Georgia Southern University
7-3
Morehead State
0-8
Eagles Pick Up Two Wins at Round Robin
2/16/2019 8:33:00 PM | Softball
Action wraps up Sunday at home
GAME 1: GS 19, Morehead State 2 (5 Inn.)
The Eagles busted out the bats early on in this one, plating seven runs in the first inning. Shelby Wilson got the scoring started with a two-RBI double to the gap, but it was Logan Harrell's fifth career grand slam that really blew the barn doors off.
After MSU plated two runs in the top of the second inning, GS rebounded with four more runs in the third inning when Faith Shirley lifted a three-run home run right before Hannah Farrell blasted a solo shot to make it 14-2.
In the fourth inning, Macy Weeks and Layton Harrell both had home runs off the bench to cap the scoring fest.
Jess Mazur (W, 2-0) went three innings to pick up the win in the shortened contest. She allowed two runs on two hits with a strikeout and a walk. Shelby Barfield tossed the final two innings, allowing no runs or hits while striking out two and walking one.
At the plate, the Eagles had 14 hits, led by two apiece from Shayla Smith, Shirley (3 RBI, 4 runs), Wilson (4 RBI) and Ellington Day. Weeks, Layton Harrell, Logan Harrell (4 RBI), Alia Booth, Farrell and Sydney Horton all had one hit.
The 19 runs are the most since scoring 22 against Binghamton in 2015 and the five home runs are the second-most in program history for a single game.
GAME 2: GS 3, Mount Saint Mary's 2
Georgia Southern picked right back up where it left off, scoring a run in the first inning. Smith doubled on the first pitch and Shirley drove her home on her first pitch to make it 1-0. The Mount rallied in the fourth inning, string consecutive hits together to tie the game up.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Eagles re-took the lead when Logan Harrell went opposite field for second home run of the day, a solo shot to make it 2-1.
With two outs in the seventh, The Mount scored on a squib single to tie the game up. In the bottom of the seventh, Smith scored on an error to lift the Eagles to the win.
Smith, Shirley, Farrell, Logan Harrell, Wilson and Ashlynn Gunter each had a hit for the Eagles.
Rylee Waldrep went five innings, allowing just one run on three hits with a career-high tying seven strikeouts. Kaylee Ramos (W, 2-0) went two innings, allowing a run on three hits with a walk.
The Eagles (8-3) will return to action on Sunday, taking on UMKC at 11:30 a.m. and Mount Saint Mary's at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mazur, Jess (2-0)
L: LARGENT, Lakyn (0-5)
Batting:
2B: GRIFFIN, Cassie 1
RBI: GRIFFIN, Cassie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: SLATER, Peyton 1 ; LINDSEY, Elizabeth 1
HBP: BISSELL, Helyna 1
Batting:
2B: Wilson, Shelby 1 ; Day, Ellington 1
HR: Weeks, Macy 1 ; Shirley, Faith 1 ; Harrell, Layton 1 ; Farrell, Hannah 1 ; Harrell, Logan 1
RBI: Weeks, Macy 2 ; Shirley, Faith 3 ; Wilson, Shelby 4 ; Harrell, Layton 2 ; Farrell, Hannah 1 ; Booth, Alia 1 ; Harrell, Logan 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Shayla 3 ; Weeks, Macy 1 ; Shirley, Faith 4 ; Wilson, Shelby 2 ; Harrell, Layton 1 ; Farrell, Hannah 1 ; Mullis, Allyssah 1 ; Booth, Alia 1 ; Day, Ellington 2 ; Harrell, Logan 2 ; Horton, Sydney 1
HBP: Smith, Shayla 1 ; Shirley, Faith 1
