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Bulldogs Blast Eight Home Runs in Pair of Run-Rule Victories Saturday
March 05, 2022 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The 16th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs put together a strong offensive day Saturday at Jack Turner Stadium, knocking eight home runs in run-rule victories over UMass (13-4) and Ohio (8-0).
Senior Lacey Fincher contributed three of Georgia's eight homers and combined for seven RBI on the day. Junior Sara Mosley had three hits in each game and scored four runs on the day.
Georgia has now won 12-straight games and climb to 18-2 on the season.
No. 16 Georgia 13, UMass 4 (5 inn.)
Mosley scattered three hits in Georgia's first game of the day, but it was Fincher who provided the fireworks hitting two home runs in the game. She tied a career-best five RBI. Senior Savana Sikes added two hits at the top of the order. Georgia's 13 runs came on 13 hits.
Sophomore Madison Kerpics (6-1) earned her sixth victory coming out the pen. Kerpics worked three and a third innings of scoreless softball, allowing just one hit and fanning seven hitters. Kerpics was the fourth pitcher Georgia used in the game.
UMass (4-9) capitalized on a bases-loaded situation in the opening frame and pushed three runs across to open the game, putting the Bulldogs behind 3-0 early.
The Dogs answered back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at three-all. With runners in scoring position, Sydney Chambley scored off a fielder's choice to short off the bat of Jaiden Fields. Two batters later, the UMass right fielder couldn't hold on to a fly ball off the bat of Sydney Kuma as a pair of runners came in to score and tie the game at 3-3.
The Minutewomen plated a run in the top of the second to quickly retake the lead, 4-3.
Georgia claimed its first lead of the game thanks to a pair of two-run home runs from Fincher and Ellie Armistead in the home half of the lead to lead 7-4.
The Bulldogs claimed the five-inning victory with two three-run home runs in the fifth from Aniyah Black and the second homer of the day from Fincher, securing the 13-4 victory over UMass.
No. 16 Georgia 8, Ohio 0 (5 inn.)
The hot offense continued into the nightcap as the Bulldogs plated eight runs on nine hits. Mosley followed up her three-hit game earlier in the day with three more against the Bobcats and was the lone Bulldog with multiple hits.
Kylie Macy (4-0) earned her fourth victory in the circle, working four shutout innings, allowing just two hits and struck out four Bobcats (3-9).
The bats didn't waste any time picking up where they left off from game one. Mosley jumpstarted the scoring with a three-run home run in the first. Two batters later, Kuma knocked a solo shot to right center to widen Georgia's first inning lead to 4-0.
Fincher's third home run of the day came in the home half of the third, another two-run blast to right. Later in the inning, Black drove in Lyndi Rae Davis on a fielder's choice back up the middle to bring Georgia's advantage to 7-0 after three.
A solo home run from Chambley in the fourth, Georgia's eighth home run of the day, brought the lead to 8-0.
Sophomore Riley Orcutt entered in the circle and worked a 1-2-3 fifth en route to Georgia's second run-rule victory of the day.
Georgia takes on App State Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium. First pitch against the Mountaineers is slated for 1 p.m.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On Saturday's performance…
"The game starts in the circle. When your pitcher controls the game right from the start, then that's what it takes to play great softball. I didn't think we were very sharp in the circle to start off game one today, but I thought we got the bats going and took control of the game from the offensive side. In the second game, Kylie (Macy) gave us a good start. She was attacking, putting them on the defense and then that gave us a chance to keep some momentum on the offensive side. Again, I've been saying it for a while, when we are disciplined at what we swing at and we force the other teams to throw the ball in the strike zone, then we have pretty good offensive games."
On upcoming SEC games against South Carolina…
"At the end of the day, softball is softball. They (South Carolina) are a really good team. Once you get into SEC play, everything is going to be a grind. You've got to play good softball. You've got to do all the things we've been talking about in terms of having disciplined at bats. Part of it is, we are really looking forward to just playing one game a day and seeing how good we can be."
On preventing hitting slumps…
"I think the thing that we have been stressing a lot is when you start chasing outcomes, then the game can get really hard, and you can get lost. If you just chase the process of trying to be the best version of yourself, that's where the joy is. I am really proud of Lacy (Fincher). Yesterday had some tough outcomes, but she stuck with the process. She did everything right, but she didn't get the outcomes she wanted, and today the outcomes went her way just by continuing to do the things that she does."
Senior Lacey Fincher contributed three of Georgia's eight homers and combined for seven RBI on the day. Junior Sara Mosley had three hits in each game and scored four runs on the day.
Georgia has now won 12-straight games and climb to 18-2 on the season.
No. 16 Georgia 13, UMass 4 (5 inn.)
