STOCKTON, Calif. – Sophomore Kelsey Tadlock recorded the program's first perfect game in the circle, as the San Diego softball program (16-32, 4-4 WCC) rolled to a 9-0 win in five innings over Pacific (15-30, 4-4 WCC), on Sunday afternoon at Bill Simoni Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – SAN DIEGO 9, PACIFIC 0 (F/5)

• In the series finale, the Toreros came out of the gate with much more energy and attacked Tigers pitching from the start.
• After Carly Ruiz reached on an error in the first inning, she promptly stole second and set up Taylor Johnson.
• Johnson immediately doubled over the head of the right fielder, driving home Ruiz for a 1-0 lead.
• Emma Giaime kept the inning rolling with an RBI single to right field to bring home Johnson and extend the lead to 2-0.
• Tadlock took the circle in the bottom half of the frame and immediately started off well.
• The sophomore tallied two strikeouts in the opening inning and kept the momentum rolling, with four groundouts and two strikeouts over the next two innings.
• San Diego would threaten in the fourth inning with a Mikalyn Emanuelli double but did not score.
• The flood gates would open in the fifth inning, as Amanda Limon singled and Ruiz reached to set up Johnson.
• The sophomore continued her huge season with a towering, three-run home run to left field to extend the lead to 5-0.
• After another Giaime single, Michelle Delgado kept the momentum going with her own, two-run home run to left field to make it 7-0.
• San Diego pushed for a run rule victory, as Shawnese Hogue-Lacy drew a hit-by-pitch before Alyssa Hernandez doubled her home to make it 8-0.
• For good measure, Limon picked up an RBI single as the Toreros batted around for a seven-run inning.
• Needing three outs for perfection, Tadlock was composed and opened with back-to-back strikeouts.
• On the very first pitch of the final at-bat, Tadlock got the Pacific batter to chase and fly out to complete the first perfect game in program history.

 
TORERO TIDBITS

• Johnson tied Lindsey Fleet (2008), with her 18th double of the season, matching the program's single season doubles record.
• Johnson also extended her on-base streak to 10 consecutive games, while Limon extended her hitting streak to nine straight contests.

 
NEXT UP

• The Toreros will have an off weekend, before hosting Saint Mary's for a four-game series. The series will begin on Friday, May 3 as the Toreros will host their mental health awareness game.

 
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