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Dogs Take Down Racers, Boilermakers Saturday
February 10, 2024 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The sixth-ranked Georgia softball team defeated Murray State, 2-0, and Purdue, 6-1, on day two of the Red & Black Showcase Saturday at Jack Turner Stadium.
Georgia stays undefeated at 4-0 on the young season. The Georgia pitching staff has allowed just one run in 26 innings of work in the circle to begin the season while holding opponents to a .138 average.
No. 6 Georgia 2, Murray State 0
The Bulldogs edged Murray State 2-0 in their first game of the day, recording the third-straight shutout of the season. Madison Kerpics (1-0) went the distance in her first start, allowing no runs on just two hits. She struck out three Racers (1-3) in the game.
Sydney Kuma was the lone Dog with multiple hits, scattering a couple. Lyndi Rae Davis' hit in the fifth proved the difference maker in the game.
Georgia loaded the bases with two out in the home half of the fifth. Davis singled to short. On the play, Jaydyn Goodwin scored. The shortstop's throw to third was off the mark, allowing Ellie Armistead to score and make it a 2-0 lead for the Bulldogs.
The 2-0 advantage held as Kerpics allowed just one runner aboard the remainder of the game en route to the shutout.
No. 6 Georgia, Purdue 1
Sydney Chambley blasted two home runs and drove in three to lift the Bulldogs over Purdue (2-1) in the nightcap, 6-1. Kuma added two hits in the game as well.
Georgia used four pitchers against the Boilermakers. Riley Orcutt made her first start, working a 1-2-3 first inning. Shelby Walters (2-0) earned the victory, working three scoreless innings, allowing two hits, and striking out seven of the 11 batters she faced. Rachel Gibson made her Georgia debut, pitching one and a third innings, allowing a run on three hits. Lilli Backes earned her first Georgia save, working out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth and pitching the final one and two-thirds innings.
Chambley's first home run of the season put Georgia ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second.
Chambley's second homer of the game, this one a two-run shot to center, widened the lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth. The offense kept rolling in the inning when Emily Digby drove in Jaydyn Goodwin with a double to right center. A sac fly off the bat of Armistead brought the lead to 5-0.
A solo Kuma blast in the fifth lengthened the Dogs' lead to 6-0 in the fifth.
Purdue used a bases-loaded walk in the sixth to break up Georgia's shutout streak, 6-1. Backes entered after the walk and got out of the jam.
Georgia will face off against Purdue Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. in the final game of the Red & Black Showcase at Jack Turner Stadium.
Georgia stays undefeated at 4-0 on the young season. The Georgia pitching staff has allowed just one run in 26 innings of work in the circle to begin the season while holding opponents to a .138 average.
No. 6 Georgia 2, Murray State 0
The Bulldogs edged Murray State 2-0 in their first game of the day, recording the third-straight shutout of the season. Madison Kerpics (1-0) went the distance in her first start, allowing no runs on just two hits. She struck out three Racers (1-3) in the game.
Sydney Kuma was the lone Dog with multiple hits, scattering a couple. Lyndi Rae Davis' hit in the fifth proved the difference maker in the game.
Georgia loaded the bases with two out in the home half of the fifth. Davis singled to short. On the play, Jaydyn Goodwin scored. The shortstop's throw to third was off the mark, allowing Ellie Armistead to score and make it a 2-0 lead for the Bulldogs.
The 2-0 advantage held as Kerpics allowed just one runner aboard the remainder of the game en route to the shutout.
No. 6 Georgia, Purdue 1
Sydney Chambley blasted two home runs and drove in three to lift the Bulldogs over Purdue (2-1) in the nightcap, 6-1. Kuma added two hits in the game as well.
Georgia used four pitchers against the Boilermakers. Riley Orcutt made her first start, working a 1-2-3 first inning. Shelby Walters (2-0) earned the victory, working three scoreless innings, allowing two hits, and striking out seven of the 11 batters she faced. Rachel Gibson made her Georgia debut, pitching one and a third innings, allowing a run on three hits. Lilli Backes earned her first Georgia save, working out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth and pitching the final one and two-thirds innings.
Chambley's first home run of the season put Georgia ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second.
Chambley's second homer of the game, this one a two-run shot to center, widened the lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth. The offense kept rolling in the inning when Emily Digby drove in Jaydyn Goodwin with a double to right center. A sac fly off the bat of Armistead brought the lead to 5-0.
A solo Kuma blast in the fifth lengthened the Dogs' lead to 6-0 in the fifth.
Purdue used a bases-loaded walk in the sixth to break up Georgia's shutout streak, 6-1. Backes entered after the walk and got out of the jam.
Georgia will face off against Purdue Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. in the final game of the Red & Black Showcase at Jack Turner Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kerpics, Madison (1-0)
L: Roby, Raylee (0-1)
Base Running:
SB: Hicks, Adison 1
HBP: Broemmer, Bailey 1
Batting:
RBI: Davis, Lyndi Rae 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Goodwin, Jaydyn 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 1
CS: Chambley, Sydney 1
Game Leaders
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