PROVO, Utah  – The #3 Washington Huskies started their five-game week with a 13-3 victory over the BYU Cougars. SilentRain Espinoza set a career high with four RBI in the game, hitting her first career home run and driving in another with a single in the seventh. Morganne Flores hit her fourth career grand slam and 12^th home run in the last 15 games as well.

It was a game of milestones for Taran Alvelo, who recorded her 800^th strikeout and 95^th win. She joins Danielle Lawrie, Jennifer Spediacci, and Ashley Boek as the only Huskies to reach 800 strikeouts in their career. She is now tied with Tia Bollinger for third in Washington history in wins.

Alvelo was her usual self in the circle, striking out 11 and walking none. Only one runner reached third base all game against the senior, coming via error in the sixth inning.

The offense started with Espinoza's home run in the second, with the Huskies only adding on from there. Emma Helm had two hits in the game for the Huskies, driving in a run and scoring another, with nine different players scoring runs. Madison Huskey had a two-hit game as well, including a double.

T2 | What a way to get your first career extra-base hit! Espinoza sends it over the wall!

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— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) April 18, 2019

		SCORING
Second Inning: Espinoza's first career home run brought three runs in, scoring Helm and Huskey, who had started the inning with a walk and line-drive double. Third Inning: Helm sent a liner into centerfield for the RBI single, making it 4-0. Fifth Inning: Back-to-back doubles from Flores and Sami Reynolds started the scoring. Ari Quiñones bounced a single up the middle with the bases loaded later for a 7-0 lead. Sixth Inning: A throwing error by the shortstop put the Huskies up 8-0. BYU would answer in the bottom half, scoring after a three-base error put the leadoff hitter on third. Seventh Inning: Espinoza singled in Huskey for the inning's first run before Flores' grand slam made it 13-1. Seventh Inning: BYU would string together a few hits to pick up two more runs.

 

		NOTES
Alvelo (6.0 IP, 0 ER, 11 K) became the first pitcher in the Pac-12 with 200 strikeouts this year. Alvelo joins Lawrie and Spediacci as the only Huskies ever with three seasons of 200+ strikeouts. Flores (2x4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) has four home runs her last three games. Only Kathy Fiske has hit more grand slams in their Husky career than Flores. Espinoza (2x4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI) had her first career extra-base hit, homering in the second. Quiñones (1x1, 2 RBI) has hit .500 since the beginning of Pac-12 play. Amirah Milloy (1x2, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB) matched her career high with her fifth steal of the season. Huskey (2x3, 2 R, 2B) extended her hit streak to four games, during which she has hit .600. Helm (2x3, R, RBI) has hits in five or her last six games, hitting .462.

With the mid-week game out of the way, Washington returns to conference play, beginning a three-game series against Utah tomorrow. Washington finished the road trip with an April 22 game against Utah Valley.

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