Kings clinch playoff spot with win over Canucks

• April 3, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Iafallo scored twice, Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves and the Kings wrapped up an NHL playoff spot with a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.

Arthur Kaliyev and Blake Lizzote — into an empty net — each had a goal and an assist for the Kings. Anze Kopitar added a pair of assists.

Los Angeles improved to 45-22-10, winning for the second straight night after topping Seattle on Saturday.

Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks and Thatcher Demko stopped 21 shots. The Canucks were eliminated from postseason contention earlier in the night when Winnipeg beat New Jersey. Vancouver has missed the playoffs three straight years and seven of eight.

Iafallo put away his second goal of the night — and 14th of the season — on a power play 3:25 into the second after Jack Studnicka was called for tripping.

Viktor Arvidsson fired a shot off the post and the rebound fell into traffic in front of the Vancouver net, where Iafallo muscled it in to give the Kings a 2-1 lead.

With Vancouver’s Anthony Beauvillier and L.A.’s Quinton Byfield in the box, Iafallo ripped a one-timer past Demko from the bottom of the faceoff circle for his first goal of the night.

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Kings: Host Edmonton on Tuesday night.

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Ruoning Yin wins LA Open in playoff on final hole for first LPGA title

• April 3, 2023

PALOS VERDES — Ruoning Yin’s rollercoaster-like round on Sunday’s final day of the LPGA DIO Implant LA Open at Palos Verdes Golf Course created some anxious moments, but the 20-year-old ultimately survived the white-knuckle ride to claim her first LPGA title.

Yin’’s final round 1-under 71 included six birdies and five bogeys but it was a two-foot par putt on the par-4 18th hole that sealed the one-stroke victory at 15 under. Georgia Hall who fired a final round 67 to finish second for the second straight week finished at 14 under. Hall missed a 5-foot birdie putt on 18 to try and force a playoff. Former UCLA standout Patty Tavatanakit and Hyo Joo Kim tied for third at 12 under.

Yin said she expected Hall to make her birdie putt on 18 and that she was mentally preparing for a playoff. When Hall’s putt missed, Yin stepped up and calmly knocked in her short par putt. As the ball dropped, Yin did a Tiger Woods-like first pump, celebrating her first LPGA victory.

“I fought so hard today,” a relieved Yin said. “After I made three bogeys in a row on the front nine, I’m so happy that I fought back. Like I said yesterday, I knew I can make birdies at this course for sure, and I just told myself to be patient. I was nervous on the back nine thinking about maybe winning. My hands were shaking a lot before I hit the last putt. I am very happy to win.”

Yin is now the second player in Tour history from the People’s Republic of China to win an LPGA event, joining Shanshan Feng who retired last year with 10 wins. She was asked what joining Feng means to her and for golf in China.

“Being the second Chinese player after Shanshan Feng (to win on the LPGA Tour), that means a lot,” Yin said. “I think maybe I can push little more Chinese kids to play golf and push more people to focus on China golf. During the round I heard a lot of Chinese fans rooting for me, which made me exciting. Yeah, like I said yesterday, if I’m going to win today it’s going to be a big day for me and for China golf.”

For the second straight round, Yin made three straight bogeys on the front nine, but despite the adversity, she regained her focus on managed to make four straight birdies to finish the front nine.

Seemingly back on track as she made the turn, Yin pushed her drive on the par-4, 10th hole into the rough and then hit a tree on her second shot. With the pressure mounting she hit her third shot to the back of the green and two-putted for bogey.

“I had a goal that I cannot make three-putts, and I cannot make any double bogeys,” Yin said. “After I hit the tree, I said, ‘Let’s just make bogey here.’ I didn’t even think about make par, but I had to make bogey.”

While there were many key moments throughout the day that helped Yin reach the winner’s circle, none were bigger than what happened on the par-5 14th hole. Coming off a bogey on the par-3, 13th hole that cut Yin’s lead to single stroke over Hall, Yin’s second shot hit a tree. Somehow instead of bouncing into the rough, Yin’s ball instead bounded into the fairway. Taking advantage of the good fortune, Yin knocked her third shot to 5 feet and then made the birdie putt.

