{"id":220207,"date":"2026-03-15T01:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220207\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:42:35","slug":"csun-splits-saturday-doubleheader-at-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220207\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUN Splits Saturday Doubleheader at Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The CSUN softball team (7-15) dropped game two of a three-game series 2-1 before taking the last game of the series 8-5 Saturday afternoon at Roadrunner Softball Complex. Isabella Hiner<\/a> had the lone RBI in game one. Malia Williams<\/a> pitched a complete game with two strikeouts in the loss.
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\nIn game two, Raegan Jackson<\/a> led the way with three RBIs. Catcher Makenzi Padilla<\/a> had two RBIs while both\u00a0Amber Rivas<\/a> and Ta’Tiannah Wright<\/a> drove in a run as well. Freshman Kaitlyn Tso<\/a> pitched a complete game, earning the victory while striking\u00a0out one\u00a0and allowing three runs.
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED
\nGAME ONE
\nAfter both teams traded two scoreless innings to start the game, the Matadors broke through in the top of the third. Isabella Valdez<\/a> was hit by a pitch to open the frame before Madison Okano<\/a> and Vanessa Perez<\/a> each drew walks to load the bases. Hiner then worked another walk to force home Valdez and give CSUN a 1-0 lead.\u00a0
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\nBakersfield answered in the bottom half of the inning. A walk and a Matador error helped put two runners in scoring position before Erika Barela lifted a sacrifice fly to center field, bringing home the tying run.
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\nThe Roadrunners pushed across the eventual game-winning run in the fourth inning. Hannah Garcia drew a leadoff walk and later came around to score after a single and a fielding error allowed the run to cross the plate, giving Bakersfield a 2-1 advantage.
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\nCSUN had chances late. Jackson singled in the sixth and advanced when Ta’Tiannah Wright<\/a> followed with a base hit, but the Matadors were unable to bring the tying run home.
\nGAME TWO
\nThe Matadors wasted no time making a statement in trying to find their first win of the series. To kick off the game, Madison Okano<\/a> singled to center field. After a fly out, Wright singled to left field. Jackson flied out to left field but Okano advanced to third. With two outs, Okano scored on a wild pitch and Wright advanced to second. Wright stole third and Hiner walked. Rivas then doubled to left field, driving in Wright in\u00a0the process to make it a 2-0 game.
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\nThe next batter Makenzi Padilla<\/a> singled, and both runners came across\u00a0the\u00a0plate to give the Matadors the early 4-0 lead.
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\nIn the second inning, CSUN doubled its lead. After a walk, a single and a hit by pitch,\u00a0Wright came up with the bases loaded. The freshman from Chula Vista singled to center field\u00a0to make it a\u00a05-0 Matador lead.
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\nJackson then delivered the biggest hit of the afternoon – a three-run double down the left-field line that brought home Wright, Perez and Okano to stretch the lead to 8-0.
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\nTso worked through early traffic, escaping a bases-loaded threat in the first inning and holding the Roadrunners scoreless through the first three frames.
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\nBakersfield finally broke through in the fourth. Anahi Castillo lined a double into right-center field that drove in three runs, cutting the Matadors’ lead to 8-3.
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\nThere wouldn’t be any more scoring until the seventh inning. In that frame, Jayda Eaton singled home a run and Alexandra McDanell added an RBI single as CSU Bakersfield closed\u00a0to\u00a0within 8-5. However, Tso recorded the final out with runners on base to seal the victory.
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\nNOTES OF THE GAME<\/p>\n


\n\tMalia Williams<\/a> (3-6) took the tough-luck loss in game one, despite allowing just two hits over six innings. Neither of the runs she surrendered were earned.
\n\tIt was Williams’ first complete game of the season.
\n\tCSUN scored all four runs in the first inning\u00a0of\u00a0game two with two outs.
\n\tJackson is now tied with Okano\u00a0for the most RBIs on the team\u00a0with 11
\n\tPadilla now has seven RBIs this season.
\n\tTso now has four complete games on the season.
\n\tTso’s record moves to 3-7.
\n\tCSUN had three stolen bases in game two.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

UP NEXT
\nCSUN returns home for a series against Cal Poly on March 21-22. The Matadors swept the Mustangs in San Luis Obispo in 2025. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The CSUN softball team (7-15) dropped game two of a three-game series 2-1 before taking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-220207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}