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Georgia Drops Doubleheader to LSU, 2-1, 9-1
May 07, 2023 | Softball
BATON ROUGE, La. – The 11th-ranked Georgia softball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader against LSU Sunday afternoon at Tiger Park, dropping a one-run decision in the first game 2-1, then falling in six innings in the series finale, 9-1.
The Bulldogs conclude the 2023 regular season 39-12 with a 16-7 record in SEC play. Georgia finished second place in the league, matching the 2018's mark, the last time Georgia finished SEC runner up.
Georgia begins postseason this week in the SEC Softball Tournament at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The No. 2 seed Bulldogs will have a bye to the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 12. Georgia will face the winner of Wednesday's first round game between No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 South Carolina Thursday at 2 p.m., ET.
No. 15 LSU 2, No. 11 Georgia 1
Sydney Kuma was responsible for two or Georgia's three hits in the first game of the day including a solo home run in the seventh.
Shelby Walters (13-6) went the distance in the loss, allowing two runs on seven hits. She struck out three and walked one.
LSU (40-14, 13-11) broke through a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth. McKenzie Redoutey dropped a two-RBI single down the left field line and was out at second on the play to end the inning, but the Tiger damage was done, 2-0.
Down to the Dogs' final out, Kuma blasted a two-out solo home run to break up the shutout in the seventh, 2-1.
No. 15 LSU 9, No. 11 Georgia 1 (6 inn.)
Madison Kerpics (17-6) suffered the loss in the finale, allowing six runs on six hits. She struck out two and walked three. Kylie Macy worked one and two-thirds innings out of the pen, allowing three runs on six hits.
The offense scattered six hits, led by two each from Sara Mosley and Jaydyn Goodwin.
Dallis Goodnight led off the game with a walk, stolen second, and took third on a Mosley base hit. Goodnight put the Dogs on the board on a wild pitch, 1-0.
LSU's Georgia Clark knocked a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the first to put LSU ahead 2-1.
Ali Newland widened the Tiger lead in the third with a two-out, two-RBI double, 4-1 LSU.
A four-run fifth and a single run in the sixth was enough to lift LSU to a 9-1 victory in six innings to take the series over the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs conclude the 2023 regular season 39-12 with a 16-7 record in SEC play. Georgia finished second place in the league, matching the 2018's mark, the last time Georgia finished SEC runner up.
Georgia begins postseason this week in the SEC Softball Tournament at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The No. 2 seed Bulldogs will have a bye to the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 12. Georgia will face the winner of Wednesday's first round game between No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 10 South Carolina Thursday at 2 p.m., ET.
No. 15 LSU 2, No. 11 Georgia 1
Sydney Kuma was responsible for two or Georgia's three hits in the first game of the day including a solo home run in the seventh.
Shelby Walters (13-6) went the distance in the loss, allowing two runs on seven hits. She struck out three and walked one.
LSU (40-14, 13-11) broke through a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth. McKenzie Redoutey dropped a two-RBI single down the left field line and was out at second on the play to end the inning, but the Tiger damage was done, 2-0.
Down to the Dogs' final out, Kuma blasted a two-out solo home run to break up the shutout in the seventh, 2-1.
No. 15 LSU 9, No. 11 Georgia 1 (6 inn.)
Madison Kerpics (17-6) suffered the loss in the finale, allowing six runs on six hits. She struck out two and walked three. Kylie Macy worked one and two-thirds innings out of the pen, allowing three runs on six hits.
The offense scattered six hits, led by two each from Sara Mosley and Jaydyn Goodwin.
Dallis Goodnight led off the game with a walk, stolen second, and took third on a Mosley base hit. Goodnight put the Dogs on the board on a wild pitch, 1-0.
LSU's Georgia Clark knocked a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the first to put LSU ahead 2-1.
Ali Newland widened the Tiger lead in the third with a two-out, two-RBI double, 4-1 LSU.
A four-run fifth and a single run in the sixth was enough to lift LSU to a 9-1 victory in six innings to take the series over the Bulldogs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ali Kilponen (13-6)
L: Walters, Shelby (17-4)
Batting:
2B: Kuma, Sydney 1
HR: Kuma, Sydney 1
RBI: Kuma, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuma, Sydney 1
Batting:
2B: Ali Newland 1
RBI: McKenzie Redoutey 2
SH: Raeleen Gutierrez 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Madilyn Giglio 1 ; Ali Newland 1
CS: Georgia Clark 1
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