Gibson’s 5-RBI day lifts UA
NO. 1O ARKANSAS 10, NO. 20 GEORGIA 3
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Danielle Gibson drove in five runs with a home run and a double as the University of Arkansas defeated Georgia 10-3 on Friday in Athens, Ga.
The No. 10 Razorbacks (34-5, 14-2 SEC) collected eight hits and broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning on Braxton Burnside’s run-scor- ing double. One batter later, Gibson belted a two-run home run — her 12th of the season — to give the Razorbacks a 5-2 lead.
No. 20 Georgia (27-9, 6-7) picked up seven hits and committed two errors.
Autumn Storms (7-1) earned the victory. She allowed 3 hits in 4 innings, walking 1 and striking out 1. Mary Haff picked up her fourth save, striking out five in three innings. Mary Wilson Avant (14-5) took the loss for Georgia.
The Razorbacks’ first two runs came via the home run — Hannah Gammill hit a oneout shot in the third inning and Kayla Green made it 2-0 in the fourth.
Georgia’s Lacey Fincher tied the game with a tworun double in the bottom of the fourth, but with runners at first and third, Storms got Jayda Kearney to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Arkansas took the lead for good in the fifth when Gammill drew a one-out walk and scored on Burnside’s double.
The Razorbacks put the game away with a four-run sixth inning. Hannah McEwen drew a bases-loaded walk to increase the Arkansas lead to 6-2, and Gibson followed with three-run double to left center.
Gammill capped the Razorbacks’ scoring with a run-scoring fielder’s choice in the top of the seventh. Georgia’s Ellie Armstead hit a twoout home run in the bottom of the seventh.