GAME ONE
Score: UC Davis 1, CSU Bakersfield 2
Winning Pitcher: Bailee Bustos (7-6)
Losing Pitcher: Caroline Grimes (2-9)
Records: UC Davis 5-17 (0-1), CSU Bakersfield 10-13 (1-0)
Location: Bakersfield, Calif. (RR Softball Complex)
 
GAME TWO
Score: UC Davis 9, CSU Bakersfield 0 (5 inn.)
Winning Pitcher: Ashley Sawai (4-6)
Losing Pitcher: Christal Lopez (2-4)
Records: UC Davis 6-17 (1-1), CSU Bakersfield 10-14 (1-1)
Location: Bakersfield, Calif. (RR Softball Complex)

The short story: Absolute lights out pitching from Caroline Grimes and Ashley Sawai, coupled with a UC Davis softball offensive explosion in the second game gave the Aggies a split of their Big West Conference opening doubleheader at CSU Bakersfield.
 
LEADING OFF

• Grimes was nearly unhittable, going 6.2 innings giving up no runs until the final frame while striking out six batters
• Sawai was a force in the second game, throwing five no-hit shutout innings, striking out three while only allowing one base runner
• Mickey Buscemi slashed .500/.571/.833 over the two games, going 3-for-6 at the dish with two RBIs and two doubles, and she added a stolen base for good measure
• Grace Kilday flexed on the day, going 2-for-4 with three walks and two RBIs, she also hit a home run and slugged 1.250 over the two games
• Amanda Baldwin went a strong 2-for-3 in the second game, hitting her first career home run and knocking in a pair of runs

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• Both sides were held nearly hitless over the first six innings of the first game
• The Aggies did threaten in the fifth, but left a pair on base despite stolen bases from Bella Holtz and Buscemi
• In the seventh the Aggies got on the board for the first time in the game, when with the bases loaded Rylee Reeves was hit by a pitch to bring home Vanessa Calvillo to make it 1-0
• But in the bottom half of the seventh, after the Aggies could not build on the lead, Bakersfield scored a pair of runs to walk-off with a 2-1 win in the first game of the day's doubleheader

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• Things went a bit differently in the second game, and in the second inning the Aggies got things rolling quickly
• UC Davis exploded for seven runs on six hits in that second inning with the first big blow coming when Buscemi doubled up the middle to score a pair of Ags
• Next up was Gia Felice and she smashed a triple to right field that plated another pair of Aggies to make it 5-0
• Kilday then stepped into the box and not to long after that she crushed one to left field to score another pair of Aggies to make it 7-0 right at the start
• Sawai continued to lock in sitting down every batter she faced, except in the second, on her way to pitching another hitless gem
• In the fifth the Aggies got the two runs they needed to put the run rule in effect, and those runs came off the bat of Baldwin who smashed a two-run home run to make it 9-0
• In order the Roadrunners went in the fifth as Sawai and the Aggies finished off their 9-0 Big West victory and a spilt of the day's doubleheader

UP NEXT FOR THE AGGIES: UC Davis will look to secure an opening series win in Big West play when they play the rubber game against CSU Bakersfield, tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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