Georgia Slugs Five Home Runs in 11-3 Win over Samford

Sunday, March 5

Athens, Ga.

1 p.m.

University of Georgia

17-5

Samford

6-14

Samford

Georgia

Georgia Slugs Five Home Runs in 11-3 Win over Samford

March 05, 2023 | Softball

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ATHENS, Ga. – The 18^th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs knocked a season-high five home runs in its 11-3 six-inning victory over Samford Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium to close the Bulldog Classic.

Georgia climbs to 17-5 on the season. The last time Georgia hit five home runs in a game was against Missouri on March 20, 2021.

Junior Sydney Chambley highlighted the offense with two home runs and a triple while driving in four RBI. Fellow junior Jayda Kearney also had three hits in the contest. Marisa Miller, Sydney Kuma, and Ally Kurland also went deep Sunday afternoon.

Junior Madison Kerpics suffered a no-decision, working three and a third innings in her start, allowing one run on four hits. Graduate Shelby Walters (9-1) earned the victory after an inning and two thirds in relief. The two combined for 11 strikeouts. Sophomore Kylie Macy worked one inning, picking up two strikeouts.

The third home run of the season off the bat of Chambley put Georgia ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the third.

Samford (6-14) threated in the top of the fourth with two on and one out. Walters entered in the circle. Samford plated a run to tie it at 1-all, but Walters limited the damage in the frame, stranding the go-ahead runs on.

Georgia responded with four runs in the home half of the inning. A solo home run from Miller put UGA back in front 2-1. Fellow freshman Jaydyn Goodwin followed with a standup double then immediately raced home and scored on an infield single from Ellie Armistead. Chambley blasted her second home run to widen the lead to 5-1 after four innings.

Samford responded with two runs in the top of the fifth and threatened with more, loading the bases with one out. Back-to-back strikeouts from Walters got the Dogs out of the jam with the lead, 5-3.

Kuma knocked the fourth home run of the day, a two-run blast to center in the fifth, to widen the lead back to four for Georgia, 7-3.

Chambley's third hit of the game was a one-out RBI triple in the bottom of the sixth to drive in Armistead, 8-3. Chambley touched home on a Kearney double, 9-3. Kurland stepped in and knocked a pinch-hit two-run home run to enact the run rule at 11-3 in six innings for the victory.

Georgia hosts in-state foe Georgia State Wednesday in the first home midweek game of the season. The Bulldogs and Panthers will throw first pitch at 6:30 p.m. at Jack Turner Stadium.