STANFORD, Calif. - Senior Alana Vawter, junior Regan Krause and freshman NiJaree Canady combined to throw a shutout on Wednesday as No. 14 Stanford blanked UC Davis, 8-0 in six innings, at Smith Family Stadium.
Vawter (7-1) started and picked up the win for Stanford (15-2), going three shutout innings while giving up just two hits, no walks, and striking out five. Krause was dealing out of the bullpen, turning in two shutout innings without allowing a hit, a walk and striking out four.
Offensively, the Cardinal was paced by senior Taylor Gindlesperger, who hit a triple and tallied three RBI. Junior Aly Kaneshiro went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double. Freshman Kyra Chan made the most of her one at-bat, hitting a walk-off double to bring home Kylie Chung and end the game in the sixth inning.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cardinal took the lead in the third with Gindlesperger hitting a two-run triple before River Mahler and Kaitlyn Lim also drove in runs.
Gindlesperger added an additional run in the fifth, bringing home Emily Schultz to put the Cardinal up 5-0. Chan knocked in an RBI double to end the game in walk-off fashion.
GAME NOTES
» Vawter, Krause, and Canady combined to throw a two-hit shutout.
» Vawter struck out five Aggies hitters.
» Stanford's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed four runs across.
» The Cardinal out-hit the Aggies at a 9-2 clip.
» Stanford went 4-for-13 (.308) with runners in scoring position.
» Stanford pitchers faced 21 UC Davis hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and zero fly balls while striking out 11.
» The Cardinal drew four walks from UC Davis pitching.