SBW Game #1 vs. (12th rpi) Tennessee, SOFTBALL GAME THREAD

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Here is tonight's starting lineup:

2B- Julia Echols
3B- Caroline Seitz
DP- Mackenzie Toler
P- Alexis Silkwood
C- Katie Anne Bailey
1B- Erika Gaul
SS- Kayla Winkfield
CF- Loryn Nichols
LF- Amanda Ivy
RF- Ashley Phillips


Still working right now. First Pitch is at 5:30pm. I won't be able to make any batter by batter updates till the late innings.

Hail State!

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Scoreless after first inning

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Tennessee took the lead 1-0 during the top of the 2nd with a solo fourbagger

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In B2 we loaded the bases.

Echols hit one to the wall caught for an out. We failed to score and are trailing 1-0 headed to the top of the 3rd

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Top of the 3rd

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Alexis Silkwood pitching for Bulldogs

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Leadoff Volunteer(ette?) grounds out to 1B

1 out, no runners

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Base hit thru after a diving effort by SS (Winkfield)

1 out, runner at 1B

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F-8

2 down, runner at 1B

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SB on close play

2 outs, runner in scoring position

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SB

2 outs, runner now at 3B

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3-2 count K

Good Job Silkwood!

Headed to B3, Tennessee ahead 1-0

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Bottom of 3rd

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Caroline Seitz

Pops up to 3B

1 out, no runners

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1154

Mackenzie Toler

Single up the middle, 2 for 2 tonight

1 out, Toler at 1B

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1155

Alexis Silkwood

Hits into a 1-6-3 double play

After 3 innings, MSU still trailing 1-0

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Top of the 4th

Leadoff single


I really hope failing to get any runs in during the 2nd doesn't come back to haunt us

No outs, runner on 1B

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Sacrifice bunt advances the runner

1 out, runner at 2B

Cohen approves this play***

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Crap, base hit to CF

1 out, runners at corners

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Deep sac fly to CF scores the runner at 3rd making it 2-0 in favor of UT

2 outs, runner at 1B

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Single to LF

2 outs, runners at 1B and 2B

Got to get out of this inning

Top of the order up for Vols

Conference at mound

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BB

2 down, bases juiced

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F-8

Nichols gets the Bulldogs out of the inning

At the halfway point - Tennessee 1, Miss. State 0

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Bottom of the 4th

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Katie Anne Bailey

grounds out 6-3

1 down, no runners

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1157

Erika Gaul

3-2 count, long at bat

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Gaul grounds out 5-3

2 out, no runners

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1158

Kayla Winkfield (.328 average, 44 hits)

Beats out an infield hit that the 1st baseman fields. Made throw but Winkfield beat the 2nd baseman to the bag.

2 outs, runner on 1B

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1159

Loryn Nichols

Base Hit!!!

2 down, runners at 1B and 2B

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Amanda Ivy at the plate

Need a hit girl!!

UT conference at mound

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Grounds out 6-3 to end the inning

Bulldogs can't answer

After 4 innings, Tennessee leads MSU 2-0

Both teams have stranded 6

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Top of the 5th

Silkwood catches batter looking on a 3-2 pitch

1 out, no runners for UT

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Batter swings on an 0-2 pitch, no K called

Vann wants explanation from Ump, maybe batter tipped it

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^shouldn't matter


Batter with hit

B.S. behind the plate!!!!

1 out, 3 strike runner at 1B

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F-4 to Echols for 2nd out

2 down, Volunteer at 1B

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Koenig, current batter had the solo HR to score Vols' first run

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She grounds out 5-3 to end it

Headed to B5, top of the order up for MSU:

Echols
Seitz
Toler

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Bottom of 5th

1161

Julia Echols

Leadoff standup double!!!!

No outs, Echols on 2B

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1162

Caroline Seitz

Weird play. Seitz out, runner cannot advance.

1 out, Echols on 2B

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Conference at mound with infield

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1163

Mackenzie Toler

Grounder right to 2B, 4-3

2 outs, Echols at 3B

Got to get her home!

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1164

Alexis Silkwood

And just like, an RBI single!!

2 outs, Silkwood at 1B

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It only took us NINE hits to finally score a run. Crazy.

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1165

Katie Anne Bailey

Another 2 out single puts the tying runner at 2B

2 outs, runners at 1B and 2B

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1166

Carmen Carter

Pinch running for Silkwood at 2B

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1167

Erika Gaul

Deep flyball had my hopes up, but no.

