#13 Georgia Climbs On Maroon And White In Series Opener, 8-0
May 25, 2016 | Softball
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Georgia rallied for multi-runs in each of the last three innings to break open an otherwise close game as the Red and Black extended its series winning streak over Mississippi State out to four with an 8-0 triumph in the series opener Saturday afternoon at the MSU Softball Field.
Mississippi State (17-9, 0-1 SEC) got a 2-for-3 hitting line from Callye Williams to lead a lethargic offense that managed to string together more than one hit in just the fourth inning. Senior Jennifer Jessup tallied MSU's only other hit on a single in the frame. Georgia (17-7, 1-0) got four hits from Kim Wendland (4-for-4, RBI) and three base knocks from Jessica Gilmore (3-for-4, 3 R, RBI).
MSU starter Melissa Massey (6-3) took the loss for the Maroon and White, despite allowing just three hits through four innings of play. The senior finished the game allowing eight earned runs on 12 hits and a walk in the setback. Georgia righthander Michelle Green scattered three hits and struck out 12 to pick up the loss for the Red and Black.
"After the third inning, both teams had three hits. The bottom line is, they adjusted and we didn't," said Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller. "We didn't have very good at-bats and we swung at a lot of bad pitches. The pitches we could handle, we weren't aggressive with."
After putting together a mild scoring threat in each of the first two innings, Georgia capitalized on its chances in the third, getting Gilmore aboard on a two-out single before Wendland drove in her in on a double one batter later. The Red and Black got a run-scoring double from Gilmore in the fifth and followed with a fielder's choice RBI from Megan McAllister, before Courtney Knight's two-run double in the sixth put the game out of reach.
Godfrey's double to the gap in right field in the top half of the seventh drove in a pair of insurance runs and provided the final.