Mosley scattered three hits in Georgia's first game of the day, but it was Fincher who provided the fireworks hitting two home runs in the game. She tied a career-best five RBI. Senior Savana Sikes added two hits at the top of the order. Georgia's 13 runs came on 13 hits.
Sophomore Madison Kerpics (6-1) earned her sixth victory coming out the pen. Kerpics worked three and a third innings of scoreless softball, allowing just one hit and fanning seven hitters. Kerpics was the fourth pitcher Georgia used in the game.
UMass (4-9) capitalized on a bases-loaded situation in the opening frame and pushed three runs across to open the game, putting the Bulldogs behind 3-0 early.
The Dogs answered back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at three-all. With runners in scoring position, Sydney Chambley scored off a fielder's choice to short off the bat of Jaiden Fields. Two batters later, the UMass right fielder couldn't hold on to a fly ball off the bat of Sydney Kuma as a pair of runners came in to score and tie the game at 3-3.
The Minutewomen plated a run in the top of the second to quickly retake the lead, 4-3.
Georgia claimed its first lead of the game thanks to a pair of two-run home runs from Fincher and Ellie Armistead in the home half of the lead to lead 7-4.
The Bulldogs claimed the five-inning victory with two three-run home runs in the fifth from Aniyah Black and the second homer of the day from Fincher, securing the 13-4 victory over UMass.
No. 16 Georgia 8, Ohio 0 (5 inn.)
The hot offense continued into the nightcap as the Bulldogs plated eight runs on nine hits. Mosley followed up her three-hit game earlier in the day with three more against the Bobcats and was the lone Bulldog with multiple hits.
Kylie Macy (4-0) earned her fourth victory in the circle, working four shutout innings, allowing just two hits and struck out four Bobcats (3-9).
The bats didn't waste any time picking up where they left off from game one. Mosley jumpstarted the scoring with a three-run home run in the first. Two batters later, Kuma knocked a solo shot to right center to widen Georgia's first inning lead to 4-0.
Fincher's third home run of the day came in the home half of the third, another two-run blast to right. Later in the inning, Black drove in Lyndi Rae Davis on a fielder's choice back up the middle to bring Georgia's advantage to 7-0 after three.
A solo home run from Chambley in the fourth, Georgia's eighth home run of the day, brought the lead to 8-0.
Sophomore Riley Orcutt entered in the circle and worked a 1-2-3 fifth en route to Georgia's second run-rule victory of the day.
Georgia takes on App State Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium. First pitch against the Mountaineers is slated for 1 p.m.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On Saturday's performance…
"The game starts in the circle. When your pitcher controls the game right from the start, then that's what it takes to play great softball. I didn't think we were very sharp in the circle to start off game one today, but I thought we got the bats going and took control of the game from the offensive side. In the second game, Kylie (Macy) gave us a good start. She was attacking, putting them on the defense and then that gave us a chance to keep some momentum on the offensive side. Again, I've been saying it for a while, when we are disciplined at what we swing at and we force the other teams to throw the ball in the strike zone, then we have pretty good offensive games."
On upcoming SEC games against South Carolina…
"At the end of the day, softball is softball. They (South Carolina) are a really good team. Once you get into SEC play, everything is going to be a grind. You've got to play good softball. You've got to do all the things we've been talking about in terms of having disciplined at bats. Part of it is, we are really looking forward to just playing one game a day and seeing how good we can be."
On preventing hitting slumps…
"I think the thing that we have been stressing a lot is when you start chasing outcomes, then the game can get really hard, and you can get lost. If you just chase the process of trying to be the best version of yourself, that's where the joy is. I am really proud of Lacy (Fincher). Yesterday had some tough outcomes, but she stuck with the process. She did everything right, but she didn't get the outcomes she wanted, and today the outcomes went her way just by continuing to do the things that she does."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kerpics, Madison (6-1)
L: Bradley, Jenna (1-3)
Batting:
RBI: Whittier, Chloe 1 ; Allen, Kendra 1 ; Deem, Caroline 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pantoja, Bella 1 ; Suggs, Payge 1 ; Smith, Amy 1 ; Whittier, Chloe 1
HBP: Day, Kristina 1
Batting:
2B: Mosley, Sara 2
3B: Fields, Jaiden 1
HR: Black, Aniyah 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 2 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
RBI: Black, Aniyah 3 ; Fields, Jaiden 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 5 ; Armistead, Ellie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Eaton, Hayley 1 ; Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Black, Aniyah 1 ; Mosley, Sara 2 ; Fields, Jaiden 3 ; Fincher, Lacey 2 ; Bordeau, Payden 1 ; Barth, Faith 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
SB: Sikes, Savana 2
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