Final
Blaze lead series 2-1
Game 1 of 5Carolina Blaze beat the Oklahoma City Spark 3-0 at Smith Family Stadium. Rachel Garcia paced the effort with the game's standout line. The Blaze improve their run differential on the ESPN broadcast.
Line score
Box score
Oklahoma City Spark
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maya Brady CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syd McKinney 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Skylar Wallace SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayda Coleman LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | IP | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Maxwell(L) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Carolina Blaze
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese Atwood C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rachel Garcia RHP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Lorenz RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Gibson 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Aguilar 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelsey Stewart-Hunter SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | IP | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Garcia(W) | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Scoring plays
- Inn 4Reese Atwood lines a single to center, 1 run scores.
Top performers
Starting lineups
Spark
P: Kelly MaxwellBlaze
P: Rachel GarciaPostgame notebook
- The turning point
- The Blaze pushed 1 across in the 2nd, the swing that decided a 0-3 game at Smith Family Stadium.
- By the numbers
- Blaze 3, Spark 0 · 11 combined hits · 0 errors · decided by 3 runs.
- Player of the game
- Rachel Garcia went 6.2 innings with 6 strikeouts and 3 earned runs for the Blaze.
- Up next
- Blaze are back out 2026-06-25 against Cascade at Smith Family Stadium, first pitch 4:00 PM ET on ESPNU.
Season series
1Spark vs Blaze, 2026 season to date.
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OKC · Hits 1
OKC · RBI 0.5
OKC · Hits a home run
OKC · Hits 1
OKC · RBI 1
OKC · Hits a home run
OKC · Hits 1
OKC · RBI 1
OKC · Hits a home run
OKC · Hits 1
OKC · RBI 0.5
OKC · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 1
CAR · RBI 1
CAR · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 1
CAR · RBI 1
CAR · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 1
CAR · RBI 0.5
CAR · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 0.5
CAR · RBI 0.5
CAR · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 1
CAR · RBI 0.5
CAR · Hits a home run
CAR · Hits 1
CAR · RBI 0.5
CAR · Hits a home run
OKC · Strikeouts 5
CAR · Strikeouts 4.5
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