Game One Recap: Softball No. 19 Texas A&M vs South Carolina

The Aggie fall in game one of series opener against South Carolina 2-6

The Aggies will start the series down a game after they could not muster any offense in a 6-2 loss to the Gamecocks. Texas A&M (26-14, 8-8 SEC) had been riding the hot hand of their pitchers over the last for games only allowing a total of five runs. Unfortunately, South Carolina (28-12, 5-8 SEC) was able to take an early lead and pepper some insurance runs throughout the game for the win.

The scoring got off to a start which looked to be promising for the Aggies. Julia Cottrill hit a single to get to first base and a few batters later Trinity Cannon hit a homer to bring them both home to go up 2-0.

However, in a turn from previous weeks, the Aggies starting pitcher Emily Leavitt struggled out of the gate. A hit-by-pitch and a walk gave the Gamecocks two free bases immediately followed up by a bunt loading the bases. A double scored three and a wild pitch put South Carolina up 4-2 after the first inning.

Leavitt found her footing a little bit only allowing two more runs but A&M was never able to threaten a score for the remainder of the game. They were held to only two additional hits after the first inning in a 6-2 loss in game one.

One positive to pull from the game was Grace Uribe was able to get in a few innings of work getting one strikeout and only allowing one hit.

Final Score: Aggies 2, Gamecocks 6 – W: Ochs, Karsen (6-3); L: Leavitt, Emily (8-5); S: Gobourne, Donnie (5)

Game two will start at 1 pm on April 15th in South Carolina.

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