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Penta returns favor in Auburn’s series-clinching win over South Carolina

Auburn’s Maddie Penta shut out South Carolina on Sunday with a no-hit effort.

In game two of the series between No. 17 Auburn and South Carolina on Saturday, the Gamecocks dominated the Tigers in an 8-0 run-rule victory behind Donnie Gobourne’s no-hit bid.

On Sunday, Auburn and [autotag]Maddie Penta[/autotag] returned the favor.

Penta copied Gobourne by not allowing a hit on Sunday and allowed just two base runners in Auburn’s 10-0 run-rule victory over South Carolina, doing so on just 77 pitches.

The Tigers did diminutive damage through the first four innings, as they posted just two runs. [autotag]Lindsey Garcia[/autotag] put Auburn on the board in the 1st inning on a fielder’s choice that allowed Nelia Peralta to score to give the Tigers the 1-0 lead. [autotag]Icess Tresvik[/autotag] claimed the other run on a solo home run to left field.

The Gamecocks kept the Tiger bats quiet over the next two innings as they held Auburn hitless. However, the floodgates opened in the 5th inning, which put the run rule into effect.

Auburn scored eight runs on six hits in the 5th inning, with Tresvik, [autotag]Denver Bryant[/autotag], [autotag]KK McCrary[/autotag], and [autotag]Aspen Godwin[/autotag] doing the damage.

Tresvik scored the first, and last, runs of the inning, scoring McCrary both times. Bryant extended Auburn’s lead to 4-0 on a single to right field. McCrary and Godwin would combine to score five runs on just two swings of the bat. Godwin plated two on a double to left field, while McCrary cleared the bases on a double two at-bats later to extend the lead to 9-0.

Tresvik scored McCrary for the second time in the inning on a two-out single to cap the scoring at 10-0.

Tesvik led the team in hitting by collecting three in Sunday’s win. She and McCrary also plated three runs. Penta struck out nine batters in 5.0 innings of hitless work, walking just two batters.

The win was also head coach [autotag]Mickey Dean[/autotag]’s 200th win as Auburn’s head coach, a position that he has held since the 2018 season.

Auburn returns to Jane B. Moore Field next weekend to face Mississippi State in the final SEC series of the season. The Bulldogs recently swept No. 20 Kentucky over the weekend.

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Auburn falls to Florida in extra innings to open series

Auburn fell to Florida 3-2 in game one of the series.

The No. 19 Auburn softball team pushed the No. 15 Florida Gators to the brink but was unable to come away with the victory in game one of the series, losing 3-2 in extra innings at Florida.

[autotag]Maddie Penta[/autotag] had another strong start for the Tigers, holding the Gators to three runs (two earned) on three hits in 7.0 innings of work. She struck out 12 batters and walked three before she left the game after throwing 133 pitches.

“We battled,” said head coach [autotag]Mickey Dean[/autotag]. “It’s a tough one to talk about. We always talk about how defense has to travel. We fall on a fly ball. We come up short and don’t get our glove down on a ground ball. Our hitters battled. Our pitchers battled. We battled on defense late. When you’re playing on the road, runs are hard to come by. We can’t give runs away. We had an opportunity tonight. We have another opportunity tomorrow.”

Penta walked the first two batters in the bottom of the eighth inning, leading Dean to put in [autotag]Shelby Lowe[/autotag]. The Tigers intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases but Lowe gave up a single to the next hitter and Florida won 3-2.

The Tigers are now 28-11 overall and 6-4 in SEC play. They are allowing 2.6 runs per game in conference play but are scoring just 3.0 runs of their own.

The Tigers found themselves trailing after the Gators scored two runs in the third inning. They got a run back in the fifth inning when [autotag]Aspen Godwin[/autotag] scored on a Florida error.

Down to their final out in the seventh inning, [autotag]Icess Tresvic[/autotag] blasted a solo home run to left field to tie it up and force extras.

Game two of the series is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. CT Friday and will be on the SEC Network.

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