Conversely, Hall’s approach shot from the fairway flew the green, leading her to settle for a par, as Yin’s lead increased to two.

As she watched her ball heading toward the tree, Yin actually thought it had a chance to bounce out into the fairway. When it did, her caddie told her it was a good number for her and to go and make birdie.

“That hole just sums up golf,” Hall said. “Obviously she got lucky and managed to have a full shot in. Then I slightly tugged mine and had to scramble to get up and down for par. So things just swing in roundabouts. It comes and goes. It went her way, and obviously she played really great apart from that and she deserved to win.”

Trailing by four shots at the start of the day, Hall knew she needed to play extremely well in order to give herself a chance. After making four birdies on the front nine, she was in prime position to overtake Yin if she could keep the momentum going.

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Over the final nine holes Hall struggled with her swing, but time and time again her short game bailed her out and allowed her to keep the pressure on. Over the final nine holes she was a perfect four for four with sand saves.

“That back nine was really tough and the wind got up as well, and I did miss a lot of greens actually on the back nine,” Hall said. “I managed to get up and down a lot. I felt a little like Seve out there, so just to have a chance on the last hole and gave myself the best opportunity. Unfortunately, the greens this time of day are very bobbly and it was tough to know what was the right line to pick. Unfortunately, it just bobbled off line.”

Hall called the last two weeks a rollercoaster of emotions, coming close to wins twice but falling just short both times.

“It’s very mentally draining,” Hall said. “Obviously gutted not to get a win. But two second place finishes show me I am right where I need to be to start the season, so very happy.”

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Sweeping plan to ‘depopulate’ LA County jails embraced by supervisors

• April 3, 2023

A sweeping proposal calling for depopulation and decarceration of the Los Angeles County jails will be considered Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, drawing the ire of an organization representing police chiefs for 45 law enforcement agencies.

The plan advanced by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath would declare a “humanitarian crisis” in the jails and advocate for or instruct several county agencies to evaluate, create and expand programs that would keep more people out of a jail, even after they are convicted of misdemeanors and some felonies.

“To depopulate and decarcerate is a monumental task, and the Board is committed to redress historical wrongs, deeply rooted in systemic racism and prejudice, and reverse status quo responses to poverty, mental health and medical needs, and substance use dependencies,” the supervisors wrote in their motion.

The Los Angeles County Police Chiefs Association says it was blindsided by the proposal, only learning about it on Friday, and believes it is conspicuously timed to occur during the same week as two major local law enforcement events — the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay and the Tri-County Police Chiefs Conference.

“In the midst of surging crime rates, pre-arrest decriminalization policies, and a complete shift away from sound public safety responses, it appears the County BOS is poised to exacerbate our current plight,” says a letter from the group to the supervisors, obtained by the Southern California News Group. “We do not stand against reform and we have been active participants in these efforts. However, we are concerned with the rushed motion under conspicuous circumstances, that does not allow for stakeholder participation.”

Solis and Horvath could not be reached for comment Sunday.

‘Care first, jails last’

The latest series of recommendations advances the board’s “care first, jails last” agenda, by asking for changes from the county courts and the state, granting new authority to the sheriff to release more of the incarcerated population, and removing systemic barriers in the county departments that intersect with the justice system.

The Board of Supervisors adopted a “Care First and Community Investment Budget Policy” in 2021 that allocated $200 million from the voter-approved Measure J to community youth programs, job training, rental assistance and developing alternatives to incarceration through “community-based services and non-custodial pretrial, diversion, re-entry and restorative justice programs.”

That same year, it created the “Jail Closure Implementation Team” with the mandate to “safely close and demolish” the Men’s Central Jail without building a replacement.

“For these reasons and to respond to the County’s mass incarceration crisis in a more humane way, the Board must move forward with celerity to utilize its complete authority to advocate for support and reforms from our State and Judicial partners to ensure this County is a truly ‘jails last’ County,” the motion states.

The Police Chiefs Association said it opposes the outright closure of the Men’s Central Jail and the formation of any group to facilitate such an effort without input from police chiefs and representatives of Los Angeles County’s independent cities.

“We are simply asking for more detailed vetting and building of replacement alternatives, and for a seat at the table,” the letter states, requesting that the agenda item be tabled.

