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Liberty Falls to No. 10 LSU, 4-0
5/3/2024 9:18:00 PM | Softball
BATON ROUGE, La. – Liberty held No. 10 LSU at bay for four innings before the host Tigers scored twice in both the fifth and sixth innings to pull away for a 4-0 win over the Lady Flames on Friday at Tiger Park.
The Tigers improved to 37-13 on the season, including 27-6 at home. The Lady Flames fell to 31-21 on the campaign with their third straight setback.
Scoring Summary
LSU – 5th INNING – Newland flies out to left, sacrifice fly, Redoutey advances, Daniel scores, 1-0
LSU – 5th INNING – Gutierrez doubles to right center, Redoutey scores, 2-0
LSU – 6th INNING – Manning reaches on fielder's choice, sac bunt, Giglio scores, Bedell scores on error, 4-0
Turning Point
The Lady Flames and Tigers will play game two tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Tigers improved to 37-13 on the season, including 27-6 at home. The Lady Flames fell to 31-21 on the campaign with their third straight setback.
Scoring Summary
LSU – 5th INNING – Newland flies out to left, sacrifice fly, Redoutey advances, Daniel scores, 1-0
LSU – 5th INNING – Gutierrez doubles to right center, Redoutey scores, 2-0
LSU – 6th INNING – Manning reaches on fielder's choice, sac bunt, Giglio scores, Bedell scores on error, 4-0
Turning Point
- Liberty junior Elena Escobar allowed no hits through four innings. Sierra Daniel led off the bottom of the fifth with a single. After a sacrifice bunt, an infield single by McKenzie Redoutey put runners on the corners. Ali Newland broke the ice with a sacrifice fly, before Raeleen Gutierrez' RBI double made it 2-0.
- After LSU scored twice in the sixth for insurance, Tiger ace Sydney Berzon pitched a 1-2-3 seventh to seal the five-hit shutout.
- Liberty outhit LSU 5-4 for the game, as both teams committed one error. The Tigers left eight runners on base, while the Lady Flames stranded six.
- Berzon (17-7) tossed her third shutout of the season, scattering five hits while striking out four batters.
- Escobar (10-4) drew the loss, allowing two runs on three hits, walking four, hitting three and striking out four in five innings. Katie Love yielded two runs, one earned, on one hit, walking one in one innings.
- Four different Tigers recorded one hit each, including a pinch-hit single by Sierra Daniel which broke up Escobar's no-hit bid in the fifth. Also, Raeleen Gutierrez batted 1-for-3 with a double and one RBI.
- For Liberty, Rachel Roupe went 2-for-3 while Mary Claire Wilson, Brynn McManus and Megan Fortner all batted 1-for-3.
- LSU leads the all-time series against Liberty 4-0, including 2-0 at Tiger Park. These two teams last met in 2021, when the Tigers defeated Liberty twice at a tournament in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- The Lady Flames are 3-8 this season against Top 25 teams.
- Roupe has reached base safely in each of her last 13 games, the longest reached-base streak by any Lady Flame so far this season.
- Roupe recorded her team-leading 14th multiple-hit game of the season.
- In the last four games, McManus has batted 7-for-13 (.538) with two doubles, one triple, one homer, four RBI and three runs scored, as her current four-game hitting streak is the longest of her career.
- Current Liberty junior KK Madrey began her career at LSU in 2022 before transferring to Liberty, where she has been an all-conference outfielder.
The Lady Flames and Tigers will play game two tomorrow at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sydney Berzon (17-7)
L: Escobar, Elena (10-4)
Batting:
2B: Raeleen Gutierrez 1
RBI: Ali Newland 1 ; Raeleen Gutierrez 1 ; Madyson Manning 1
SH: Ciara Briggs 1 ; Madyson Manning 1
SF: Ali Newland 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McKenzie Redoutey 1 ; Madilyn Giglio 1 ; Savanna Bedell 1 ; Sierra Daniel 1
SB: Savanna Bedell 1
CS: Maia Townsend 1
HBP: McKenzie Redoutey 1 ; Taylor Pleasants 2
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