Friday, February 17
Athens, Ga.
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University of Georgia
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Georgia Drops 10-Inning Battle to No. 19 Stanford, 3-1
February 17, 2023 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The 13th-ranked Georgia softball team fell to No. 19 Stanford in 10 innings Friday evening, 3-1, at Jack Turner Softball Stadium.
The Dogs suffer their first loss of the season, falling to 5-1.
Georgia's nightcap against St. John's was postponed to Sunday due to cold temperatures.
Graduate Shelby Walters worked eight innings in her start, allowing one run on eights hits, striking out five Cardinal hitters and walking none. Walters has yet to surrender a walk in 20 innings in the circle this season.
Junior Madison Kerpics (1-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on five hits. Kerpics entered the game in the ninth and got Georgia out of a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the inning.
Senior Sydney Kuma scattered three hits and was responsible for half of Georgia's six hits in the game. She was also responsible for Georgia's lone run on a solo shot in the fifth.
Stanford (5-2) used a one-out single, a stolen base, and a single back up the middle to push a run across in the top of the third to go ahead 1-0.
Kuma knocked a two-out solo shot to right center in the bottom of the fifth to put Georgia on the board and tie the game at a run apiece, 1-1.
Both sides were held scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings and the game was sent into extra innings.
Stanford loaded the bases with no out in the ninth but Kerpics was able to wiggle out of the jam unscathed.
The Cardinal broke through in the 10th inning. A costly throwing error put the go-ahead run on third with no out to begin the inning. She immediately scored to go ahead 2-1. Stanford pushed an insurance run across to widen the lead to 3-1.
Georgia was retired in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game.
The Bulldogs will be back in action on day two of the Red & Black Showcase, taking on Stanford at 1 p.m. followed by a showdown with St. John's at 3:30 p.m.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On Georgia's fight in the game…
"I'm super proud of the team. The only thing I am disappointed with is the outcome. There were so many good things that happened in the game. There were some plays they made that didn't go our way that, given the same opportunity, a couple inches there, and they go our way - it changes the outcome of the game. So, when you get caught up in the outcome, you miss some of the processes that were really good. I thought we hit a lot of balls right on the nose. The goal when you are facing a good drop ball pitcher is to hit the ball in the air because ground balls aren't going to do a lot for us. We absolutely torched some balls that got caught in the wind, and they end up being outs. That changes the game. I thought their pitcher pitched a great game, and they got some timely plays and timely hits. At the end of the day, 10 innings of a hard-fought battle. I thought Shelby [Walters] was outstanding in the circle. Madison [Kerpics] comes in and gets us out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out. Those are really special things, and I am really proud of the girls. Disappointed in the outcome but will come back at them tomorrow."
The Dogs suffer their first loss of the season, falling to 5-1.
Georgia's nightcap against St. John's was postponed to Sunday due to cold temperatures.
Graduate Shelby Walters worked eight innings in her start, allowing one run on eights hits, striking out five Cardinal hitters and walking none. Walters has yet to surrender a walk in 20 innings in the circle this season.
Junior Madison Kerpics (1-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on five hits. Kerpics entered the game in the ninth and got Georgia out of a bases loaded, nobody out jam in the inning.
Senior Sydney Kuma scattered three hits and was responsible for half of Georgia's six hits in the game. She was also responsible for Georgia's lone run on a solo shot in the fifth.
Stanford (5-2) used a one-out single, a stolen base, and a single back up the middle to push a run across in the top of the third to go ahead 1-0.
Kuma knocked a two-out solo shot to right center in the bottom of the fifth to put Georgia on the board and tie the game at a run apiece, 1-1.
Both sides were held scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings and the game was sent into extra innings.
Stanford loaded the bases with no out in the ninth but Kerpics was able to wiggle out of the jam unscathed.
The Cardinal broke through in the 10th inning. A costly throwing error put the go-ahead run on third with no out to begin the inning. She immediately scored to go ahead 2-1. Stanford pushed an insurance run across to widen the lead to 3-1.
Georgia was retired in order in the bottom of the inning to end the game.
The Bulldogs will be back in action on day two of the Red & Black Showcase, taking on Stanford at 1 p.m. followed by a showdown with St. John's at 3:30 p.m.
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On Georgia's fight in the game…
"I'm super proud of the team. The only thing I am disappointed with is the outcome. There were so many good things that happened in the game. There were some plays they made that didn't go our way that, given the same opportunity, a couple inches there, and they go our way - it changes the outcome of the game. So, when you get caught up in the outcome, you miss some of the processes that were really good. I thought we hit a lot of balls right on the nose. The goal when you are facing a good drop ball pitcher is to hit the ball in the air because ground balls aren't going to do a lot for us. We absolutely torched some balls that got caught in the wind, and they end up being outs. That changes the game. I thought their pitcher pitched a great game, and they got some timely plays and timely hits. At the end of the day, 10 innings of a hard-fought battle. I thought Shelby [Walters] was outstanding in the circle. Madison [Kerpics] comes in and gets us out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out. Those are really special things, and I am really proud of the girls. Disappointed in the outcome but will come back at them tomorrow."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vawter, Alana (2-1)
L: Kerpics, Madison (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Koch, Caelan 1
RBI: Mahler, River 2 ; Jones, Emily 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gindlesperger, T. 2 ; Mahler, River 1
SB: Gindlesperger, T. 1 ; Koch, Caelan 1 ; Lim, Kaitlyn 1 ; Jones, Emily 1
CS: Jones, Emily 1
Batting:
2B: Chambley, Sydney 1
3B: Goodnight, Dallis 1
HR: Kuma, Sydney 1
RBI: Kuma, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuma, Sydney 1
CS: Kuma, Sydney 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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