Saturday, April 26
Corvallis, OR
3:00 PM
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Victoria Castillo went 4-6 with 3 runs scored today
Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
SB | Gaels Come From Behind Twice to Sweep Doubleheader in Corvallis
4/26/2025 9:31:00 PM | Softball
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Saint Mary's (22-22, 5-3 WCC) showed grit and fortitude in a pair of comeback victories on the road against Oregon State (19-20, 2-5 WCC). The Gaels have now been asked to come from behind in 21 games this year, and with the two wins today, have done so successfully seven times.
GAME ONE: SMC 5 - OSU 4
The Gaels came from behind to take the opener in this three game set. Mia Nishikawa got the ball for game one in the circle, and surrendered an earned run in the first, but settled in nicely from there on out. An error helped load the bases for the Beavers in the second, and with two outs, they cleared those bases to take a 4-0 lead, but Nishikawa persevered to the tune of five straight scoreless frames, giving plenty of time for her offense to rally behind her.
The Gaels began their comeback trail in the third. Dominique Oliveira reached first on the first defensive miscue of the game from the Beavers, followed by a Kiah Silva walk to set the table for Sam Buckley. Buckley promptly laced a ball through the 3-4 gap to plate Oliveira and put the Gaels on the board. It was Buckley's 37th RBI of the season, tying her for second most in a single season in program history.
After the lone 1-2-3 inning worked by Nishikawa in the bottom of the third, the Gaels cut the deficit to one in the fourth. Victoria Castillo led off the inning with a single before Taylor Lane got a fastball over the heart of the plate and hammered it over the left field fence for her first blast of the year. Lane entered the season as the Gaels active home run leader with seven, but has since been lapped by the likes of Buckley, Alex Cutonilli and Tori Cervantes. This blast tied her for third amongst active Gaels with Cervantes.
That tie between Lane and Cervantes lasted all of one inning, as Camille Lara led off the fifth with a single before Cervantes sent a pitch over the fence to the deepest part of the yard in right left center to put the Gaels ahead for the first time today. It was her fifth home run of the year, surpassing her career-high total of four in a season last year.
With the one run lead, Nishikawa would see the tying run in scoring position in all three remaining frames, but was cool, calm and collected, stranding those runners at second in all three occasions en route to her eighth win of the season, and the 20th of her young career. Camille Lara logged her third three hit ballgame of the season, once again taking the team lead for hits this season, now with 46. Taylor Lane was the only other Gael with two hits, as she barreled the softball twice, once with a single to the right field wall, and the other time for her first blast of the year.
GAME TWO: SMC 6 - OSU 4
Like Mia Nishikawa, Odhi Vasquez had to pitch from behind for the early portion of game two, falling behind 1-0 and 2-1. Vasquez responded by hanging up consecutive zeroes in the third and fourth, allowing her offense to score four unanswered and push Saint Mary's out in front. Despite surrendering a couple more runs (one earned, one unearned), Vasquez worked through trouble and picked up her ninth win of the year, and her first in over a month.
The Gaels scored their first two runs on errors, as Victoria Castillo scored on a bunted ball by Mia Zabat that was thrown by the Beavers pitcher into right field in the second, and Camille Lara scored on a ball that went through the legs of the OSU shortstop off the bat of Tori Cervantes in the third. That wasn't all in the third, however, as with one out, Jenavee Amador was robbed of extra bases in left, but Tori Cervantes scored on what would be scored a sac fly to push the Gaels ahead for the first time.
Another sacrifice fly, this time off the bat of Camille Lara, plated Kiah Silva in the fourth, and an RBI groundout from Braxton Brown after a Victoria Castillo triple gave the Gaels their largest lead of the game at 5-2. Oregon State got one back in the fifth with a solo shot, but Braxton Brown would get that one back in the seventh with an RBI single scoring Tori Cervantes for the second time today. In the final frame, Oregon State would score on a SMC error, but on the same play, following a missed cut off, Mia Zabat would pick up the loose ball and fire it to Odhi Vasquez covering third to tag out the final out of the game.
Victoria Castillo notched her second three hit game of the year, and moved her hit streak to four straight games. Her average climbed from 0.260 to 0.323 over the last four games. Castillo and Tori Cervantes scored twice in the game, while Braxton Brown drove in two runs.
