Score: Pacific 4, UC Davis 3 (8 inn.)
Location: Stockton, Calif. (Bill Simoni Field)
Winning Pitcher: Avery Croxall (4-2)
Losing Pitcher: Kenedi Brown (5-9)
Records: UC Davis (12-17, 3-6 Big West) | Pacific (11-26, 0-0 WCC)
The short story: UC Davis held the lead for nearly the whole ballgame, but Pacific rallied from behind to hand the Aggies their fourth extra-innings loss of the season after walking it off in the bottom of the eighth.
LEADING OFF
- UC Davis' power output was led by Sarah Starks, who picked up two extra base hits in the ballgame, including her second home run of the season. She was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBI.
- UC Davis' highest scoring inning was the first, when it pushed two runs across.
- The Aggies out-hit the Tigers at a 7-6 clip.
- Nakahara stole three bases in Tuesday's game.
- Kenedi Brown got the nod and went 7.1 innings, giving up four runs, three earned, on six hits, allowing one walk and striking out six.
- UC Davis pitchers limited Pacific to just 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
- UC Davis pitchers faced 31 Pacific hitters in the game, allowing eight ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out six.
- Pacific was led offensively by senior Scarlett Lloyd, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
- Senior Avery Croxall led the Tigers pitching staff, throwing three scoreless innings.
THE RUNDOWN
- UC Davis raced to an early lead in the top of the first after Leah Polson's RBI single brought Sarah Nakahara around to score.
- The rally continued when Sarah Starks smacked a double over the center fielder's head to score Polson from second base.
- The Tigers answered in the bottom of the inning when Olivia Silvestre's solo shot cut the lead in half.
- The Aggies immediately got that run back when Starks won a 10-pitch battle by blasting one over the left field wall for her second homer of the year.
- Pacific stayed within striking distance when Victoria Martinez Lloyd homered in the fifth to bring her team within one.
- In the home half of the sixth, Scarlett Lloyd's solo home run made it a tie ballgame.
- Pacific managed to walk it off in the bottom of the eighth without getting a single hit, handing the Aggies the extra-innings defeat.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Nakahara extends her hitting streak to six games.
- Brown threw 79 strikes in her 117-pitch outing
- This is the sixth time Brown has thrown seven or more innings in a game.
ON DECK
The Ags return to La Rue Field on Apr. 4 to host Saint Mary's. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
