Game One Recap: Softball No. 19 Texas A&M vs South Carolina

The Aggies will begin the sequence down a sport after they might not muster any offense in a 6-2 loss to the Gamecocks. Texas A&M (26-14, 8-8 SEC) had been using the new hand of their pitchers over the past for video games solely permitting a complete of 5 runs. Sadly, South Carolina (28-12, 5-8 SEC) was capable of take an early lead and pepper some insurance coverage runs all through the sport for the win.

The scoring acquired off to a begin which seemed to be promising for the Aggies. Julia Cottrill hit a single to get to first base and some batters later Trinity Cannon hit a homer to deliver them each dwelling to go up 2-0.

Nevertheless, in a flip from earlier weeks, the Aggies beginning pitcher Emily Leavitt struggled out of the gate. Successful-by-pitch and a stroll gave the Gamecocks two free bases instantly adopted up by a bunt loading the bases. A double scored three and a wild pitch put South Carolina up 4-2 after the primary inning.

Leavitt discovered her footing just a little bit solely permitting two extra runs however A&M was by no means capable of threaten a rating for the rest of the sport. They had been held to solely two further hits after the primary inning in a 6-2 loss in sport one.

One constructive to tug from the sport was Grace Uribe was capable of get in just a few innings of labor getting one strikeout and solely permitting one hit.

Closing Rating: Aggies 2, Gamecocks 6 – W: Ochs, Karsen (6-3); L: Leavitt, Emily (8-5); S: Gobourne, Donnie (5)

Recreation two will begin at 1 pm on April fifteenth in South Carolina.

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