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LSU Comes Back to Win Finale in Extras, 9-5
April 24, 2022 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The 21st-ranked LSU Tigers came back to win Sunday's series finale over No. 14/13 Georgia 9-5 in eight innings at Jack Turner Stadium.
This is only Georgia's second SEC series loss this season. The Bulldogs fall to 37-11 and 10-8 in conference play.
A trio of Bulldogs recorded two hits each in the contest including Sara Mosley, Lacey Fincher, and Aniyah Black. Ellie Armistead and Black each knocked two-run home runs for the Dogs.
With two homers on Sunday, Georgia has hit 87 on the season. That number ranks fifth-most all-time in program history. The record, set in 2010, is 99.
Madison Kerpics (16-5) suffered the loss in her start. Kerpics pitched a career-long 7.2 innings, allowing all nine runs. Britton Rogers worked a third of an inning out of the pen.
The Bulldogs broke through with a five spot in the bottom of the second. A pair of two-run home runs from Black and Armistead at the bottom of the order put Georgia ahead 4-0. Mosley's hot hitting continued when she drove in fellow junior Sydney Kuma with a base hit back up the middle to widen the lead to 5-0 after two innings.
LSU (30-17, 10-8) responded with a grand slam from Georgia Clark in the top of the third to slice Georgia's lead to one, 5-4.
The 5-4 score held as the game went to the seventh inning.
Kerpics retired 10-straight Tigers into the top of the seventh until a one-out hit and an error in center put the tying run on second. A stolen base and a single back up the middle knotted the game at 5-5.
Georgia was retired in order in the seventh to send the game to extra innings.
LSU pushed four runs across in the top of their eighth to go ahead 9-5 in the finale.
UGA put a pair of two-out runners on in bottom of the inning but the final out comeback attempt was cut short as the Bulldogs fell 9-5.
Georgia's five-game homestand will wrap up with the final midweek game of the season Wednesday evening when Furman comes to town. First pitch at Jack Turner Stadium is set for 6 p.m.
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On Sunday's game…
"I thought it was a great game. I thought Madison [Kerpics] fought really valiantly in the circle and gave us the opportunity to win the game. We got off to a fast start and then after that we didn't win enough of the chances to take control of the game. We didn't have good enough at-bats with runners in scoring position. There were a couple of opportunities for us to extend our lead and then we didn't come up with a couple of plays that weren't easy plays, but they are plays that if you make them, they can change the outcome of the game. I thought the difference in the game was LSU's small ball. I thought their ability to play the bunt game and slap game created some challenges for our defense. I thought it was a great weekend - I am really proud of the way we competed, and we will get back to work this week."
This is only Georgia's second SEC series loss this season. The Bulldogs fall to 37-11 and 10-8 in conference play.
A trio of Bulldogs recorded two hits each in the contest including Sara Mosley, Lacey Fincher, and Aniyah Black. Ellie Armistead and Black each knocked two-run home runs for the Dogs.
With two homers on Sunday, Georgia has hit 87 on the season. That number ranks fifth-most all-time in program history. The record, set in 2010, is 99.
Madison Kerpics (16-5) suffered the loss in her start. Kerpics pitched a career-long 7.2 innings, allowing all nine runs. Britton Rogers worked a third of an inning out of the pen.
The Bulldogs broke through with a five spot in the bottom of the second. A pair of two-run home runs from Black and Armistead at the bottom of the order put Georgia ahead 4-0. Mosley's hot hitting continued when she drove in fellow junior Sydney Kuma with a base hit back up the middle to widen the lead to 5-0 after two innings.
LSU (30-17, 10-8) responded with a grand slam from Georgia Clark in the top of the third to slice Georgia's lead to one, 5-4.
The 5-4 score held as the game went to the seventh inning.
Kerpics retired 10-straight Tigers into the top of the seventh until a one-out hit and an error in center put the tying run on second. A stolen base and a single back up the middle knotted the game at 5-5.
Georgia was retired in order in the seventh to send the game to extra innings.
LSU pushed four runs across in the top of their eighth to go ahead 9-5 in the finale.
UGA put a pair of two-out runners on in bottom of the inning but the final out comeback attempt was cut short as the Bulldogs fell 9-5.
Georgia's five-game homestand will wrap up with the final midweek game of the season Wednesday evening when Furman comes to town. First pitch at Jack Turner Stadium is set for 6 p.m.
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On Sunday's game…
"I thought it was a great game. I thought Madison [Kerpics] fought really valiantly in the circle and gave us the opportunity to win the game. We got off to a fast start and then after that we didn't win enough of the chances to take control of the game. We didn't have good enough at-bats with runners in scoring position. There were a couple of opportunities for us to extend our lead and then we didn't come up with a couple of plays that weren't easy plays, but they are plays that if you make them, they can change the outcome of the game. I thought the difference in the game was LSU's small ball. I thought their ability to play the bunt game and slap game created some challenges for our defense. I thought it was a great weekend - I am really proud of the way we competed, and we will get back to work this week."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ali Kilponen (16-4)
L: Kerpics, Madison (16-5)
Batting:
HR: Georgia Clark 1 ; Morgan Cummins 1
RBI: Danieca Coffey 1 ; Ciara Briggs 1 ; Georgia Clark 4 ; Morgan Smith 1 ; Morgan Cummins 2
SH: Shelbi Sunseri 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ciara Briggs 1 ; Taylor Pleasants 1 ; Georgia Clark 1 ; Ka. Houshmandzadeh 1 ; Morgan Smith 1 ; Morgan Cummins 2 ; Sydney Peterson 1 ; KK Madrey 1
SB: KK Madrey 1
Batting:
HR: Black, Aniyah 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
RBI: Mosley, Sara 1 ; Black, Aniyah 2 ; Armistead, Ellie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuma, Sydney 1 ; Davis, Lyndi Rae 1 ; Black, Aniyah 1 ; Puckett, Mackenzie 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
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