The No. 13 Florida Gators made the West Coast look like home in the second day of the Judi Garman Classic.
They completed two shutout victories over the No. 18 UCLA Bruins and DePaul Blue Demons.
In its first ranked win of the year, Florida topped the Bruins 1-0. The sole run came when Skylar Wallace hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning.
Keagan Rothrock held the Bruins to no runs, five strikeouts, two walks and two hits through seven innings pitched.
In the bottom of the seventh with one out, Kendra Falby sealed the victory with a clutch defensive play. A Bruin flied out to Falby before she launched the ball to catcher Jocelyn Erickson at home to tag out the runner and end the game.
The Gators’ offense found its fire again in the second matchup with the DePaul Blue Demons.
Four Gators homered off the Blue Demons’ pitching, which accounted for eight of the team’s 12 runs.
Erickson blasted a shot to left field to score three in the bottom of the first. The Gators added four more runs in the second when Baylee Goddard hit a three-run shot, and Ava Brown had a solo launch.
Korbe Otis got in on the fun in the fourth with a home run, as well.
In another shutout, Brown and Olivia Miller combined for two strikeouts, no walks and four hits.
The Gators’ 12-run game ended through five due to the mercy run-rule.
Florida will have another shot at Michigan today at 12:30 p.m. in day three of the Judi Garman Classic in California.
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