News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
ATHENS – The No. 4 Texas A&M softball team powered past No. 16 Georgia, 12-5, with three home runs to clinch the series after completing a doubleheader sweep on Saturday at Jack Turner Stadium. The Aggies run-ruled the Bulldogs in game one, 8-0, earlier in the day.
Texas A&M (34-5, 8-3 SEC) put itself behind the eight ball after a pair of errors and back-to-back jacks from Georgia (25-13, 4-10 SEC) as the Aggies trailed 4-0 with one out in the opening frame. Emily Leavitt entered the circle in relief and struck out a pair of Bulldogs to limit the damage. Leavitt continued to dominate the circle striking out the first two batters in the second, before yielding her first hit to Georgia in the fourth.
The Aggies answered back in the third inning after three straight singles from Kramer Eschete and Kennedy Powell before Amari Harper laced one through the right side to score Eschete. Mya Perez followed with a three-run tank to right field to even the score, 4-4, in the top of the third.
Ol’ Sarge’s charges took their first lead in the fifth after Mac Barbara lined a 2-RBI single down the right field line. With runners on the corners and one out, Allie Enright unloaded a three-run tater to the center field bleachers to give the Aggies a 9-4 advantage. Following a pitching change, KK Dement jumped on the first pitch to make it 10-4 in the fifth inning. Georgia added a run in the bottom half with a two-out single.
After a scoreless sixth frame, Texas A&M added a pair of runs as Dement singled up the middle to Koko Wooley and Enright. Sydney Lessentine entered the circle in the sixth and struck out two batters before striking out two more in the final frame as the Aggies clinched the series with a 12-5 victory.
Emily Leavitt moved to 3-0 on the season after pitching 4.2 innings and striking out five, while yielding three hits, three walks and one run.
The series win marks the third in SEC play for the Aggies this season, while Texas A&M has won 14-of-20 SEC series in the Trisha Ford era.
NEXT UP
The Aggies look to sweep the series at No. 16 Georgia on Monday at 5 p.m. on the SEC Network.
NOTES
- KK Dement recorded her 10th multi-hit game and 10th multi-RBI game of the season after finishing game two 2-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R. The freshman paced the Aggies in the doubleheader sweep with eight RBI, including a career-high 5 RBI in game one that included her second grand slam of the season.
- Dement was one of two Aggies to homer in each game. The rookie’s eight home runs on the season are the most by a freshman since Katie Dack belted 13 sin 2022.
- Mya Perez also smashed a home run in each game, bringing her season total to 12. Perez’s three-run home run marked the 15th time she has registered multiple RBI in a game and 11th with three or more RBI.
- Allie Enright’s home run in the fifth marked the 100th hit of her career and 20th career home run. The senior has reached base safely in a career-high 16 consecutive games while recording a hit in 12 of those games.
- Kennedy Powell registered multiple hits for a team-leading 14th time this season. The junior also scored her 100th career run after scoring a run in the third and fifth.
- Senior Koko Wooley’s single in the seventh was her 225th career hit moving her to No. 8 on the Aggie all-time career hits list tied with Megan Gibson (2005-08)
- Graduate Mac Barbara started as the designated player, marking her 200th career start. Barbara’s lone hit in game two was a two-RBI single to give the Aggies their first lead in the fifth inning.
- Texas A&M’s three home runs in game two was the fourth time the Aggies belted three dingers in a game and the 10th multi-HR game while extending its team home run streak to eight games.
- The Maroon & White hit double digits in the run column for the 15th time this season, including the sixth time in the last 10 games.
- In the doubleheader sweep, Texas A&M scored 12 of its 20 runs via home run.
- No scorigami. Today is only the 3rd time the Aggies have won 12-5 in program history and the second in the Ford era, while the first time was in 2004 at Texas Tech on April 18.