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Penta coming back in. She had given up 3 hits and one walk in 5 innings, with 8 Ks.

Auburn leads 5-0 going to bot 3. After two scoreless innings, Bryant led off the 3d with a double. McCondichie bunted her to third, reaching first safely herself. She then stole second; a bad throw ensued, Carlee took third and Denver scored. Packer tripled, driving in McCondichie; Cox walked, PR by Smith. Smith stole second, and took third on a wild pitch, Packer scoring. Peralta and Ellis fanned, Garcia walked. Garcia stole second, and Smith stole home. Blaine and Godwin walked. Bryant was HBP, RBI. McCondichie struck out. Now going to top 4, as GSU failed to score in bot 3; still 5-0.

We're a quarter of the way through the season; seems a good time to look at the offensive stats. - Team batting average: .344 (Opponents .166) - Three players hitting over .400: Packer (.478), McCondichie (.444) and Bryant (.441). Packer's OPS is an outrageous 1.499. We have 7 players with OPS over 1.000. - Team home runs: 22 - same as all last year. 8 triples and 30 doubles. Packer and Ellis with 5 dingers each. Cox leads with 5 doubles. - Runs scored: 117 (7.3 rpg) We scored 9 once last year, as I recall. - Stolen bases: 28/33 - Freshman batting: Peralta leads at .385; She's the RBI leader with 16; next is Ellis with 14 (.256) and Blaine is at .316. Dean seems to have found a lineup early. Six players have started every game, Blaine has started 15, and Ellis 14. Catcher position has been split between Godwyn and Lisenby.

Lowe gets the Warhawks 1-2-3, and it's win #15 for the Tigers; 7-3 over Louisiana-Monroe, who have a competitive team. Next game: vs. Georgia State in Atlanta, Wednesday at 5.

Auburn retakes the lead with 3 runs from doubles by Godwyn and Cox, plus a couple of well-placed bunts. 4-3 Auburn going to top 5. ULM now on their 3d pitcher, Hulett, who gave us trouble in Game 1 vs. ULM. ***************** Still 4-3 going to top 6. Lowe relieved Penta in the 4th. Bryant made it to 3d in the 5th, but McCondichie grounded out. Top of the order will be coming up in bot 6. ***************** 7-3 Auburn going to top 7. Packer doubled, Peralta walked, Garcia homered to straightaway center. We have now equalled last year's home run total.

Auburn trailing 3-1 in top 4. ULM scored 3 in the top of the 3d. Auburn loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom, but couldn't score. Blaine popped out, and Garcia and Ellis whiffed. Comeback needed.

Noticed that Dismukes is at least in uniform, plus jacket and gloves. Would be helpful to get her back to take some innings. I think Ellis was 0 for her last 16 when she hit that first pitch bomb. Next pitch, Godwyn goes scoreboard. Syracuse seemed to be a well-coached team, but with a talent gap. They got 5 hits off Lowe.

I may have confused the point here. It was Smith who attempted to steal third, and was thrown out. There was speculation by the announcer that a sign was misinterpreted. Pretty sure, however, that Dean sent Blaine, who isn't fast, to steal second with two outs and Garcia at bat. This was the bottom half of the inning that Lisenby threw out the Bradley runner. Dean often attempts to steal second with two out. Apparently he feels or knows that the odds of stealing second and getting a hit surpass the odds of getting consecutive hits.

Thanks for all the updates. Bradley proved a tougher nut than I expected. I was impressed with Lisenby's arm and accuracy in throwing that runner out. Not sure why Dean had Blaine stealing; a low probability stratagem. Notice Penta threw 127 pitches vs. 90 something for French. No hits for Auburn from the 2-4 positions in the lineup; Cox, Peralta, Ellis. Godwyn. that made the game closer. The Bradley pitcher seemed to be jamming the batters. Lots of fouls down the LF line from the righties.

Glad to see almost everyone get a chance to play. Falisi had a putout in left in the 5th. First time I've seen her. I think Lisenby missed out, but she's probably catching the next game. Yarbrough's first pitch hit the batter, but she did pretty well after that. Worth dialing up the replay to see Packer's escape from a rundown in the first.

At the time, that 87-yard TD vs. UGA was the second longest rushing touchdown in Auburn history. In '83 against Southern Miss, he ran a 94-yarder right before the half; but, a needless clip got it called back.

We just defeated ULM 3-0, in a game without much bat action from us. Lowe gave up two hits and a walk, and struck out 13. McCondichie went 3 for 3, but only 4 hits otherwise. No freshman got a hit. We got consecutive hits off Chavarria in the 3d, and she was pulled for Hulett. We only struck out 3 times, but didn't seem to be hitting the ball solidly. (except maybe for McCondichie) Had the bases loaded with no outs in the 5th, but couldn't score. A win is a win. Games tomorrow televised on SEC+. Delaware State and Bradley, I think.

Auburn gets the 8-0 runrule victory over UML on 10 hits. Ellis and Packer went yard, McNemar with the GWRBI double.

Glad Lisenby played today, she went 3 for 3 vs. Seton Hall. Overall, another good day with 19 hits and homers by Ellis and Bryant. Hate to learn that Penta and Lowe may be our only two pitchers for Clearwater.

Lisenby does not show up in either box score. I was not watching 100% of the time; but I think if she makes it into the game, she should have a line on the box score, as Geraghty and Cooper do.

Bri Ellis is #77. She started the second game at first, after Majors started vs. Seton Hall. Both our pitchers were dominant, although Penta gave up a couple hits, including a dinger. We were teeing off on the first Hall pitcher, but the substitute (#5) held us scoreless for 3 innings. We finally got 2 more runs in bot 6 for the final score. We had our way with both St. John's pitchers. Sydney Cox (at 3b) was the offensive star with a homer triple, and 3 doubles in the two games. Godwin blasted one over the scoreboard. We scored overall at least 6 runs on passed balls and clever baserunning. Blaine, who is an imposing physical specimen, relieved Godwin at catcher a good bit. She may have started the 2d game there. I thought Dean might start two different lineups, but Ellis for Majors was the only change for the 2d game. Later, Abbey Smith played center and McNemar played second. Geraghty and Schmidt may have gone into the outfield, as well. The only players who didn't get on the field in some way were Falisi and Lisenby.

Gonna be interesting to see the starting lineup. They aren't giving us anything on Twitter.

What started all this mess anyhow? I still haven't found the genesis of it.

Check the article on the AU bball page. I think you are correct. Before that time, though, it was back in the 50s.

Only 12 days until the first game. Hoping someone can give us a scouting report from today's Orange/Blue scrimmage. Excited to see this year's team on the field.

Not to nitpick, but clarify: Above, you (JAD003) mentioned a competition for shortstop between Peralta and Bryant. Further down, you referenced a battle between Peralta and Roach for that position. Which is it? I had the impression last year that Bryant had some fielding issues at third, and so would be surprised to see her start at short; but perhaps I misinterpreted. Otherwise enjoyed your post.

Agree with JAD003. Maybe Dean needs a higher win percentage for job security, but I'd like to see at least one series vs. someone like Louisiana, FSU, James Madison, or a NC game vs. an SEC team we aren't playing this year.

Twitter reporting that Roberts, Milanowski, and Rolfe have signed.

I was also at that game and concur with your assessment. Those were quickie jerseys, I think, and the color was off. I could go for an artfully executed orange home jersey, though. Don't like what Oklahoma has done to their white jerseys with the shoulder wedges. I did always like Miami's orange and green home jerseys.

It probably was. Both rbs were on the team, Johnell is the one I could remember at the time.