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Georgia Concludes Opening Weekend 5-0, Defeats Boise State 14-1 Sunday
February 12, 2023 | Softball
ORLANDO, Fla. – The 15th-ranked Georgia softball team secured a 5-0 start to the 2023 season with a 14-1 victory in five innings against Boise State Sunday at the UCF Softball Complex.
Georgia scattered 15 hits including four extra-base hits, led by three hits from Dallis Goodnight in the ninth spot in the lineup. Jaydyn Goodwin and Sara Mosley each tallied two hits, but it was Jayda Kearney who knocked her fourth home run of opening weekend, a grand slam in the fifth, to lead the Bulldogs with four RBI. Jaiden Fields pushed in three runs on Sunday.
Shelby Walters (3-0) remained unbeaten in the circle, working four innings in her start, allowing one run on four hits. She struck out five Broncos and walked none. Sophomore Sydney Osada pitched the fifth inning in her 2023 debut.
For the first time on opening weekend, it was Georgia that pushed a run across first in the game. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no out. A fielder's choice off the bat of Fields scored the go-ahead run. Two batters later, Ellie Armistead tripled off the wall in right to drive in two more and extend Georgia's lead to 3-0 in the third inning.
Georgia once again found itself in a bases-loaded situation with no out in the top of the fourth. Mosley delivered a two-run single down the first base line to widen the lead to 5-0. Another two-run single, this time off the bat of Fields to left, put the Dogs up by seven, 7-0.
A solo home run put the Broncos on the board in the bottom of the fourth, 7-1.
Georgia rallied for a seven-run fifth inning. Goodnight led off with an infield hit, stole second, and took third on a throwing error. She easily scored on a single back to the pitcher off the bat of Goodwin, bringing the lead back to seven, 8-1. With bases loaded and no out, Kearney blasted her fourth home run of the weekend for a grand slam to put the Bulldogs way out in front, 12-1. In a pinch-hit opportunity, freshman Lauren Burnett followed Kearney with a homer of her own, the first of her career, 13-1. With bases loaded again, a run scored on an infield fly play to bring the final tally to 14-1.
Lefty Osada made her 2023 debut in the bottom of the fifth, striking out two en route to a 1-2-3 inning and securing the 5-0 start for the Dogs.
Georgia opens the 2023 home schedule next weekend hosting the Red & Black Showcase at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs will host No. 17/14 Stanford, St. John's, and Charlotte. First pitch against the Stanford Cardinal is set for 3:30 p.m. Friday in the home opener.
Georgia scattered 15 hits including four extra-base hits, led by three hits from Dallis Goodnight in the ninth spot in the lineup. Jaydyn Goodwin and Sara Mosley each tallied two hits, but it was Jayda Kearney who knocked her fourth home run of opening weekend, a grand slam in the fifth, to lead the Bulldogs with four RBI. Jaiden Fields pushed in three runs on Sunday.
Shelby Walters (3-0) remained unbeaten in the circle, working four innings in her start, allowing one run on four hits. She struck out five Broncos and walked none. Sophomore Sydney Osada pitched the fifth inning in her 2023 debut.
For the first time on opening weekend, it was Georgia that pushed a run across first in the game. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no out. A fielder's choice off the bat of Fields scored the go-ahead run. Two batters later, Ellie Armistead tripled off the wall in right to drive in two more and extend Georgia's lead to 3-0 in the third inning.
Georgia once again found itself in a bases-loaded situation with no out in the top of the fourth. Mosley delivered a two-run single down the first base line to widen the lead to 5-0. Another two-run single, this time off the bat of Fields to left, put the Dogs up by seven, 7-0.
A solo home run put the Broncos on the board in the bottom of the fourth, 7-1.
Georgia rallied for a seven-run fifth inning. Goodnight led off with an infield hit, stole second, and took third on a throwing error. She easily scored on a single back to the pitcher off the bat of Goodwin, bringing the lead back to seven, 8-1. With bases loaded and no out, Kearney blasted her fourth home run of the weekend for a grand slam to put the Bulldogs way out in front, 12-1. In a pinch-hit opportunity, freshman Lauren Burnett followed Kearney with a homer of her own, the first of her career, 13-1. With bases loaded again, a run scored on an infield fly play to bring the final tally to 14-1.
Lefty Osada made her 2023 debut in the bottom of the fifth, striking out two en route to a 1-2-3 inning and securing the 5-0 start for the Dogs.
Georgia opens the 2023 home schedule next weekend hosting the Red & Black Showcase at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs will host No. 17/14 Stanford, St. John's, and Charlotte. First pitch against the Stanford Cardinal is set for 3:30 p.m. Friday in the home opener.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walters, Shelby (3-0)
L: WALLJASPER, Lindsey (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Goodwin, Jaydyn 1
3B: Armistead, Ellie 1
HR: Kearney, Jayda 1 ; Burnett, Lauren 1
RBI: Goodwin, Jaydyn 1 ; Mosley, Sara 2 ; Kearney, Jayda 4 ; Fields, Jaiden 3 ; Burnett, Lauren 1 ; Armistead, Ellie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Goodwin, Jaydyn 2 ; Davis, Lyndi Rae 1 ; Eaton, Hayley 1 ; Miller, Marisa 1 ; Mosley, Sara 2 ; Ellison, Tyler 1 ; Kearney, Jayda 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1 ; Burnett, Lauren 1 ; Kuma, Sydney 1 ; Goodnight, Dallis 2
SB: Goodwin, Jaydyn 1 ; Goodnight, Dallis 1
HBP: Mosley, Sara 1 ; Kuma, Sydney 1
Batting:
2B: WALLJASPER, Lindsey 1
HR: HALL, Kelsey 1
RBI: HALL, Kelsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HALL, Kelsey 1
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