UGA Women’s Softball: Seventh Inning Rally Lifts Georgia Past Aggies, 6-5
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – A two-run seventh inning rally lifted the 18th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs past No. 24 Texas A&M, 6-5, Saturday at Davis Diamond. The victory secures Georgia’s second SEC series win.
The Bulldogs continue to climb to 23-6 on the season and 4-1 in SEC play. Georgia has won five straight.
After a 15-hit game Friday, the Bulldogs scattered 13 on Saturday, led by a career-best four hits from sophomore Lyndi Rae Davis including her first home run of the season. Sara Mosley blasted two home runs in the contest while Jaiden Fields added a home run of her own.
Freshman Jaydyn Goodwin provided the game-winning hit in the seventh, a two-RBI single to put Georgia in front 6-5.
Junior Madison Kerpics worked three innings in her start. She allowed three runs on three hits with one strikeout. Shelby Walters (11-1) picked up the win in relief, working the final four innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out three.
Just like game one of the series, Georgia struck first in the opening frame on a solo home run off the bat of Mosley, her 10th homer of the season and the first Bulldog to reach the mark in 2023.
Texas A&M (16-9, 2-3) answered back in the bottom of the inning. Koko Wooley led off with a stand-up triple to right. The next batter, Julia Cottrill flied one to deep center. Centerfielder Dallis Goodnight reached up over the wall and reeled it back in, as Wooley tagged and scored on a sac fly, tying the game at 1-all.
Georgia regained the lead on back-to-back solo home runs from Fields and Davis in the top of the third to go ahead 3-1. The blast from Davis was her first of the 2023 campaign.
The Aggies’ Trinity Cannon hit a two-run home run to retie the game in the bottom of the inning, 3-3.
Mosley’s second home run of the game put Georgia back in front in the sixth, 4-3.
Once again, the Aggies answered back in the bottom of the inning, first tying it on an RBI double then finding a 5-4 lead on a two-out RBI single from Amari Harper.
Down one in the seventh, the Dogs needed a rally to keep the game alive. Davis’ fourth hit, a walk to Sydney Chambley, and a one-out pinch hit single from Ally Kurland loaded the bases. Goodwin singled through the six hole to drive in Davis and Chambley, putting Georgia back in front 6-5.
Walters retired the Aggies in order in the bottom of the inning to secure the series for Georgia.
The Bulldogs and Aggies square off in the series finale Sunday at Davis Diamond. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m., ET, live on SEC Network+.