Most of the recommendations are aimed at keeping people out of jail to begin with, through reduced bails, pretrial diversion programs and cite-and-release ticketing. Others are designed to help convicted inmates exit the system sooner, through expedited processing and alternative sentencing, in which some or all of a sentence would be spent under house arrest instead.

What the plan would do

Specifically, the motion would:

Ask the Los Angeles County Superior Court to extend court hours and reimplement a zero bail policy for most offenses, excluding serious and violent felonies, or those that pose a risk to others, such as driving under the influence or stalking.
Direct the sheriff and director of the Justice, Care and Opportunities Department to work with Los Angeles County’s 45 municipal law enforcement partners to increase the use of “cite-and-release” countywide.
Instruct the Public Defender’s Office to develop a plan to expand expungement clinics and help more people resolve “failure to appear” warrants.
Request that the sheriff develop rules allowing individuals held on bail in county jails for either felonies or misdemeanors to be released back into their communities when safe to do so.
Explore opportunities to subsidize transportation to and from court for individuals released pretrial
Ask the Sheriff’s Department and district attorney to increase the use of “split sentencing,” a program that divides a sentence between jail and house arrest, as an alternative to incarceration.
Develop a pilot to arraign as many individuals as possible via video conferencing to reduce the number of people transferred from local jails to county jails.
Direct the county’s chief probation officer to make it more difficult to send someone back to jail for a Post Release Community Supervision violation and to develop alternatives “that do not result in individuals being incarcerated.”

Efforts similar to the current proposal from Solis and Horvath, including Proposition 47 and  Assembly Bill 109 also known as the California Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011, have resulted in predictable, tragic outcomes from an influx of offenders released into communities, according to the LACPCA

“The consequences have been a steady rise in crime, reduced quality of life, and increased fear within our communities,” says the letter. “Closing Men’s Central Jail will have a very similar effect on communities if the county does what the state did by releasing large numbers of inmates arbitrarily and without community protections in place. Predictable is preventable.”

Proposition 47 was approved by California voters in 2014 to reduce the penalties for certain lower-level drug and property offenses to prioritize prison and jail space for higher-level offenders.

Assembly Bill 109 allows for current nonviolent, nonserious and nonsex offenders to be supervised at the county level after they are released from California state prisons.

The LACPCA said the proposal before the supervisors leaves many questions unanswered, including where inmates will go if Men’s Central is closed and who will supervise their release.

“More importantly, who will ensure the community is protected when these inmates are simply pushed back into communities where resources are stretched and police efforts muted by a host of forced factors?” asks the letter from the chiefs to the supervisors.

Los Angeles County jails currently house more than 1,464 individuals who have been sentenced to state prison. Part of the motion includes sending a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to expedite transfers and release of inmates held on behalf of the state and allow the Sheriff’s Department to release those individuals directly from local custody when applicable.

The supervisors also would support legislative proposals that call for an end to non-safety-related towing of vehicles; a statewide zero bail schedule, similar to the Superior Court system used during the pandemic; and permanent funding for pretrial diversion services.

If the motion is approved, county officials will be tasked with developing tools to track and model jail populations and to help better assess individuals who could qualify for early release.

Los Angeles County’s Justice, Care and Opportunities Department is expected to provide timelines on the implementation of the motion within 60 days and quarterly progress reports to the board.

‘Dangerous and reckless’

Eric Siddall, vice president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, which represents about 900 LA County prosecutors, calls the proposal from Solis and Horvath “dangerous and reckless,” and claims it guts portions of the legal system without input from valuable stakeholders.

“The authors sought no advice from those who know and understand public safety issues,” he said in an email Sunday. “They seek to lower the jail population without addressing the root causes of crime or protecting the public.”

Siddall noted the proposal directs law enforcement to cite and release suspects for offenses such as illegally carrying a gun, domestic violence, possession of child pornography and some violent crimes, including residential burglary, robbery, and assault with a firearm.

