Miami Softball Ties Cal 8-8

Sunday, April 24

Oxford, Ohio

11 a.m.

Miami University

28-13-1

University of California

25-20-1

Cal

Miami

4/24/2022 2:21:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University softball team tied California 8-8 in eight innings in the teams' series finale Sunday afternoon. Both teams battled, trading the lead back and forth throughout the whole contest. A few late runs from Miami, including one in the seventh, locked the score at eight where it would stay for the remainder of the game. The RedHawks move to 28-13-1 on the season, while Cal is now 25-20-1.

How it Happened:

Brianna Pratt got the start for Miami, allowing eight runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings while recording three strikeouts.
Courtney Vierstra came in to relieve Pratt in the fifth inning. Vierstra gave up no runs through 3.2 innings in the circle.
Karli Spaid went 3-for-5 from the plate with two RBI.
Holly Blaska's two-run double and a Lily Wilmot RBI single kicked things off for the RedHawks in the bottom of the opening inning, giving Miami an early 3-0 lead.
Cal was able to immediately answer back, tying the game at three in the top of the second.
Chloe Parks' two-run shot in the bottom of the second swung the momentum in Miami's favor while also extending the RedHawks' lead to 5-3.
After posting five runs through the fourth and fifth innings, Cal took an 8-5 lead and halted Miami's run.
In the bottom of the sixth, Parks' single set up a Spaid two-run home run, bringing the RedHawks within just one run of Cal.
A two-out RBI single from Adriana Barlow in the bottom of the seventh tied the score at eight runs and sent the game into extra innings.
The game was called after eight innings due to Cal having to catch a flight, ending the game in an 8-8 tie.