Sharlize Palacios, UCLA softball rout Grand Canyon in NCAA regional opener

LOS ANGELES — There’s a softball nesting in the pines right behind Easton Stadium’s right field wall.
Blame UCLA catcher Sharlize Palacios for that.
It traveled there off the end of her bat in the second inning to give the Bruins a six-run lead against Grand Canyon. It soared a few feet higher than the second one she hit three innings later, which put an early end to Game 2 of the Los Angeles Regional on Friday night.
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