cal's bats finally woke up in the fifth, using four hits including a Holly Medina double and RBI base hits off the bats of Tatum Anzaldo and Kaylee Pond to pull within a run at 3-2. The Bears' rally continued in the sixth thanks to a Carly Raven two-out, pinch-hit RBI double, the first of her career for the freshman from Kingsburg and it was 3-3.

Roelling entered the game in the bottom of the sixth, relieving Archer with two outs and Duck base runners on second and third. She got a big flyout at the warning track to end the Oregon threat.

Oregon finally broke the deadlock in the ninth, getting a two-out RBI single from Vallery Wong to seal the walk-off win.   

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The Bears and Ducks finish the series with a rubber match on Saturday at 2 p.m. from Jane Sanders Stadium.

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