Dawgs Take Game One Of Supers 3-0

Friday, May 24

Seattle, WA

6:00 PM

University of Washington

49-7

Kentucky

36-23

KENTUCKY

Washington

May 24, 2019 | Softball

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SEATTLE – The #3 Washington Huskies clinched the first game of their best-of-three Super Regional series with #14 Kentucky, winning 3-0, with Taran Alvelo and Gabbie Plain throwing a combined shutout. Washington scored early once again, taking the lead in the first inning and never looking back. Sami Reynolds drove in the first run of the game, Morganne Flores homered again, and Sis Bates had two hits.

Alvelo threw 3.2 innings before Plain took over in the fourth inning. Alvelo would allow only two hits and a walk, ending a streak of 21.1 IP without a free pass. Plain took over with two runners on and two outs, promptly tossing her 400^th career strikeout to end the threat.

Plain finished off the game, working out of three tough situations with multiple Wildcats on base without any damage done, including a two on, no out scenario in the sixth.

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		SCORING
First Inning: For the fourth time in four postseason games, Washington scored in the first inning. Bates doubled on a chopper over the third baseman's head, her 70^th hit of the year, and would eventually score on a Reynolds sacrifice fly. Third Inning: Bates had her 100^th career RBI to add to the lead, scoring Amirah Milloy on a bouncing single through the right side. Milloy had started the inning with a rocket single to right, making it all the way to third on a fielding error. Fifth Inning: For the fourth time in four postseason games, Flores homered, hitting a solo shot just inside the leftfield foul pole to make it 3-0.

		NOTES
Plain (3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 K) extended her scoreless streak to 24.2 IP, with 13 baserunners and 40 strikeouts in that time. Reynolds (1x2, 2B, RBI) is the fourth Husky freshman in Heather Tarr's tenure to drive in 40 runs. She joins Ali Aguilar, Kaitlin Inglesby, and Shawna Wright in that regard. Reynolds has hits in five of her last six games, with four extra-base hit in the last five. Bates multiple runs every game of postseason so far Flores (1x2, HR, 2 BB) has hit .600 with five runs, four homers, and nine RBI postseason. Flores drove in her 60^th run of the year, joining Jaime Clark, Kaitlin Inglesby, Michelle Church, and Kristen Rivera as the only Huskies ever with multiple years of 60+ RBI. Bates (2x3, R, 2B, RBI) has reached base multiple times every postseason game and has multiple hits in three of four.

Washington and Kentucky will play again tomorrow at 7:00 pm. If Kentucky wins that game, the two teams will play again Sunday at 7:00 pm.

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