SAN FRANCISCO - After a 21-innings on Saturday with a combined 594 total pitches, the San Francisco State softball team split with the visiting Cal State Monterey Bay Otters, with game one resulting in a 4-3 (12) win and game two ending 7-5 (9) in a loss.

By the Numbers

• The game one win gives SF State (29-16/22-13 CCAA) its ninth-straight win, which is the longest streak since 2005 when they won 11 straight.
• The 12-inning affair is the longest game since 2016 when they played 14 innings against Cal State San Marcos. It is also the first time since that aforementioned series that SF State played two extra inning games on the same day.
• SF State is now in third place in the CCAA standings and lead the conference in total wins. 
• The Gators now have 264 total runs scored, 255 RBI and 109 stolen bases on the year, all of which are the second most in program history. The 29 wins are tied for the sixth-most in Gator history. 
• Emily Mitchell tied a season high with seven strikeouts in game one.
• Brylynn Vallejos went 3-for-5 in game one and added another hit in game two to bring her season total to 75. She trails the all-time record for most hits in a season by eight. Her 30 stolen bases this season are the second-most in a season by a Gator, trailing teammate Michelle Castro who owns the record with 45 which she set last season.
• Nina Revoir added two hits and two RBI in game one and added another pair of hits in game two for her 12th multi hit game this season.
• Andrea Hildan scored three total runs on the day. Lehua DeLeon went 2-for-3 in game two with two scored and batted in, which came on her first collegiate home run.

How They Scored

• The Otters (22-20/18-14 CCAA) took a 1-0 lead in the first as Courtney Henning singled home Marissa Hukkanen.
• SF State tied it up in the bottom half as Castro singled to center with two down, stole second and went to third on the throw. Revoir's base hit to right plated the senior to tie things up, 1-1.
• In the second,  Hildan led off with a single to left and DeLeon followed with a base hit to short. Alvarez sacrificed the pair over, and Vallejos was intentionally walked two batters later. Hayley Nunes wore one on her elbow as Hildan scored for a 2-1 lead.
• Vallejos singled up the middle in the fifth and Nunes walked. With one down Revoir singled to center to score Vallejos from second as SF State now lead 3-1.
• Monterey Bay made it a one-run game in the sixth with Hayley Fein singling to right and Hennings just sliding under the tag to make it 3-2.
• Monterey Bay tied it up with two down in the seventh as Luis Stanley tripled to right and Hennings singled her home.
• Finally in the 12th, Nunes led off with a single and Castro was hit by a pitch. Revoir attempted to move the pair up but the first baseman's throw sailed high and Nunes was able to score the winning run.

Revoir's second RBI of the day gives the Gators an insurance run in the fifth! They lead 3-1! pic.twitter.com/iug7oNfRMM

— SF State Softball (@SFState_SB) April 13, 2019

In The Circle

• Mitchell retired the Otters in order in the fourth. She struck out Salyerkovacs in the sixth to end the threat for her sixth strikeout of the day. Karla Soto tossed 5.1 to earn the victory, her 15th of the year.

How They Scored

• In the second, Felix hit a two-run shot to left to put the Otters up 2-0.
• In the bottom half, Hildan walked and DeLon took the 1-2 pitch to deep right for her first collegiate home run that tied it up, 2-2.
• Martinez singled in the third and later scored on Henning's base hit to right. Hukkanen came around to make it a 4-2 Otter lead.
• With two down in the bottom half, Castro walked and Revoir doubled her home to cut it to one.
• SF State went up 5-4 in the fourth as Hildan led off withe frame with a bunt single and DeLeon walked. The two advanced a base on Alvarez's sacrifice bunt to bring up Sydney Jenkins, who ripped a double down the left field line to clear the bases.
• The Otters tied it up in the top of the sixth with Jones coming around on Felix's single to left, making it 5-5.
• In the top of the ninth, Monterey Bay scored two runs on three SF State miscues to go up 7-5 and the eventual win.

Gators lead! Sydney Jenkins doubles home two runs and the Gators take a 5-4 lead in the fourth! pic.twitter.com/8uLK3uBk8u

— SF State Softball (@SFState_SB) April 14, 2019

In The Circle

• Soto got the start, throwing 5.1 with a strikeout. Mitchell allowed no earned over 3.2.

Up Next

SF State continues the homestand as they host the Academy of Art this Thursday for a doubleheader at 11 a.m. Live stats will be provided.