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Georgia Wins 14th-Straight Game, Beats Georgia State 6-2
March 09, 2022 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The 15th-ranked Georgia softball team won its 14th-straight game Wednesday evening, defeating in-state foe Georgia State 6-2 at Jack Turner Stadium.
The Bulldogs will carry a 20-2 record into Southeastern Conference play this weekend. Georgia's 14th-straight win ties for 10th-longest all-time, tying the 14-game mark set in 2003.
Sophomore Sydney Chambley earned her first career four-hit performance, the first Bulldog to do so in 2022. She hit a home run and scored three times in the game. Junior Sara Mosley added two hits of her own to the offense.
Britton Rogers worked four innings in her start, suffering a no decision. She allowed two runs on five hits. Madison Kerpics (7-1) earned the win out of the pen, working two scoreless innings. Kylie Macy closed the game in the seventh.
The Panthers (7-12) struck first in the contest when Daisey Hess delivered a two-RBI double in the top of the first to put Georgia State out in front 2-0.
With Bulldogs on the corners and one out, senior Lacey Fincher popped one up to center. The centerfielder dropped the ball, but Chambley tagged up and scored anyway to put Georgia on the board in the home half of the first, 2-1.
Chambley reached on a two-out infield single in the third. On the play, she took second on a throwing error by the pitcher then third on a wild pitch. She came in to score on a double to the wall in center off the bat of Mosley to tie the game at two-all going to the fourth.
Three Georgia home runs in the fifth inning broke the tie and put Georgia ahead by four. Ellie Armistead led off the frame with her fifth home run. Two batters later, Chambley moved into a tie for the team lead with her sixth home run, her third hit of the game. Following a walk to Mosley, Fincher delivered the third long ball of the inning to widen the new Bulldog lead to 6-2.
The fifth inning was Georgia's first three-home run inning since March 11, 2020, against Furman.
Georgia held the Panthers scoreless in the sixth and seventh en route to the midweek win.
Georgia will open the 2022 SEC schedule this weekend on the road with a three-game series at South Carolina. Friday's SEC opener is set for 6 p.m. at the Carolina Softball Stadium.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On the game…
"I'm proud of the team and the way that we competed and settled into the game. Hats off to Georgia State, they came with a good plan, and they had some competitive at-bats right out of the chute. That's what makes the game fun is dealing with the adversity. I'm proud of the way we dealt with it tonight. … We didn't tie the game up in the bottom of the first, but we cut the momentum. I thought, even though it was out, Savana Sikes' first at-bat was a line drive right at the centerfielder and that gave everybody some juice to do what we do and from there we settled in and played pretty good softball."
The Bulldogs will carry a 20-2 record into Southeastern Conference play this weekend. Georgia's 14th-straight win ties for 10th-longest all-time, tying the 14-game mark set in 2003.
Sophomore Sydney Chambley earned her first career four-hit performance, the first Bulldog to do so in 2022. She hit a home run and scored three times in the game. Junior Sara Mosley added two hits of her own to the offense.
Britton Rogers worked four innings in her start, suffering a no decision. She allowed two runs on five hits. Madison Kerpics (7-1) earned the win out of the pen, working two scoreless innings. Kylie Macy closed the game in the seventh.
The Panthers (7-12) struck first in the contest when Daisey Hess delivered a two-RBI double in the top of the first to put Georgia State out in front 2-0.
With Bulldogs on the corners and one out, senior Lacey Fincher popped one up to center. The centerfielder dropped the ball, but Chambley tagged up and scored anyway to put Georgia on the board in the home half of the first, 2-1.
Chambley reached on a two-out infield single in the third. On the play, she took second on a throwing error by the pitcher then third on a wild pitch. She came in to score on a double to the wall in center off the bat of Mosley to tie the game at two-all going to the fourth.
Three Georgia home runs in the fifth inning broke the tie and put Georgia ahead by four. Ellie Armistead led off the frame with her fifth home run. Two batters later, Chambley moved into a tie for the team lead with her sixth home run, her third hit of the game. Following a walk to Mosley, Fincher delivered the third long ball of the inning to widen the new Bulldog lead to 6-2.
The fifth inning was Georgia's first three-home run inning since March 11, 2020, against Furman.
Georgia held the Panthers scoreless in the sixth and seventh en route to the midweek win.
Georgia will open the 2022 SEC schedule this weekend on the road with a three-game series at South Carolina. Friday's SEC opener is set for 6 p.m. at the Carolina Softball Stadium.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On the game…
"I'm proud of the team and the way that we competed and settled into the game. Hats off to Georgia State, they came with a good plan, and they had some competitive at-bats right out of the chute. That's what makes the game fun is dealing with the adversity. I'm proud of the way we dealt with it tonight. … We didn't tie the game up in the bottom of the first, but we cut the momentum. I thought, even though it was out, Savana Sikes' first at-bat was a line drive right at the centerfielder and that gave everybody some juice to do what we do and from there we settled in and played pretty good softball."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kerpics, Madison (7-1)
L: Adams, Hallie (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Middlebrooks, Chloe 1 ; Hess, Daisy 1
RBI: Hess, Daisy 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Middlebrooks, Chloe 1 ; Richardson, Bailee 1
CS: Brown, Emily 1
Batting:
2B: Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Mosley, Sara 1
HR: Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
RBI: Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Mosley, Sara 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 3 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
SH: Kuma, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chambley, Sydney 3 ; Mosley, Sara 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
Game Leaders
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H
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