The Gaels will wrap up the series tomorrow with a single game at noon.
#GaelsRise
GAME ONE: SMC 5 - OSU 4
The Gaels came from behind to take the opener in this three game set. Mia Nishikawa got the ball for game one in the circle, and surrendered an earned run in the first, but settled in nicely from there on out. An error helped load the bases for the Beavers in the second, and with two outs, they cleared those bases to take a 4-0 lead, but Nishikawa persevered to the tune of five straight scoreless frames, giving plenty of time for her offense to rally behind her.
E1 | SMC 0 - OSU 1
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
Oregon State strikes first in the first, but a smart cut by Sam Buckley helps the Gaels record the final out of the frame. #GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/sRLiP2bSXw
E3 | SMC 1 - OSU 4
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
Mia Nishikawa works her first 1-2-3 inning with some help from Victoria Castillo, making this nice play up the middle!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/HwOofxJIIb
B6 | SMC 5 - OSU 4
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
CAUGHT HER LOOKING! Mia Nishikawa wins the eight pitch battle with her second strikeout of the day!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/khfUwenBMY
The Gaels began their comeback trail in the third. Dominique Oliveira reached first on the first defensive miscue of the game from the Beavers, followed by a Kiah Silva walk to set the table for Sam Buckley. Buckley promptly laced a ball through the 3-4 gap to plate Oliveira and put the Gaels on the board. It was Buckley's 37th RBI of the season, tying her for second most in a single season in program history.
T3 | SMC 1 - OSU 4
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
The Gaels are on the board, as Sam Buckley scores Dominique Oliveira for her 37th RBI of the year. She is now two shy of the single season program record! #GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/XanB7E3dZk
After the lone 1-2-3 inning worked by Nishikawa in the bottom of the third, the Gaels cut the deficit to one in the fourth. Victoria Castillo led off the inning with a single before Taylor Lane got a fastball over the heart of the plate and hammered it over the left field fence for her first blast of the year. Lane entered the season as the Gaels active home run leader with seven, but has since been lapped by the likes of Buckley, Alex Cutonilli and Tori Cervantes. This blast tied her for third amongst active Gaels with Cervantes.
T4 | SMC 3 - OSU 4
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
TAYLOR TANK NO. 1 OF THE YEAR! Taylor Lane smashes one to left to put the Gaels within a run!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/KvkKDrfqKT
That tie between Lane and Cervantes lasted all of one inning, as Camille Lara led off the fifth with a single before Cervantes sent a pitch over the fence to the deepest part of the yard in right left center to put the Gaels ahead for the first time today. It was her fifth home run of the year, surpassing her career-high total of four in a season last year.
T5 | SMC 5 - OSU 4
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 26, 2025
TWO RUN BLAST FOR TORI! Gaels have the lead!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/qIMwWAdA9K
With the one run lead, Nishikawa would see the tying run in scoring position in all three remaining frames, but was cool, calm and collected, stranding those runners at second in all three occasions en route to her eighth win of the season, and the 20th of her young career. Camille Lara logged her third three hit ballgame of the season, once again taking the team lead for hits this season, now with 46. Taylor Lane was the only other Gael with two hits, as she barreled the softball twice, once with a single to the right field wall, and the other time for her first blast of the year.
GAME TWO: SMC 6 - OSU 4
Like Mia Nishikawa, Odhi Vasquez had to pitch from behind for the early portion of game two, falling behind 1-0 and 2-1. Vasquez responded by hanging up consecutive zeroes in the third and fourth, allowing her offense to score four unanswered and push Saint Mary's out in front. Despite surrendering a couple more runs (one earned, one unearned), Vasquez worked through trouble and picked up her ninth win of the year, and her first in over a month.