“This catch-and-release program comes without any plan or infrastructure to protect the community from violent criminals apprehended by law enforcement,” he said. “Further, it creates no lockdown facilities for the mentally ill. This program benefits no one, except career criminals. We need to make sure the most dangerous offenders don’t get out, that first-time offenders don’t come back, and that those with serious mental illnesses get appropriate care and help. This does none of that.”

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The proposal seems to be the major last step in fulfilling the progressive decarceration ambitions of the supervisors and progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, said Steve Cooley, a former district attorney for the county.

“The biggest danger to public safety and quality of life in Los Angeles County happens to be some members of the Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County District Attorney,” Cooley said in an email. “This sort of thinking pervades at the state level. Los Angeles County has done an awful job with diversion programs in general, dealing with the mentally ill, and the plethora of drug addicts who litter the streets.

“Those on the board trying to slip this through without any real notice to or comment from the public should be called out.”

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Katie Johnson’s header lifts Angel City FC to victory on final play

• April 3, 2023

Katie Johnson’s goal on the final play of the match gave Angel City a 2-1 victory against the Orlando Pride in the lone National Women’s Soccer League match on Sunday.

Claire Emslie converted on a penalty for Angel City (1-1-0) in the first half at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium after Alyssa Thompson, selected first in the 2023 NWSL draft, was taken down on a breakaway in the box. Emslie sent Pride goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse diving in the other direction and slotted her penalty to the right corner.

Rookie Messiah Bright scored her first NWSL goal in the 51st minute for Orlando (0-2-0), dribbling between two Angel City defenders before sliding it to the left corner to tie the game.

Emslie got a second chance from the penalty spot in the 89th minute when a handball was called in the box, but Moorhouse came up with a big save. Angel City nearly won another penalty, but it was called off due to an offside violation in the build-up.

On the final play of the match, substitute Johnson headed in Emslie’s corner kick, giving Angel City the win. It was the latest game-winning goal in a regular-season NWSL match.

#ad A game winner
Katie Johnson’s goal after an amazing corner kick from Claire Emslie.
Play of the Match from #ORLvLA#AngelCityFC | @JohnnieWalkerUS pic.twitter.com/G2WjDlynsH

— Angel City FC (@weareangelcity) April 3, 2023

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Lakers crush the Rockets, led by Anthony Davis’ 40-point game

• April 3, 2023

HOUSTON (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 40 points, LeBron James had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to tie Jason Kidd for fourth place with his 107th triple-double and the Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 134-109 on Sunday night.

The Lakers (40-38) moved two games over .500 and into a tie for seventh with the New Orleans Pelicans in the Western Conference with four games to go. Los Angeles has won six of its last seven games and owns the tiebreaker over the Pelicans.

Davis scored 27 in the first half en route to his first 40-point performance since scoring 55 against the Washington Wizards on Dec. 4 and his third of the season. James played just 29 minutes.

Lakers starter D’Angelo Russell, acquired in a three-team trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Feb. 9, did not return to play in the second half due to left foot soreness. Russell had six points, four assists and three rebounds in 15 minutes.

In his 13 games with the Lakers, Russell had been averaging 18 points, 6.5 assists and three rebounds.

Alperen Sengun notched his third straight double-double for the Rockets with 18 points and 15 rebounds, Jalen Green scored 24 points and Kevin Porter Jr. chipped in 20 points. Prior to this stretch, Sengun had one double-double over the previous nine games played.

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The Lakers owned a 70-60 halftime lead, which the Rockets cut to six with 9:38 to go in the third quarter on a reverse layup by Green.

With 30.3 seconds left in the third quarter, James got a roar from the Lakers fans with an emphatic one-handed tomahawk dunk to bring the Lakers’ lead back to 16. That was a part of a 20-7 run by Los Angeles to extend the lead to 117-90 with 7:56 to go.

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Lakers: Rui Hachimura scored 20 points and had a season-high 12 rebounds … Austin Reaves scored 16 points … Malik Beasley scored 13 points off the bench.

Rockets: All five starters scored in double digits. … Rockets coach Stephen SIlas received a technical foul with 8:30 left in the game … Houston Texans new coach DeMeco Ryans was introduced prior to the game and did the Rockets “First Shot”.

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Lakers: Visit the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.

