Georgia softball was defeated 9-5 by No. 21 LSU within the collection finale on Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium.
“We bought off to a quick begin after which after that we didn’t win sufficient of the probabilities to take management of the sport,” mentioned head coach Tony Baldwin after the sport. “We didn’t have adequate at-bats with runners in scoring place.”
Georgia suffered their second SEC collection loss and fell 37-11 on the season and 10-8 in convention play.
Former softball head coach Lu Harris-Champer was honored earlier than the sport and threw a ceremonial first pitch in entrance of 1,533 followers.
Georgia had 9 hits with two hits every from junior Sara Mosley, senior Lacey Fincher and sophomore Aniyah Black.
The Bulldogs had an early lead within the backside of the second inning with two-run house runs from sophomore Ellie Armistead and Black. Junior Sydney Kuma scored immediately after off of a single from Mosley to place the crew up 5-0.
The house runs from Armistead and Black pushed Georgia to 87 house runs on the season, the fifth-most all-time in program historical past.
The Tigers answered again within the high of the third with a grand slam from Georgia Clark to chop the result in a one run recreation, 5-4.
Each groups couldn’t add something to the scoreboard for the subsequent three innings till LSU tied the sport within the seventh with an RBI single from Danieca Coffey.
Within the backside of the seventh, Georgia was retired so as and the sport went to additional innings. LSU added 4 extra runs to their lead within the eighth, bringing the ultimate rating to 9-5.
Sophomore Madison Kerpics pitched a career-high 7.2 innings and suffered the loss, permitting 9 runs.
Georgia tied the collection on Saturday with a 16-9 victory after falling to the Tigers on Friday, 8-1. The crew had a powerful first inning that included 12 runs from 5 totally different bulldogs.
“I believed the distinction within the recreation was LSU’s small ball,” mentioned Baldwin. “I believed their capacity to play the bunt recreation and slap recreation created some challenges for our protection. I believed it was a fantastic weekend – I’m actually pleased with the way in which we competed, and we’ll get again to work this week.”
Georgia will play in its final midweek matchup in opposition to Furman on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Jack Turner Stadium.