Bruins Defeat Mizzou Tigers In Game #1 Of Super Regionals

Note From The Editor:  Please join us and the many thousands of Bruin softball fans from East L.A. and Beyond as we take an up-close look at Game #1 of the NCAA’s Los Angeles Super Regional Tournament. This Special Edition posting features a Super Deluxe 100+ photo gallery (below) plus a 10 minute “Post-Game” press conference video with UCLA’s Head Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez, players Ally Carda, Allexis Bennett, and Maddy Jelenicki. Our gallery will not only give you a view of the game, but includes the all-important “Pre-Game” warmups in the field and the mandatory “Line Drill” sessions for both teams. Hope you enjoy our presentation, and in the same breath, we kindly ask that you like and share it with your great social media networks. We are nearing the 100,000 viewers mark and hope to reach it before the end of this month. Thanks for your continued support! Rico Cabrera, Sr./Editor, EastLASportsScene.Com

 Game #1 Summary:  The L.A. Super Regionals, hosted by UCLA, got off to a great start for the Bruins  as they fought off a tough Missouri Tigers  team that kept hanging in there with lots of grit and determination. But, the home team would not be denied on this occasion. Twenty-nine game winner, Ally Carda,  was once again selected by Head Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez  to lead the Bruins on to victory. And Carda remained true to her conviction that this a total T.E.A.M.  Our editing staff took the liberty and borrowed the translation from the graphic poster designer, who soundly labeled each letter, translating it into Together Everyone Achieves More. And that’s exactly what happened in this opening game.

The scoring started with the Bruins  first at-bat when they put up a single run. The Tigers  came up in the third and used their long-ball hitters to drive across four runs with a couple of four-baggers and a double. The Bruins answered right back in their third inning at-bats when they rallied for three runs, all coming with two-out, to tie the score at 4-4.  UCLA  then scored twice in the fourth and added more insurance with a singleton in the 5th. Carda  kept the Tigers scoreless for the rest of the game. She was extremely stingy and nearly unhittable, as she retired 11 out-of-13  from the fourth through the final inning. The Bruin game plan worked to perfection as they earned a 7-4  victory to take Game 1.

Bruin Players Statline: Winning Pitcher: Ally Carda  (30-6); IP/7.0; Pitches/Strikes: 115/74; At Bats: Allexis Bennett  (2-4); Extra Base Hits: HRs/Mysha Sataraka  (6th); 2B/Maddy Jelenicki  (9th); RBIs: Stephany LaRosa  (2); Jelenicki  (2); Carda  (1); Sataraka;  (1) Bennett;  (1) Runs Scored: Sam Duran  (1).

Missouri Players Statline:  At Bats: Amanda Sanchez/DP/Bishop Amat Grad (1-2)/2 BBs; Extra Base Hits: HRs/Sami Fagan -1  (13th); Natalie Fleming-1  (3rd); RBIs: Fagan  (3); Fleming  (1); 2B: Corrin Genovese  (10th) 

Credits: Erik Sarni, Digital Photographer/Videographer, EastLASportsScene.Com

Photo Gallery: Hover over selected picture and click once for an enhanced image. Pictures #1 – #21 are all “Pre-Game/Warm Up” shots.