With bases loaded with two eliminations and Auburn maintaining a 5-4 lead on the seventh inning, freshman pitcher Maddie Penta made three shots from Alyssa Kumiyama and Auburn beat South Carolina on Saturday in the first game of the Osprey / Dolphin Invitational in Jacksonville .
Auburn improved to 4-0. The game was the opening of the season in South Carolina. ‘
However, Penta, who did not give up on a well-deserved run in throwing 12 innings last week, gave up six strokes and hit nine. The attack zone was, at times, indescribable. She gave up five strides and hit two hitters. But when it came time to win, she had to do it and raised her record to 3-0.
Auburn plays in Jacksonville today at 2pm
With Auburn losing 2-0 in the second, Aspyn Godwin hit his second home run in the second inning to make it 2-1. In the third, Alyssa Rivera took off with a single and stole the second. Kaylee Horton caught up in an internal attack. Makenna Dowell sacrificed the runners for second and third. Justus Perry hit a sacrificial fly and another run scored in a double robbery. Godwin’s RBI single gave Auburn a 4-2 lead.
Winning 4-3 in sixth place, the Tigers achieved what proved to be a crucial and safe race in the consecutive doubles of Kelsey Schmidt and Denver Bryant.