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(March 25,
2008) – UCR dropped a10-4 decision to #23 Cal in a non-conference
match-up Tuesday afternoon. Senior right fielder April Murray
finished with two hits for the Highlanders (12-19).
The Highlanders
battled back in the middle innings but couldn’t overcome
Cal's (30-10) seven runs they brought across in the first
two innings. Junior starter Stephanie Marshall (2-8) suffered
the loss after allowing four earned runs in her first inning-plus
of work before handing the ball to sophomore Marissa Alvidrez
in the second.
UCR pushed
a run across in the fourth as junior first baseman Katie Curtis
came around to score on a Golden Bear wild pitch. The Highlanders
put together a small rally an inning later in the fifth as
senior Kristie Martinez smacked a pinch-hit RBI single to
bring across the first of three Riverside runs in the inning.
Alvidrez followed Martinez with a two-run single to cut the
Cal lead to 7-4.
The Golden
Bears didn’t allow any more Highlander rallies and added
three more runs off of Alvidrez in the sixth to pick up the
10-4 win.
Alvidrez recorded
a hit and two RBI and Murray extended her hitting streak to
eight games. UCR continues on the road with a double header
at Santa Clara on Wednesday.
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