Kent State University
6-5
LSU
14-3
Flashes Fall at Hands of Tigers
2/26/2019 9:55:00 PM | Softball
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Kent State softball team (6-5) fell to #10 LSU (14-3) 8-0 at Tiger Park on Tuesday evening. Golden Flashes pitching was able to hold LSU off the scoreboard in the first two frames before a flurry of offense from the Tigers sparked by three multi-RBI hits.
How It Happened
Kent State put three runners on all via walks in its first three innings as Kaitlyn Miller, Jen Cader and Kennadie Goth reached base. Pitcher Andrea Scali was able to work a clean first and second inning before allowing four runs in the third. LSU hit a two RBI single and a two-run home run to start the scoring.
In the fourth inning LSU scored one more on a fielding error by the Flashes. LSU scored three in the bottom of the fifth on a home run to end the game in run rule fashion.
KSU was outhit 7-2 with Goth and Carlee Selle tallying two singles. Maribeth Gorsuch (4-0) went all five innings for LSU and allowed three hits with two strikeouts. Scali (6-1) allowed seven earned runs with three walks and three strikeouts.
Up Next
Kent State battles Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 4:00 p.m. EST/3:00 CST. This weekend, the Golden Flashes travel to the Arizona Wildcat Invitational for five games with four coming against top-25 ranked squads.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Maribeth Gorsuch (4-0)
L: Scali, Andrea (6-1)
Base Running:
HBP: Brancifort, Hunter 1
Batting:
2B: Shelbi Sunseri 1
HR: Shelbi Sunseri 1 ; Amanda Doyle 1
RBI: Aliyah Andrews 1 ; Amanda Sanchez 2 ; Shelbi Sunseri 2 ; Amanda Doyle 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Aliyah Andrews 1 ; Taryn Antoine 1 ; Amanda Sanchez 1 ; K. Houshmandzadeh 1 ; Shelbi Sunseri 1 ; Sydney Bourg 1 ; Amanda Doyle 1 ; Amber Serrett 1
SB: Aliyah Andrews 2
HBP: Amanda Sanchez 1
