Florida State softball falls in 10 innings to Charlotte. First opening day loss since 2014
Florida State softball is a loser on Opening Day for the first time since 2014.
The Seminoles dropped the opener of the JoAnne Graf Classic to Charlotte 6-5 in 10 innings in front of 961 fans at JoAnne Graf Field after a nearly four-hour affair.
Abigail Knight drove in London Dirks for the game-dominating spat the highest point of the tenth inning for Charlotte (1-0). The Seminoles (0-1) blew 3-1 and 5-3 leads.
“A crazy ball game on the first day. Charlotte] is a decent ball club,” FSU mentor Lonni Alameda said following the game.
“We had a great deal of newbies get an open door out there, which will be really great for ourselves and development for us. Thought we had a few decent battling minutes. It’ll be tied in with making changes tomorrow.”
On February 7, 2014, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, FSU suffered a 4-3 defeat to Nebraska in its previous opening game. The last home season-opening misfortune came on Feb. 11, 2010, in a 2-1 misfortune to Southern Miss.
It was likewise the principal opening game to go into additional edges since a 2012 stroll off win against Stephen F. Austin.
In the top of the seventh inning, Emma Wilson, who started in the circle, walked Savanna Ngyuen on four pitches to tie the game at 5. Wilson entered with sprinters on the corners and one out, easing green bean Asthyn Danley.
Wilson pitched a profession high 6 ⅔ innings yet got the misfortune.
In 2022, she pitched a career-high 5 2/3 innings against Loyola-Chicago. She tossed only six innings absolute last season.
“She put us in a decent spot to dominate the match, she came in to close the game, which is really great,” Alameda said. ” She’s been around the program yet hasn’t been utilized in that frame of mind previously. … There were minutes she got shaken however she was fine after that.”
Sam Gress pitched six innings, permitting two procured runs on seven hits, striking out three and strolling one to get the success.
When Kaley Mudge grounded out to the pitcher in the bottom of the eighth inning, the first base umpire ruled the first baseman out of the bag, giving the Seminoles a brief advantage. Squeeze sprinter Annie Potter came around to score on the play.
Mudge was ruled out, however, and the game was extended because Potter’s run was not counted after a replay review determined that the first baseman had her foot on the bag.
“I thought she was certainly off the base yet replay said there was a brief moment her foot was on the sack,” Alameda said.
“… You can’t argue it anymore when you go to replay, I thought for sure her foot came off the bag.”
A Kalei Harding twofold tried FSU out ahead run in the lower part of the fifth inning after the 49ers had set things straight off pitcher Makenna Reid in the top portion of the inning.
Devyn Flaherty furnished the key protection run with a RBI triple in the following at-bat for the Seminoles.
Ashtyn Danley, a freshman, made her debut after Reid allowed a home run to cut the lead to one. Following a solitary, hit by pitch and walk, she worked out of the sticky situation by getting 2-opening hitter Cori Hoffler to fly out to Jahni Kerr to end the danger.
Kerr drove in a couple of runs in the lower part of the second inning to give FSU the lead with a RBI twofold off the left-field wall.
Jaysoni Beachum singled to focus field in her most memorable profession at-bat to drive in Amaya Ross, who strolled to open the inning, for the Seminoles’ originally run of the time.
FSU had two hits from Harding, Beachum, Flaherty, and Isa Torres. As a team, the Seminoles only walked three times and struck out just four times.
In a similar inning, Brooke Bowling strolled Mudge on five pitches. Bowling was immediately relieved after being penalized for four illegal pitches. Georgeanna Barefoot pitched in her place.
Wilson surrendered a twofold and a triple to supply the 49ers with their most memorable run of the time. She escaped the jam on a 1-3-2 twofold play with Kaeli Harding tossing out a sprinter at home to end the danger.
Reid, who alleviated Wilson, pitched two innings and she permitted three procured runs on three hits. She gave up four hits and walked two. She was brought out following the performance back homer from Arianna Rodi to open the 6th inning.
Ella Chancey drove in a couple of runs for the 49ers with a 3-for-4 execution with a triple and two runs scored.
With Beachum and Torres beginning at third base and shortstop, separately, they turned into the initial two Seminoles’ actual green beans to begin a game since Cali Harrord and Carsyn Gordon in 2016 against Hofstra.
