(SB) Official Game Thread Florida vs. Georgia Southern Friday 3 PM

6-1 Florida hosts 4-2 Georgia Southern in the 3rd game of the day. GS hosted a tournament on their home field last weekend, coming out of it 4-1, with 2 wins over Merrimack, splitting 2 games with UMASS and beating Radford. They just lost the 10 AM game in Gainesville 5-1 to the College of Charleston. In 2023 there were 17-34, 6-18 in the Sun Belt Conmference. Here is a link with more details about the Eagles team.
SEASON PREVIEW: Experienced Eagles Looking to Make Strides in 2024 Season - Georgia Southern University Athletics

 

Loyola just beat College of Charleston 4-0. Game ended at about 1:55, so the Gator game will start on time.

 

GS Line Up
Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg
1 cf 2 Emma Davis L .450
2 c 3 Gracie Bellard L .250
3 dp 19 Sam Vinson R .231
4 1b 11 Katie Perkins L .381
5 rf 4 Jess Mazur R .222
6 2b 44 Faith Barth L .150
7 3b 1 Courtney Ball R .200
8 lf 14 Kinley Stewart R .000
9 ss 7 Emily Greek R .667
10 p 52 Anslie Pettit R

UF Line Up
Spot Pos # Player Bats Avg
1 cf 27 Kendra Falby L .464
2 lf 33 Korbe Otis R .316
3 ss 17 Skylar Wallace L .545
4 c 8 Jocelyn Erickson L .360
5 1b 0 Ava Brown R .312
6 dp 15 Reagan Walsh R .316
7 2b 11 Mia Williams R .000
8 3b 47 Ariel Kowalewski L .333
9 rf 29 Katie Kistler L .444
10 p 7 Keagan Rothrock R

Their starting pitcher is 1-1 with a 0.44 ERA. 16 innings, 11 hits, 2 walks, 16 strikeouts.

 

Hope Mia gets going this weekend. Also, I want to see more of Olivia Miller.

 

Leadoff batter for GS lines out to 3rd on a 2-2 pitch.

 

Rothrock gets a strikeout on a 2-2 pitch for the 2nd out.

 

Keagan gets another K on a 1-2 pitch to end the inning. 3 up, 3 down.

 

Falby leads off with an infield single down the 3rd base line.

 

Kendra steals 2nd. Korbe Otis flies out to CF on a 2-2 pitch, Falby takes 3rd.

 

Skylar Wallace walks on a 3-1 pitch. Cleanup hitter coming up. 1 out.

 

Wallace steals 2nd on the first pitch. Jocelyn Erickson hits a sac fly to CF. 2 outs, Falby scores. Gators up 1-0.

 

Ava Brown, playing 1st today, walks on 4 straight pitches. 1st & 2nd, 2 outs, DP Reagan Walsh up.

 

Walsh grounds out to SS on a 1-1 pitch. 2 LOB. Going to the 2nd, UF ahead 1-0.

 

GS cleanup hitter, daughter of their head coach, after fouling off five 2 strike pitches, grounds out 3-4 on a 3-2 pitch. 1 out.

 

#5 batter strikes out swinging on a 2-2 pitch. 2 down.

 

Next batter grounds out to 3rd on the first pitch. A perfect first 2 innings for Rothrock.

 

Mia Williams leads off the bottom of the 2nd by grounding out to 3rd on an 0-2 pitch.

 

Ariel Kowalewski strikes out looking for the 2nd out.