UCLA’s fortunes hung in the muggy night air in the fourth inning Friday as the ball soared off Taylor Pack’s bat toward the left-field wall at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. Florida outfielder Amanda Lorenz raced onto the warning track, leaping at the last moment.
The ball cleared Lorenz’s glove by a few feet. Pack smiled as she neared second base, her three-run home run sending the Bruins on their way to a second crazy comeback in as many nights at the Women’s College World Series.
A UCLA fan clutching a sign reading “BRUWIN MAGIC” spelled out the story during the third-seeded Bruins’ 6-5 victory over the second-seeded Gators.