Game Three Recap: Softball No. 21 Texas A&M vs No. 11 Kentucky
No. 21 Texas A&M (19-11) was put on the ropes early and could not do enough to answer No. 11 Kentucky (20-7) who run-ruled them, returning the favor from Saturday.
Tisha Ford has made it a point to her pitchers that she needs more from them once SEC play started. However, it’s been a little bit of a mixed bag so far and Sunday morning was a perfect example of what she was trying to avoid. A&M’s starting pitcher gave up two hits and five runs after facing five batters. Ackerman would get pulled and Uribe allowed three hits and 3 runs after facing four batters. So, before Texas A&M got their first out in the game Kentucky was already up 8-0. Kennedy would come in to stop the bleeding, getting out of the inning without allowing any more scores.
Even though the pitching struggled, there were also multiple fielding errors and Kentucky came out of the inning with six hits and eight runs with the Aggies committing four errors. Texas A&M was able to mount a comeback in game one after being down 5-0, but no such comeback was on the horizon for the Aggies on Sunday.
Emily Kennedy gave her teammates a chance to put them back in the game by leaving Kentucky hitless through the bottom of the fourth inning. Unfortunately, she received no help as they would go on to only get two hits and strand four runners on base. The Wildcats would take advantage by adding two more runs to go up 10-0 almost guaranteeing an early end to the day.
As bad as the day was going to this point one of the traits of this team is their will to never give up. With the game on the line, Julia Cottrill hit a two-run home run to cut the lead by two. Only needing one more score to extend the game Trinity Cannon would battle through a 12 pitch at bat that ended in a walk. Koko Wooley represented the game by extending the run but grounded out to the pitcher for the final out of the game.
Final Score: Aggies 2, Wildcats 10 – W: Schoonover, Stephanie (12-1); L: Ackerman, Shaylee (5-4)
Final: Texas A&M 2, Kentucky 10.
We are back in action Tuesday night at home against Lamar at 5 p.m.
— Texas A&M Softball (@AggieSoftball) March 26, 2023
The Aggies will be back in action on March 28th at 5 pm at Davis Diamond to take on Lamar for a midweek showdown.
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