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Four Home Runs Key Comeback Win Over Georgia Tech
March 18, 2022 | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After falling behind 6-0, the University of Louisville softball team used four home runs, including sophomore Vanessa Miller's grand slam to beat Georgia Tech 11-8 in the Cardinals' Atlantic Coast Conference opener Friday evening at Ulmer Stadium. With the victory, the Cardinals extend their win streak to nine games.
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The Cardinals (17-8, 1-0 ACC) and the Yellow Jackets (16-9, 0-7) will meet again on Saturday at 4 p.m. in an ACC Network-televised matchup.
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Miller finished the game with a double and her first collegiate grand slam to go along with a career-high four RBIs. Freshman Korbe Otis had a home run and three RBIs in the game. Taylor Roby (7-3) picked up the win in the circle after surrendering two runs, one earned, on three hits and striking out three in 2.2 innings of relief.
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The teams played through three scoreless innings before Georgia Tech broke through with a six-spot in the fourth. Back-to-back two-out solo home runs by Tricia Awald and Caroline Davis. The Yellow Jackets used three more hits, a walk and a wild pitch to plate four more runs and take a 6-0 lead.
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Louisville began to chip away in the home half of the fifth when singles by Dylann Cravens and Jenna Servi set the table for Otis' two-out, three-run homer which cut the lead in half. After a base hit by Roby, Kendall Smith followed with her eighth homer of the season, pulling the Cards within a run.
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The Cardinals' offense continued with six more runs in the sixth. With one out in the inning, Carmyn Greenwood smashed a solo shot over the left field fence to even the score at 6-6. The Cards capitalized on two errors and a walk to load the bases. Another Yellow Jacket miscue saw Otis safe at the plate to put Louisville on top 7-6, and kept the bases loaded for Miller who stepped up to the plate and connected on her second homer of the season, extending the lead to 11-6.
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Georgia Tech countered with a pair of runs in the seventh and had the bases loaded with the tying run at the plate, but Roby delivered a strikeout to end the game.
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Sileo paced the Yellow Jackets at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs. Blake Neleman (10-5) took the loss after giving up seven runs, two earned, on four hits and striking out two in one inning of relief.
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NOTES:
• In the game, Louisville did not have a hit until the fifth inning. Eight different Cardinals registered at least one hit in the fifth and sixth innings.
• The Cardinals have won nine straight games dating back to March 5 when they beat Central Michigan 8-0. It marks the longest win streak since a 10-game stretch in 2018.
• The Cardinals now have a program-best six grand slams this season. Louisville has belted out at least one grand slam in three straight games dating back to the March 13 win over Indiana – when the Cards had two.
• Louisville improves to 12-3 in the series history with Georgia Tech
• In the history of the program, the Cards are 16-6 in conference openers (4-2 C-USA, 6-2 Big East, 1-0 AAC, 5-2 ACC).
• Kendall Smith is now on a nine-game hitting streak and is tied with Taylor Roby with a team-best eight home runs on the season
• Ally Alexander extends her hitting streak to eight games
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The Cardinals (17-8, 1-0 ACC) and the Yellow Jackets (16-9, 0-7) will meet again on Saturday at 4 p.m. in an ACC Network-televised matchup.
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Miller finished the game with a double and her first collegiate grand slam to go along with a career-high four RBIs. Freshman Korbe Otis had a home run and three RBIs in the game. Taylor Roby (7-3) picked up the win in the circle after surrendering two runs, one earned, on three hits and striking out three in 2.2 innings of relief.
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The teams played through three scoreless innings before Georgia Tech broke through with a six-spot in the fourth. Back-to-back two-out solo home runs by Tricia Awald and Caroline Davis. The Yellow Jackets used three more hits, a walk and a wild pitch to plate four more runs and take a 6-0 lead.
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Louisville began to chip away in the home half of the fifth when singles by Dylann Cravens and Jenna Servi set the table for Otis' two-out, three-run homer which cut the lead in half. After a base hit by Roby, Kendall Smith followed with her eighth homer of the season, pulling the Cards within a run.
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The Cardinals' offense continued with six more runs in the sixth. With one out in the inning, Carmyn Greenwood smashed a solo shot over the left field fence to even the score at 6-6. The Cards capitalized on two errors and a walk to load the bases. Another Yellow Jacket miscue saw Otis safe at the plate to put Louisville on top 7-6, and kept the bases loaded for Miller who stepped up to the plate and connected on her second homer of the season, extending the lead to 11-6.
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Georgia Tech countered with a pair of runs in the seventh and had the bases loaded with the tying run at the plate, but Roby delivered a strikeout to end the game.
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Sileo paced the Yellow Jackets at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs. Blake Neleman (10-5) took the loss after giving up seven runs, two earned, on four hits and striking out two in one inning of relief.
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NOTES:
• In the game, Louisville did not have a hit until the fifth inning. Eight different Cardinals registered at least one hit in the fifth and sixth innings.
• The Cardinals have won nine straight games dating back to March 5 when they beat Central Michigan 8-0. It marks the longest win streak since a 10-game stretch in 2018.
• The Cardinals now have a program-best six grand slams this season. Louisville has belted out at least one grand slam in three straight games dating back to the March 13 win over Indiana – when the Cards had two.
• Louisville improves to 12-3 in the series history with Georgia Tech
• In the history of the program, the Cards are 16-6 in conference openers (4-2 C-USA, 6-2 Big East, 1-0 AAC, 5-2 ACC).
• Kendall Smith is now on a nine-game hitting streak and is tied with Taylor Roby with a team-best eight home runs on the season
• Ally Alexander extends her hitting streak to eight games
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roby, Taylor (7-3)
L: Blake Neleman (10-5)
Batting:
2B: Jin Sileo 1
3B: Grace Connelly 1
HR: Tricia Awald 1 ; Caroline Davis 1
RBI: Sarah Beth Allen 1 ; Tricia Awald 2 ; Caroline Davis 2 ; Auburn Dupree 1 ; Ella Edgmon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mallorie Black 1 ; Tricia Awald 1 ; Caroline Davis 1 ; Grace Connelly 1 ; Kennedy Cowden 1 ; Jin Sileo 2 ; Auburn Dupree 1
SB: Auburn Dupree 1
Batting:
2B: Alexander, Ally 1 ; Miller, Vanessa 1
HR: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Otis, Korbe 1 ; Smith, Kendall 1 ; Miller, Vanessa 1
RBI: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Otis, Korbe 3 ; Smith, Kendall 2 ; Miller, Vanessa 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Otis, Korbe 2 ; Roby, Taylor 1 ; Forsythe, Mia 1 ; Smith, Kendall 2 ; Alexander, Ally 1 ; Miller, Vanessa 1 ; Cravens, Dylann 1 ; Servi, Jenna 1
Game Leaders
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