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4 injured after vehicle veers onto OC sidewalk

• April 3, 2023

Four people were seriously injured after a vehicle drove onto the curb and collided into them in the Las Flores neighborhood of South Orange County on Sunday, April 2, authorities said.

Around 4:15 p.m., four people were walking on the sidewalk near the intersection of the Antonio Parkway and Oaktree when a vehicle veered off the road and struck them on the sidewalk, according to Orange County Fire Authority spokesperson Capt. Thanh Nguyen. Las Flores is near Rancho Santa Margarita.

The four victims were seriously injured and taken to a hospital, Nguyen said.

It was not immediately clear whether the driver of the vehicle was detained, or whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.

The crash was being investigated by California Highway Patrol officers.

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Swanson: Why Lamont Butler’s shining moment for San Diego State resonates

• April 3, 2023

A couple of weeks ago – days ago? – if someone mentioned a San Diego State hooper from Moreno Valley via a Riverside high school, you would’ve thought of Kawhi Leonard, the one-time Martin Luther King High School standout and two-time NBA champion who stars for the Clippers.

Now you’re thinking of Lamont Butler.

Aztec hero Lamont Butler.

NCAA tournament legend Lamont Butler.

The former Riverside Poly star hit the buzzer-beater Saturday, his pull-up with 0.7 seconds left sending the Aztecs to their first NCAA championship game in program history – and sending the city of San Diego, from the Gaslamp Quarter to Viejas Arena, and wherever people were watching, into a frenzy. Much of the Inland Empire, too.

His mom, Carmicha, said when the crowd at Houston’s NRG Stadium erupted around her after her son’s game-winner in No. 5 San Diego State’s 72-71 victory over No. 9 Florida Atlantic in the Final Four, she didn’t join them. She couldn’t. “I was speechless. I sat down and literally bawled.”

Lamont Sr. said he found himself marveling at the payoff as he watched it happen: “The work really works.”

And after making the shot, the younger Butler stood in place on the court, upright, unmoving, arms at his side. Defiant? Cool? Stunned, he said: “A little shocked,” he told reporters in Houston.

As of Sunday morning, Carmicha said she hadn’t even been able to wade through all the messages on her phone. There have been so, so many – so many of them coming from the family’s supporters close to home in Moreno Valley: “They’re excited for him and they’re pulling for him; it’s an amazing experience for them to watch as well.”

Hall of Famer Reggie Miller – whose career scoring record Butler broke at Riverside Poly with his 1,836 points – retweeted video of Butler’s shot, part of the tidal wave of well wishes and I-remember-whens on social media spurred by the moment.

And what a shining moment!

What madness! The fifth buzzer-beater in Final Four history, and the first for a team that was trailing. A miracle rehearsed a million times – first by the boy counting down seconds in the driveway, and then by that young man who spent all last summer in San Diego trying to perfect that pull-up jumper.

The best Poly Bear since @ReggieMillerTNT https://t.co/G5Rbu54WDb

— Cory Ritzau (@CoryRitzau) April 2, 2023

The moment was made possible by Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher, who recruited a team of “unentitled grinders,” as San Diego Union-Tribune beat writer Mark Zeigler characterized them. Without any five-star recruits, but with the presence of mind to thank chefs and hug hotel service staff, to prioritize defense and sacrifice stats for the good of the team.

The scene Saturday set by Dutcher’s decision not to foul and not to call a timeout even trailing by one point and with just seven seconds left in the Final Four.

Risky calls? Sure. But trusting Butler to drive downhill, into the Owls’ defense? Handing the keys to the 6-foot-2 junior point guard who’d pulled up and drained a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for the win at New Mexico just recently, on Feb. 25?

A pretty sound bet. Put the ball in Butler’s hands and Dutcher said he’ll be quite willing to “live with whatever happens” next.

“In that moment, to take that shot, you gotta be built different,” Lamont Butler Sr. said by phone Sunday, when he estimated he’d come “down to Cloud 8.”

“Everybody don’t have the guts to take a shot like that. They don’t want to live with the letdown and if we miss the game-winning shot and we lost. Lamont’s so even-keeled, if he makes the shot or not, he knows it’s the right shot to take.”

