SAN DIEGO – The San Diego softball program (15-29, 3-1 WCC) came just two innings away from a series sweep, but fell, 6-3 to LMU (18-21, 1-3 WCC) on Sunday afternoon at the USD Softball Complex.
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HOW IT HAPPENED – LMU 6, SAN DIEGO 3
- In a rematch of Friday's starters, Courtney Rose would once again go head-to-head with reigning WCC Pitcher of the Year Jenna Perez in the series finale.
- The Toreros were nearly first to strike in the opening inning, as Taylor Johnson was able to get to third base, but was stranded on the base paths.
- However, as Rose continued to throw scoreless frames, it would be the Toreros to score first in the third inning.
- Carly Ruiz led off the inning with a walk and Amanda Limon singled to set up Johnson.
- Johnson ripped a double to left center field and drove home Ruiz to make it 1-0.
- Arisa Tovar would tack on another run with an RBI sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
- Rose struck out two batters in the fourth inning, before delivering a scoreless fifth inning in the circle.
- However, after getting the first out of the sixth inning, LMU found momentum with three straight hits and tied the game at 2-2.
- Two more runs would come home later in the frame to give LMU a 4-2 lead.
- The Toreros would not go quietly though, as Mikalyn Emanuelli walked to open the sixth.
- From there, Emanuelli advanced to second base on a wild pitch and third on a groundout, before scoring on another Perez wild pitch to cut the lead to 4-3.
- However, LMU secured two insurance runs late in the game to seal the win.
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TORERO TIDBITS
- Johnson tallied her 16th double of the season, which now stands alone as the third-most in a single season in program history. Next up is Sara Silveyra (17 – 2019) in second.
- Ruiz extended her on-base streak to 11 consecutive games in the loss.
- The Toreros have won back-to-back season series against LMU for the first time since 2016 and 2017.
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NEXT UP
- The Toreros will open a four-game series at Pacific next weekend, beginning with the opener on Friday, Apr. 19 at 4 p.m.
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