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UGA WALK OFF
7
Georgia UGA 25-6
8
Winner Mizzou 19MIZ 13-11
Georgia UGA
25-6
7
Final
8
Mizzou 19MIZ
13-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Georgia UGA 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 7 9 2
Mizzou 19MIZ 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 8 9 1

W: Daniel, Eli (2-2) L: Mary Wilson Avant (6-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

@MizzouSoftball Walks-Off to Clinch Series Against No. 8 Georgia

Tigers Clinch First SEC Series Under Head Coach Larissa Anderson

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou Softball (13-11, 2-4) took down No. 8 Georgia (25-6, 1-2), 8-7, at Mizzou Softball Stadium on Sunday, courtesy of an electric walk-off off the bat of freshman 1B Emma Raabe. The Tigers claimed the series 2-1 over the Bulldogs, their first SEC series win since they toppled No. 8 Auburn at home a season ago.

Junior P Eli Daniel was dealing from the moment she entered the circle in relief of senior P Madi Norman, notching her second victory this season courtesy of her six strikeouts over 3.1 innings of work. It was Daniel's second time this season with at least six strikeouts.

TOP TIGERS

  • Raabe, the hero of the game, was excellent all day, going 1-4 at the plate, including her first career home run in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Sophomore C Hatti Moore had her best game of the season, going 3-3 with three runs scored, an RBI and a walk.
  • Moore also bombed her second home run of the season, breaking the tie in the bottom of the third inning, putting the Tigers up 5-4.
  • Freshman SS Jazmyn Rollin slammed a home run over the left field wall for her fourth homer of the season in the bottom of the first. Rollin's four home runs are the second most on the team.
  • Sophomore 3B Kimberly Wert blasted her team-leading eighth home run on the season in the bottom of the second inning, putting the Tigers up 3-1. Wert now has 21 RBI this season, the most on the team.
  • Senior LF Regan Nash played her best game of the series, going 1-4 at the plate with an RBI, while also making a spectacular diving catch to save two runs in the top of the third.

TURNING POINT

After Mizzou held a four-run lead early on, it looked as if No. 8 Georgia was going to walk away with a win, as they held a 7-5 lead with the bases loaded in the top of the fourth. The Bulldogs' scoring dropped off when Daniel came into the game in the final third of the inning, though, as Daniel smoked the Dawgs the rest of the way. The junior didn't give up a single hit and struck out six of the 11 batters she faced.

Raabe bombed a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to just one, but Mizzou's bats would go quiet in the fifth and six innings. The Tigers would pounce in the bottom of the seventh, though.  Freshman OF Danie Garrison scored the tying run on a bases-loaded walk form Mary Wilson Avant, bringing Raabe to the plate. With the bases still loaded, the freshman lined a ball to short that was mishandled, scoring Moore to secure the walk-off series clinching win.  

QUOTEABLES

"Going up to bat, coach is just smiling at me because she knows I want to be in that situation," Raabe said. "It was a 3-1 count, so I knew she was going to give me a strike. All I had to do was take advantage. And I just tried to hit it hard."

UP NEXT

Mizzou concludes its four-game home stand against Bradley on Wednesday, March 20 at 3 p.m. That game will be streamable on SEC Network +.

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