Bulldogs Conclude Red & Black Showcase Sunday

Sunday, February 19

Athens, Ga.

12:30 p.m.

University of Georgia

7-2

St. John's

1-8

St. John's

Georgia

February 19, 2023 | Softball

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ATHENS, Ga. – The 13^th-ranked Georgia softball team split a pair of games on the final day of the Red & Black Showcase Sunday afternoon at Jack Turner Stadium, run ruling St. John's in five innings 12-1, then falling to Charlotte in the final game 6-5.

The Bulldogs are now 7-3 on the season.

No. 13 Georgia 12, St. John's 1 (5 inn.)
Georgia's offense exploded for 12 runs on 14 hits against the Red Storm. Jayda Kearney recorded a 3-for-3 game with four RBI and scored three times. Sydney Kuma and freshman Marisa Miller each put up two hits in the game.

Junior Madison Kerpics (2-2) pitched the complete game, allowing one run on two hits. She struck out eight batters and walked none. Kerpics carried a no hitter through four innings.

Georgia plated two runs in the opening frame to go ahead 2-0. Singles from Lyndi Rae Davis and Keaney put two runners on with two out. Davis raced home on a single back up the middle off the bat of Jaiden Fields. Kuma followed with a base hit of her own to drive in Kearney and bring the early lead to 2-0 for the Dogs.

The first home run in the career of freshman Miller led off the bottom of the second inning to make it 3-0. Later in the inning, a two-out error extended the inning and allowed Sydney Chambley to score. Kearney made the error count as she blasted a two-run home run to widen the lead to 6-0 after two innings.

A six-run third innings doubled Georgia's lead. With bases loaded, two runs came in to score on an error by the centerfielder. Mosley then dropped a single to left to drive in one more and bring the lead to 9-0. Kearney laced a triple to the wall down the right field line to plate two more runs. She touched home on a double off the bat of Kuma to bring the lead to 12-0.

Kerpics held on to a no hitter as the game entered the fifth inning. St. John's (1-8) broke up the no-no with a leadoff single to center. The run came in to score, breaking up Kerpics' shutout, 12-1.

Charlotte 6, No. 13 Georgia 5
Chambley led the Bulldogs with two hits against the 49ers, one of which was a home run, and two RBI.

Graduate Shelby Walters (3-1) suffered the loss after six innings in her start. She gave up four runs on six hits, striking out three hitters. Kerpics and Kylie Macy each pitched in the seventh inning.

The 49ers (6-3) plated a quick run to begin the game in the first. A leadoff walk advanced to second on a groundout and scored on a single to centerfield, 1-0 Charlotte.

A couple costly errors by Charlotte allowed Georgia to score in the fifth. Miller pulled up at second on a dropped fly ball by the centerfielder. Chambley followed with a single dropped down the left field line. On the play, the shortstop kicked the ball away, allowing pinch runner Tyler Ellison to score and tie the game, 1-1.

Arianna Rodi knocked a solo home run in the sixth to retake the lead 2-1.

Fields sent a two-out single down the third base line in the bottom of the inning. She raced around the bases and scored from first on a double to right off the bat of Kuma, knotting the game back up at 2-2.

Charlotte mounted a four-run rally in the top of the seventh to go ahead 6-2 on the Bulldogs.

Georgia didn't got quietly in the final frame. Miller led off the inning with a base hit. Chambley stepped in and blasted her first home run of the season over the all in left to cut the lead to two, 6-4. Following a walk to Jaydyn Goodwin and a double off the bat of Davis, Sara Mosley fouled out to left but deep enough for Goodwin to tag up and score, cutting the lead to 6-5. The comeback was cut short in the end as Georgia fell to Charlotte.

Georgia hits the road for a showdown with No. 7 Clemson Tuesday. First pitch between the Bulldogs and Tigers is set for 4 p.m. The game will stream live on ACC Network Extra.