Saturday, April 5
Athens, Ga.
12:00 PM
Texas A&M
33-5, 7-3
8
at
0
Georgia
25-12, 4-9
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E
Texas A&M
5
0
0
1
0
2
8
7
2
Georgia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kennedy, Emiley (12-3)
L: Roelling, Randi (8-6)
Batting:
2B: Barbara, Mac 1
HR: Perez, Mya 1 ; Dement, KK 1
RBI: Perez, Mya 1 ; Barbara, Mac 1 ; Enright, Allie 1 ; Dement, KK 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Perez, Mya 2 ; Golden, Hailey 1 ; Barbara, Mac 1 ; Enright, Allie 2 ; Dement, KK 1
SB: Eschete, Kramer 1
HBP: Perez, Mya 1
Batting:
SH: Goodnight, Dallis 1
Game Leaders
AB
2
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
rf/1b
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
INF
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/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
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Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Run-Rule Bulldogs, 8-0, Kennedy Registers Career Strikeout No. 500
Apr 05, 2025 | Softball
ATHENS – The No. 4 Texas A&M softball team run-ruled No. 16 Georgia, 8-0, in six innings, while Aggie ace Emiley Kennedy registered her 500th career strikeout in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at Jack Turner Stadium.
Texas A&M (32-5, 7-3 SEC) sent all nine batters to the dish in the opening frame as the Aggies jumped out to a 5-0 advantage. Kennedy Powell led off reaching on a throwing error, while Mya Perez reached via hit-by-pitch. Mac Barbara received the green light on a 3-0 count for an RBI double to put the Aggies on the board, 1-0. Allie Enright earned a walk to load the bases before KK Dement blasted a grand slam to left center for her seventh home run.
Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy yielded a walk in the bottom of the first before retiring the next six batters. Consecutive Aggie miscues led to Georgia (25-12, 4-9 SEC) baserunners on first and second with two outs before Kennedy recorded her fifth strikeout to end the third frame. Perez blasted a solo jack to left field in the top of the fourth to make it a 6-0 score.
Ol' Sarge's charges entered run-rule territory after Enright singled through the left side to score Hailey Golden and Dement singled up the middle to score Enright, to lead 8-0 in the sixth.
Kennedy began the bottom half by forcing a ground out and line out while the Bulldogs mustered a two-out single, before Lefty forced a ground out to the ensuing batter to end the game via run-rule, 8-0. The senior moved to 12-3 on the season and 5-1 in SEC action, while finishing the day with seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work and yielding only four hits and one walk.
NEXT UP
Game two of the doubleheader is slated to begin Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2.
NOTES
-Emiley Kennedy started 18 of the 25 batters with a first-pitch strike, which marked a season-best 72% first-pitch strike percentage. The senior began the game with 3.1 hitless innings before Georgia mustered a single.
-Lefty went the distance for the fifth time in her sixth SEC start this season, while recording her second shutout.
-The Woodlands, Texas, native became the 10th Aggie pitcher to record 500-plus career strikeouts.
-KK Dement hit her second grand slam of the season in the opening frame, before finishing with a career-high 5 RBI. The freshman finished game one hitting 2-for-4, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 1 R.
-Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 10 games after she reached base in each plate appearance. The sophomore went 1-for-1, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP. Perez has reached base safely in 36 games this season.
-Allie Enright reached base in each plate appearance to extend her career-high on-base streak to 15 games. The senior went 2-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, marking her 10th multi-hit game of the season.
-Texas A&M hit a home run in its seventh consecutive game while blasting multiple home runs for the ninth time this season.
-Game one's run-rule marked the team's 13th run-rule victory of the season and sixth run-rule in the last seven games.
-No scorigami. Today is the 99th time the Aggies have won 8-0 in program history and the second this season after defeating Villanova, 8-0, in five innings on opening weekend.
Texas A&M (32-5, 7-3 SEC) sent all nine batters to the dish in the opening frame as the Aggies jumped out to a 5-0 advantage. Kennedy Powell led off reaching on a throwing error, while Mya Perez reached via hit-by-pitch. Mac Barbara received the green light on a 3-0 count for an RBI double to put the Aggies on the board, 1-0. Allie Enright earned a walk to load the bases before KK Dement blasted a grand slam to left center for her seventh home run.
Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy yielded a walk in the bottom of the first before retiring the next six batters. Consecutive Aggie miscues led to Georgia (25-12, 4-9 SEC) baserunners on first and second with two outs before Kennedy recorded her fifth strikeout to end the third frame. Perez blasted a solo jack to left field in the top of the fourth to make it a 6-0 score.
Ol' Sarge's charges entered run-rule territory after Enright singled through the left side to score Hailey Golden and Dement singled up the middle to score Enright, to lead 8-0 in the sixth.
Kennedy began the bottom half by forcing a ground out and line out while the Bulldogs mustered a two-out single, before Lefty forced a ground out to the ensuing batter to end the game via run-rule, 8-0. The senior moved to 12-3 on the season and 5-1 in SEC action, while finishing the day with seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work and yielding only four hits and one walk.
NEXT UP
Game two of the doubleheader is slated to begin Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2.
NOTES
-Emiley Kennedy started 18 of the 25 batters with a first-pitch strike, which marked a season-best 72% first-pitch strike percentage. The senior began the game with 3.1 hitless innings before Georgia mustered a single.
-Lefty went the distance for the fifth time in her sixth SEC start this season, while recording her second shutout.
-The Woodlands, Texas, native became the 10th Aggie pitcher to record 500-plus career strikeouts.
-KK Dement hit her second grand slam of the season in the opening frame, before finishing with a career-high 5 RBI. The freshman finished game one hitting 2-for-4, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 1 R.
-Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 10 games after she reached base in each plate appearance. The sophomore went 1-for-1, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP. Perez has reached base safely in 36 games this season.
-Allie Enright reached base in each plate appearance to extend her career-high on-base streak to 15 games. The senior went 2-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, marking her 10th multi-hit game of the season.
-Texas A&M hit a home run in its seventh consecutive game while blasting multiple home runs for the ninth time this season.
-Game one's run-rule marked the team's 13th run-rule victory of the season and sixth run-rule in the last seven games.
-No scorigami. Today is the 99th time the Aggies have won 8-0 in program history and the second this season after defeating Villanova, 8-0, in five innings on opening weekend.
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