Softball Friday at Clearwater: FSU vs. UCLA (1 p.m. on ESPNU)

[Bob Ferrante]

Friday's game is No. 5 Florida State (5-1) vs. No. 20 UCLA at 1 p.m. on ESPNU at the Clearwater Invitational.

The Seminoles enjoyed a 4-0 win over No. 9 Stanford on Thursday evening.

FSU and UCLA have faced each of the last four seasons and eight out of the last nine seasons. UCLA leads the overall series 12-9, but coach Lonni Alameda is 7-4 against the Bruins.

UCLA didn't play in Clearwater on Thursday but will play a doubleheader on Friday. They also face Georgia at 1 p.m.

We'll have updates below in the thread.

 

[Bob Ferrante]

 

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FSU will bat first as the visiting team

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Kerr singles up the middle
Torres grounds out, Kerr advances to second
Harding rips an RBI double down the LF line

FSU 1-0

 

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Hard ding from Harding!

 

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Beachum RBI single, Harding scores

FSU 2-0

 

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Flaherty hits into a double play

But lots of loud, good contact by FSU

Middle 1st, 2-0 FSU

 

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Brady grounds out
Pola walks
Woolery singles, Pola to second
Grant singles

Bases loaded

 

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Palacios strikes out swinging, two down
Allchin strikes out swinging

Danley gets out of the jam

FSU 2-0 after one inning

 

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Edenfield strikes out
Wacaser pops out
Ross flies down the baseline and beats out the chopper to short
Danley grounds out

Middle 2nd, 2-0 FSU

 

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Danley gets a 1-2-3 inning, including a strikeout

FSU leads 2-0 after two innings

 

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Kerr fouls out
Torres strikes out swinging
Harding singles
Beachum grounds out

Middle 3rd, FSU 2-0

 

[NoleLizards]

Is the home plate ump from the ACC??

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Brady walks, Pola walks

Woolery with a two-run double

2-2

 

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Hatch is the pinch runner, she advances to third on the wild pitch

Grant walks

Alameda to the circle and Makenna Reid will relieve

 

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Reid hits Palacios to load the bases

 

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Reid issues a bases-loaded walk

 

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Reid issues another bases-loaded walk

UCLA leads 4-2

Alameda will turn to Royalty

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Lengthy deliberation by the umpires as to this call. It's clearly off the knob of the bat ...

 

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Royalty gets the strikeout looking, one down (mercifully)

What a weird, wild inning

 

[NoleLizards]

Royalty gets the strikeout looking, one down (mercifully)

What a weird, wild inning

Beginning to wonder if that's Herbstreit behind the dish.

 

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Flaherty ranges toward first, grabs the liner and doubles off the runner at first

But UCLA takes a 4-2 lead after three innings

 

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Flaherty grounds out

 

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Edenfield blast to CF, home run

FSU trails 4-3

 

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Wacaser HR

Back-to-back jacks

4-4

 

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Ross HBP, steals second

 

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Mudge RBI single

FSU back in front 5-4

 

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Kerr lines out
Torres lines out

FSU leads 5-4, middle 4th

 

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Brady grounds out

Pola home run and UCLA has tied it up at 5-5

Woolery reaches on an error
Grant doubles

 

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Allchin with an infield groundout, RBI

6-5 UCLA

Runners in scoring position with two down

Stephens walks to load the bases

 

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Royalty serves up a bases-loaded walk

UCLA 7-5

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Nine walks issued by three FSU pitchers. The strike zone has been tight

 

[Bob Ferrante]

They're going to score that as a single but could have been an E6, hard hit ball

Regardless, two UCLA runs score

9-5 UCLA

 

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Brady smacks a three-run HR

UCLA opens up a 12-5 lead

 

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RHP Mimi Gooden comes in, trying to get last out of the inning

 

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Gooden issues a walk to Pola
Woolery singles
Grant flies out

Inning ends, UCLA 12-5

 

[NoleLizards]

This was a UCLA team that was struggling at the plate.

 

[jesusfreak132]

Gooden is our only consistent low ball pitcher.......this ump doesn't call a strike above the belt.....can't believe we waited this long to go with her......

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Good start to the fifth for FSU

Harding single
Beachum single
Flaherty walk