LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Texas Tech softball in game two of the Gainesville Regional as they looked to close the door on the Florida Gators after their 10-8 game one win on Friday.
FIRST INNING:
The Florida Gators would strike first off; Jocelyn Erickson hit a two-run home run for the 2-0 early lead before NiJaree Canady would strike out three straight batters.
SECONG INNING:
The Red Raiders went three up, three down in the second inning with Canady striking out another Florida batter.
THIRD INNING:
Taylor Shumaker would get on second base for the Gators off a fair ground ball through the right field line for the two RBI double followed by Erickson singling to left field scoring in Shumaker before getting thrown out at second giving Florida the 3-0 lead.
Canady would close out the inning with her fifth strikeout.
Texas Tech got on base in the bottom of the third off back-to-back hit by pitches, walking Hailey Toney and Mia Williams. Jackie Lis flied out to right centerfield moving Toney to third base. Jasmyn Burns flied out to almost the same spot for the sacrifice fly to bring Toney in for the first Red Raider run making this one a 3-1 game.
Taylor Pannell popped up to second base with two outs and the Gators missed the catch for the error moving Williams to second and putting Pannell on first before Kaitlyn Terry fouled out to left field for the third out.
FOURTH INNING:
Florida got on base with two outs in the fourth inning when Kenleigh Cahalan singled to right field and Lauren Allred had an error which got Cahalan to second. Madison Walker hit a two-run home run out to left field to give the Gators the 5-1 lead.
Samantha Lincoln would come in as the relief pitcher as Canady pitched 3.2 innings giving up four runs off five hits striking out five Florida batters.
Lincoln walked the first batter she saw with two outs before Gabi Comia hit a hard bouncing ground ball to get on base. Shoemaker would fly out to Terry to end the inning.
FIFTH INNING:
Mihyia Davis led off for the Red Raiders singling out to centerfield to get on base. Allred got Davis to third, doubling to right field rolling all the way to the wall. Lagi Quiroga hit a fielder’s choice with three outs remaining as Davis slid home as Florida threw to the plate, the Red Raiders making this one a 5-2 game.
With runners on second and third, Toney hit one to second as the Gators attempted to turn a double play getting pinch runner Logan Halleman out at second but missing the throw at first putting runners on the corners. Williams was then hit by yet another pitch, her fourth between the two games to load the bases for Texas Tech.
Burns would almost leave the park by just a foot with the bases loaded but the Gators made the catch to end the inning.
FIFTH INNING:
Lincoln would get her first strikeout of the day off Ava Brown before the Gators would bunt to put two on with one out. Kendall Grover hit one right back to Lincoln who flipped it to Lis at first base for out number two, but Florida would move the base runners to second and third. Cahalan singled to right scoring two more Gator runners for the 7-2 lead.
Walker popped up to first with neither Williams nor Terry calling for it dropping down to score another Florida run, 8-3 Gators.
Ella Wesolowski hit an RBI double from with two outs extended the Florida lead in this one to 9-2 in the fifth inning.
Lincoln walked another batter putting two on for the Gators with two outs before Shumaker reached on an infield single to load the bases before Erikson would pop one up to Toney for the third out.
SIXTH INNING:
Lincoln and the Red Raiders went three up, three down in the top of the sixth to keep Florida from adding on more runs.
SEVENTH INNING:
Comina adds another run for the Gators on an RBI infield single to make it a 10-2 game.
Davis was the last chance for the Red Raiders to not have to go to a game three but she grounds one out to second to end the game.
The Red Raiders fall in game two of the Gainesville Super Regional 10-2 to the Florida Gators. Game three on Sunday with a trip to the Women’s College World Series on the line.
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