Words can’t express how proud I am of this guy. Love you son, you are a champ!!! pic.twitter.com/XLlK6igREV

— Lamont Butler Sr. (@Lamontbutler5) March 27, 2023

However intrinsic that quality is, it’s also been cultivated by those close to him.

He comes from a tight-knit family; 24 relatives were among the 73,860 fans in the arena to see Butler get it done.

“His pedigree is part of what makes it really special,” said Tim Cook, the head basketball coach at Life Pacific University in San Dimas, whose son Austin played AAU ball with Lamont. “He’s a really special young man. He treats people the right way, he plays with a smile, he plays the right way and he’s just so easy to root for.”

And he’s gotten clutch support with his basketball family at San Diego State, all those who stood strong beside him after Butler’s sister Asasha Lache Hall was murdered last March.

She was 10 years older than Lamont, so he’d always been in the stands watching closely when she played at Ontario’s Colony High School with her sisters, winning a couple section titles. And she’d always been in the stands, in her usual seat near the court, to see him play as an Aztec.

“The coaches, as well as the players on this team, they have really embraced Lamont, especially during one of the most difficult times in his life,” Carmicha said. “They really rallied around him and supported him in every aspect. Whatever he needed, they were here for him: ‘If you don’t want to play, do you need to talk, whatever it is you need. We’re here for you.’”

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“That was huge, amazing for him and us as well. This is our other family.”

The Butlers, with their extended basketball family, will buckle up for whatever encore Lamont might have in store in Monday’s title game against the No. 4 Connecticut Huskies, four-time national champions.

One of those came in 2011, when they beat Leonard’s San Diego State squad along the way, 74-67, in the Sweet 16.

Now another Aztec by way of the Inland Empire has a shot. And if that shot is a midrange jumper, you’ve got to feel pretty good about it.

Lamont Butler said he emphasized taking mid-range shots like that this past offseason.

He’d work on making 10-15 in a row just to get his “consistency up”. #MFinalFour | #GoAztecs pic.twitter.com/vyFM4uBQoP

— Julian Del Gaudio (@JulianDelGaudio) April 2, 2023

“Dad where we’re u when Lamont butler hit that shot” IN VIEJAS WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO!!! AZTECS TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/7CY4LgkGtE

— Alama Uluave (@alama_uluave) April 2, 2023

LAMONT BUTLER BUZZER BEATER MAKES THE GASLAMP EXPLODE! AZTECS TO THE NATTY! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/R1cHtbSgRA

— Chase Izidoro (@chaseizi) April 2, 2023

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UCLA softball shuts out Stanford, takes over Pac-12 lead

• April 3, 2023

LOS ANGELES — No. 3 UCLA softball beat No. 6 Stanford, 3-0, for its 13th shutout win of the season on Sunday afternoon at Easton Stadium. With the win, the Bruins move to the top of the Pac-12 standings.

Freshman pitcher Taylor Tinsley threw four innings, giving up three hits and recording three strikeouts. Megan Grant and Aaliyah Jordan each had a home run.

UCLA (32-4) completed a series sweep of Stanford (28-6) with the win after previously beating the Cardinal 4-0 on Friday, then 2-1 on Saturday to clinch the series.

UCLA is first in the conference standings with four more series against Pac-12 opponents remaining until the Pac-12 tournament in early May.

Leadoff hitter Megan Grant got the Bruins’ hitting going in the first inning with a home run over the right field wall, marking the freshman’s seventh homer of the season.

UCLA didn’t record another base hit until Aaliyah Jordan’s single in the bottom of the second inning and didn’t score again until the third inning. Grant tripled to get on base, then fellow freshman Jordan Woolery singled off the first pitch she faced to drive her in and put the Bruins up 2-0.

Senior pitcher Lauren Shaw entered the game in the top of the fifth inning and went 1-2-3 in the frame as the Bruins kept Stanford off the bases for the remainder of the game. Shaw threw for two innings with one strikeout and Brooke Yanez came in for the final inning, finishing the game allowing one hit and striking out one.

Jordan put up one more run for UCLA on a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

UCLA next plays at UC San Diego on Tuesday before returning to Pac-12 play against Oregon State on Thursday at Easton Stadium.

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