B1 | SMC 0 - OSU 0
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
🚨🚨🚨WEB GEM ALERT🚨🚨🚨
Tori Cervantes with the robbery in center field keeping us scoreless! #GaelsRise #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/us1lf1womM
B2 | SMC 1 - OSU 1
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Odhi's first strikeout is one of the looking variety! #GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/5FhBmg0s6A
E2 | SMC 1 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Odhi strikes out the side, but surrenders another run, as the Gaels fall back behind by one.#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/j2rFOd1aWY
B4 | SMC 4 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Hey Tori Cervantes? You have a challenger for catch of the game, as Camille Lara slides to make this sweet snag in foul territory!#GaelsRise #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/MKkzMaYcTn
E5 | SMC 5 - OSU 3
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Not an easy play from Mia Zabat at short, but it gets the Gaels out of the fifth after a solo home run from the Beavers!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/4SurpVahMU
E6 | SMC 5 - OSU 3
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
ODHI...VASQUEZ...STRIKES...OUT...THE...SIDE...IN...ORDER! We head to the seventh, Gaels up two!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/Dz4MIS1Ikz
The Gaels scored their first two runs on errors, as Victoria Castillo scored on a bunted ball by Mia Zabat that was thrown by the Beavers pitcher into right field in the second, and Camille Lara scored on a ball that went through the legs of the OSU shortstop off the bat of Tori Cervantes in the third. That wasn't all in the third, however, as with one out, Jenavee Amador was robbed of extra bases in left, but Tori Cervantes scored on what would be scored a sac fly to push the Gaels ahead for the first time.
T2 | SMC 1 - OSU 1
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
A nice sacrafice bunt for Mia Zabat turns into an OSU error and a run scored as the Gaels level things in the second!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/SGSX9n7DQX
T3 | SMC 2 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
The Gaels are once again beneficiaries of spotty OSU defense to tie the game in the third!#GaelsRIse pic.twitter.com/zF0Fus2dZ4
T3 | SMC 3 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Tip of the cap to Justice Flores of Oregon State for a brilliant catch, but it results in a sac fly and the go-ahead RBI for Jena Amador, scoring Tori Cervantes!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/NT8E450ThU
Another sacrifice fly, this time off the bat of Camille Lara, plated Kiah Silva in the fourth, and an RBI groundout from Braxton Brown after a Victoria Castillo triple gave the Gaels their largest lead of the game at 5-2. Oregon State got one back in the fifth with a solo shot, but Braxton Brown would get that one back in the seventh with an RBI single scoring Tori Cervantes for the second time today. In the final frame, Oregon State would score on a SMC error, but on the same play, following a missed cut off, Mia Zabat would pick up the loose ball and fire it to Odhi Vasquez covering third to tag out the final out of the game.
T4 | SMC 4 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Camille Lara has four hits on today's doubleheader, and now has an RBI as well, cashing in Kiah Silva for a big insurance run!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/9vvSa5Zo3C
T5 | SMC 5 - OSU 2
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
The Gaels keep it going in the fifth! One out triple from Victoria Castillo, followed by an RBI groundout from Braxton Brown!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/ZqvfeOXLlq
T7 | SMC 6 - OSU 3
— Saint Mary's Softball (@GaelsSoftball) April 27, 2025
Another RBI for Braxton Brown!#GaelsRise pic.twitter.com/YHE5bFnjRi
Victoria Castillo notched her second three hit game of the year, and moved her hit streak to four straight games. Her average climbed from 0.260 to 0.323 over the last four games. Castillo and Tori Cervantes scored twice in the game, while Braxton Brown drove in two runs.
The Gaels will wrap up the series tomorrow with a single game at noon.
#GaelsRise
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nishikawa, Mia (8-7)
L: Logan Hulon (10-12)
Batting:
HR: Cervantes, Tori 1 ; Lane, Taylor 1
RBI: Buckley, Sam 1 ; Cervantes, Tori 2 ; Lane, Taylor 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Lara, Camille 1 ; Cervantes, Tori 1 ; Castillo, Victoria 1 ; Lane, Taylor 1 ; Oliveira, Dominique 1
SB: Silva, Kiah 1
CS: Lara, Camille 1
Batting:
2B: Jada Lewis 1 ; Lici Campbell 1
RBI: Jada Lewis 3 ; Lici Campbell 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jada Lewis 1 ; Tristian Thompson 1 ; Nicole Donahue 1 ; Jaeya Butler 1
SB: Jada Lewis 1 ; Jaeya Butler 1
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