End of 5th inning, MSU cuts UT lead to 2-1

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Top of the 6th

3-2 count on a long battle at the plate

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HBP

Sheit

No outs, runner at 1B

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Sac bunt moves runner to 2nd

1 down, Lady Vol on 2B

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4-3 grounder moves runner to 3B with 2 outs

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Top of the order up for Tennessee

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Backhanded 1-3 grounder for Silkwood

Tennessee leading 2-1 headed to B6

Both teams have stranded 8

Coming up for Bulldogs:

Winkfield
Nichols
Ivy

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Bottom of 6th

Let's get 'em here and end this thing after the next UT inning Girls!

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1168

Kayla Winkfield

BB

No outs, Winkfield on 1B

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Pitching change for Tennessee

Tarango (SP?)

Previous P Gaffen allowed one run on TEN hits

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Winkfield steals 2nd

Throw was in time but fielder couldn't hold on to ball

No outs, runner at 2B

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Loryn Nichols

hits to SS who makes throw to 1B

Close, close, close play

Winkfield can't advance

1 out, runner on 2B

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Heard a new (to me) term. Powerslap!

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Amanda Ivy

HBP

1 out, runners at corners

Top of order coming up

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Julia Echols

HBP

1 out, bases full of Bulldogs

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This has got to be our inning!

Timeout Tennessee

No action in bullpen

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1172

Caroline Seitz

C'mon Carol!

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17

F-5 near the dugout

Crap Crap Crap

2 down, bases loaded

Gotta get a run in!

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1173

Mackenzie Toler

3-0 count

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Base on Balls ties the game 2-2

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1174

Alexis Silkwood

Being aggressive at the plate

0-2 count

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Dang

Good looking grounder ends up 6-3

After 6, Tied 2-2

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Top of 7th

Backward K!!!


Awww Snap... called an illegal pitch

now 3-2 count

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Grounder gets thru

Of 17ing Course

No outs, runner on 1B

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Crap, base hit

No outs, runners on 1B and 2B

We got to shut this down!!

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PH for UT

Also activity in UT bullpen. Tarango (current P) is the player being pinch hit for

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BB

No outs, bases loaded

We are in trouble

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Vann and team at mound

Silkwood has thrown 134 pitches tonight

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Holy Crap

Grounder of SS glove scores two

No outs, runners at 1B and 2B

We are deep, deep crap now, UT leads 4-2

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Line out to SS

1 down, runners at 1B and 2B

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F-6

2 outs, runners at 1B and 2B

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This inning could've gone so differently

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BB

2 outs, bases juiced

Gotta get out of this inning

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This is a really "small" plate

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3-2 count

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Grounder 4-3 caps the damage at 2 runs

We have out hit Tennessee but we're losing 4-2 headed to our last at bat

Coming up:

Bailey

Gaul

Winkfield

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Bottom of 7th

Gaffen, starting P, back in for Tennessee


The late innings are our innings! C'mon Bulldogs!

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Katie Anne Bailey

3-0 count

We need a base runner

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Bailey takes her base on 4 pitches

No outs, Bailey at 1B

Timeout UT

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1176

Erika Gaul

Woof!!!!

RBI double down the LF line!!!!!

Bailey scores from 1B

MSU cuts Tennessee lead to one run, 4-3

No outs, Gaul at 2B

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1177

Madison Arroyo pinch running for Gaul at 2B

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Pitch in the dirt, but rolls forward and Arroyo cannot advance

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1178

Kayla Winkfield

Timeout

Looks like the ball tagged the UT catcher pretty good. She went down but is now back up.

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Winkfield beats out an infield hit!!

No outs, runners at corners

UT coaches out to argue

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Winning Run (Winkfield) at 1B

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Loryn Nichols

slaps one back to pitch for 1-3 out, only play

Winkfield advances to 2nd, but Arroyo cannot score

1 down, doggies at 2B and 3B

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Amanda Ivy

ball gets away from catcher but Arroyo doesn't attempt to steal home

2-2 count

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1-3 right back to catcher, runners can't advance

2 outs, runners at 2B and 3B

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1181

Jullia Echols

Gets the four fingered salute

2 outs, bases juiced

Out at any base but base hit wins it!

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1182

Caroline Seitz

0-2 count

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Well, crap

ground out 6-3 ends the game



@#$%^&

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FINAL:

Tennessee 4, Mississippi State 3

We stranded 14 and out hit Tennessee and scored just 3 runs on 12 hits

We drop to 9-10 in SEC play and 31-14 overall

[maroonmania]

Wow, 1st and 3rd no outs and can't get the run home. Sounds like something our baseball team would do.

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Seems like nothing would go right

Great effort by Silkwood, game just wasn't the same after the illegal pitch

Good offense but couldn't get the runs in. 14 stranded. 14. Oh well, that's baseba... erm... softball

Game 2 tomorrow at 6pm