University of Georgia Athletics
Saturday, February 17
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No. 4 Dogs Rout No. 7/5 Florida State, 20-10
February 17, 2024 | Softball
Game Against Minnesota Rained Out
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The fourth-ranked Georgia softball team defeated No. 7/5 Florida State Saturday morning in five innings, 20-10, in the Shiners Children's Clearwater Invitational at Eddie C. Moore Complex.
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Georgia's afternoon game against Minnesota was rained out and will not be made up.
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The Bulldogs remain undefeated on the season at 9-0, finishing the Shiners Children's Clearwater Invitational 4-0 with top-25 wins against No. 6/8 Oklahoma State, No. 19/20 UCLA, and No. 7/5 Florida State.
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As a team, Georgia hit .311 in the tournament, scoring 41 runs in four games. Sara Mosley drove in 10 runs to lead the Bulldogs, scattering four doubles. Sydney Kuma went 8-for-13 on the weekend to hit .615 with a home run. In all, Georgia hit eight home runs.
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In the circle, Lilli Backes finished the weekend 2-0 with a save in 16 innings, striking out 10 batters.
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No. 4 Georgia 20, No. 7/5 Florida State 10 (5 inn.)
Georgia routed No. 7/5 Florida State to begin its final day in Clearwater Saturday. The Bulldogs' 20 runs were the most ever scored against the Seminoles in FSU's history.
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The offense scattered 16 hits for its 20 runs. Mosley, Kuma, and freshman Emily Digby each scattered three hits. Mosley set a career-best seven RBI while Digby and Jayda Kearney each drove in four. Kearney knocked two home runs in the game and scored four times. Nine total Dogs hitters recorded a hit including home runs from Kearney, Lauren Burnett, and Sarah Gordon. Â
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Shelby Walters pitched two and a third innings in her start, allowing six runs, three earned, on four hits. Backes (3-0) earned her second win in back-to-back appearances, working two and two-thirds innings in relief, allowing four runs on seven hits.
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The bats came alive early as Georgia put up five runs in the first inning. After a leadoff walk to Dallis Goodnight, Kearney stepped in and hit a towering two-run home run to go ahead quick on the Seminoles, 2-0. With runners in scoring position, Mosley doubled to the left-center gap to drive in both runners and widen the lead to 4-0. Digby followed with a double of her own to score Mosley and make it a five-spot in the first.
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FSU jumped on the board with a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning, 5-1.
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Georgia mounted a two-out rally in the second, scoring nine runs to open a 14-1 lead. The scoring started when Mosley doubled with bases loaded to drive in three. Digby picked up her second double, a two-RBI gapper to left center, then Burnett hit a pinch hit two-run home run followed by a two-run homer from Kearney, her second of the game.
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A pair of two-out throwing errors by Walters extended the bottom of the second and allowed three FSU errors to score, 14-4.
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Gordon hit her first Bulldog home run, a solo shot down the right field line in the third, to bring the lead back to 11, 15-4. Georgia proceeded to load the baes then Hannah Davila drew a two-out walk to drive in a run, picking up her first career RBI and bringing the lead to 16-4.
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Two RBI base hits from the Seminoles cut the Georgia lead back to 16-6 in the bottom of the third.
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Digby picked up her third hit and fourth RBI on a single to the wall in right to drive in Mosley in the top of the fourth to bring the lead back to 11, 17-6.
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The Seminoles used a two-run home run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 17-8.
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Georgia's offense didn't stop in the top of the sixth. The Dogs loaded the bases then Jaiden Fields drove in Kearney with a base hit to left. Mosley picked up RBI number six and seven with a double to left center, bringing the tally to 20-8.
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FSU didn't go quietly plating two runs on a sac fly and an RBI single, 20-10, but Backes held the Seminoles to complete the five-inning victory. Â
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No. 4 Georgia vs. Minnesota (rained out)
Georgia's final game of the Shiners Children's Clearwater Invitational, an afternoon game against Minnesota, was rained out. The game will not be made up.
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Georgia returns to Athens to host the Georgia Classic next weekend at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs welcome No.21/17 Virginia Tech, Radford, and Dartmouth to Athens. Georgia takes on the Hokies Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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Georgia's afternoon game against Minnesota was rained out and will not be made up.
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The Bulldogs remain undefeated on the season at 9-0, finishing the Shiners Children's Clearwater Invitational 4-0 with top-25 wins against No. 6/8 Oklahoma State, No. 19/20 UCLA, and No. 7/5 Florida State.
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As a team, Georgia hit .311 in the tournament, scoring 41 runs in four games. Sara Mosley drove in 10 runs to lead the Bulldogs, scattering four doubles. Sydney Kuma went 8-for-13 on the weekend to hit .615 with a home run. In all, Georgia hit eight home runs.
