[su_spacer size=”40″] Wilkinson (19-6) got the start for the Bulldogs and faced just one batter over the minimum. She allowed just one hit and struck out eight in six innings of work. Brittany Gray threw the final inning, allowing just one base runner before retiring the next three batters in order. Madi Osias (7-10) suffered the loss. She allowed eight runs, seven earned, on 11 hits in the complete-game performance. She walked one and struck out four.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second. Swafford singled to shallow right center before coming home on a two-out RBI single by Niaja Griffin.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Bulldogs kept the pressure on scoring two runs to extend its lead to 3-0 in the top of the second. Leadoff hitter Katie Browne got the inning started when she reached on a fielding error. Cortni Emanuel and Sydni Emanuel followed with a pair of singles, allowing Browne to score. With runners at second and third and one out, Alex Hugo drove a pitch to right field, which landed just in fair territory. It was just deep enough to score C. Emanuel from third and put Georgia up 3-0.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Wilkinson continued her masterful performance from the circle, retiring 12 of the final 13 batters she faced.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Bulldogs added five runs in the top of the seventh to make it an 8-0 game. After three-straight singles by pinch hitter Chaycie Goggins, C. Emanuel and S. Emanuel loaded the bases, Paige Wilson hit a two-run single through the right side to give Georgia a 5-0 lead. S. Emanuel scored the sixth run of the game during a rundown between first and second. With one out andrunner at first after Hugo walked, Anna Swafford took the first pitch saw deep over the center field wall for a two-run home run that extended Georgia’s lead to 8-0.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Gray came in to close the game out in the bottom of the seventh. She walked one batter before retiring the next.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia and Ole Miss will play the second game of the series tomorrow, April 11 at 4 p.m. ET. The game will be available on the SEC Network+.