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In the circle, Lilli Backes finished the weekend 2-0 with a save in 16 innings, striking out 10 batters.
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No. 4 Georgia 20, No. 7/5 Florida State 10 (5 inn.)
Georgia routed No. 7/5 Florida State to begin its final day in Clearwater Saturday. The Bulldogs' 20 runs were the most ever scored against the Seminoles in FSU's history.
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The offense scattered 16 hits for its 20 runs. Mosley, Kuma, and freshman Emily Digby each scattered three hits. Mosley set a career-best seven RBI while Digby and Jayda Kearney each drove in four. Kearney knocked two home runs in the game and scored four times. Nine total Dogs hitters recorded a hit including home runs from Kearney, Lauren Burnett, and Sarah Gordon. Â
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Shelby Walters pitched two and a third innings in her start, allowing six runs, three earned, on four hits. Backes (3-0) earned her second win in back-to-back appearances, working two and two-thirds innings in relief, allowing four runs on seven hits.
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The bats came alive early as Georgia put up five runs in the first inning. After a leadoff walk to Dallis Goodnight, Kearney stepped in and hit a towering two-run home run to go ahead quick on the Seminoles, 2-0. With runners in scoring position, Mosley doubled to the left-center gap to drive in both runners and widen the lead to 4-0. Digby followed with a double of her own to score Mosley and make it a five-spot in the first.
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FSU jumped on the board with a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the inning, 5-1.
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Georgia mounted a two-out rally in the second, scoring nine runs to open a 14-1 lead. The scoring started when Mosley doubled with bases loaded to drive in three. Digby picked up her second double, a two-RBI gapper to left center, then Burnett hit a pinch hit two-run home run followed by a two-run homer from Kearney, her second of the game.
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A pair of two-out throwing errors by Walters extended the bottom of the second and allowed three FSU errors to score, 14-4.
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Gordon hit her first Bulldog home run, a solo shot down the right field line in the third, to bring the lead back to 11, 15-4. Georgia proceeded to load the baes then Hannah Davila drew a two-out walk to drive in a run, picking up her first career RBI and bringing the lead to 16-4.
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Two RBI base hits from the Seminoles cut the Georgia lead back to 16-6 in the bottom of the third.
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Digby picked up her third hit and fourth RBI on a single to the wall in right to drive in Mosley in the top of the fourth to bring the lead back to 11, 17-6.
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The Seminoles used a two-run home run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 17-8.
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Georgia's offense didn't stop in the top of the sixth. The Dogs loaded the bases then Jaiden Fields drove in Kearney with a base hit to left. Mosley picked up RBI number six and seven with a double to left center, bringing the tally to 20-8.
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FSU didn't go quietly plating two runs on a sac fly and an RBI single, 20-10, but Backes held the Seminoles to complete the five-inning victory. Â
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No. 4 Georgia vs. Minnesota (rained out)
Georgia's final game of the Shiners Children's Clearwater Invitational, an afternoon game against Minnesota, was rained out. The game will not be made up.
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Georgia returns to Athens to host the Georgia Classic next weekend at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs welcome No.21/17 Virginia Tech, Radford, and Dartmouth to Athens. Georgia takes on the Hokies Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Backes, Lilli (3-0)
L: Emma Wilson (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Mosley, Sara 3 ; Digby, Emily 2
HR: Kearney, Jayda 2 ; Gordon, Sarah 1 ; Burnett, Lauren 1
RBI: Kearney, Jayda 4 ; Davila, Hannah 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1 ; Mosley, Sara 7 ; Gordon, Sarah 1 ; Digby, Emily 4 ; Burnett, Lauren 2
SH: Chambley, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Goodnight, Dallis 2 ; Kearney, Jayda 4 ; Davila, Hannah 2 ; Kuma, Sydney 3 ; Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Mosley, Sara 3 ; Gordon, Sarah 2 ; Digby, Emily 1 ; Castorri, Emma 1 ; Burnett, Lauren 1
HBP: Goodnight, Dallis 1 ; Kuma, Sydney 1
Batting:
2B: Jahni Kerr 1 ; Michaela Edenfield 1 ; Kennedy Harp 1
HR: Isa Torres 1 ; Kalei Harding 1
RBI: Jahni Kerr 3 ; Isa Torres 2 ; Kalei Harding 2 ; Madi Frey 1 ; Katie Dack 1
SF: Jahni Kerr 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jahni Kerr 1 ; Isa Torres 1 ; Kalei Harding 1 ; Annie Potter 1 ; Krystina Hartley 1 ; Madi Frey 1 ; Kennedy Harp 1 ; Amaya Ross 1 ; Katie Dack 2
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