aubiefifty 16,822 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 auburntigers.com No. 20 Auburn softball hosts UAB for first midweek tilt Auburn University Athletics 6–8 minutes AUBURN, Ala. – Continuing its 11-game homestand at Jane B. Moore Field, No. 20 Auburn softball (9-1) welcomes UAB (7-4) to the Plains Wednesday night for the first midweek contest of the 2023 season. "UAB is a good team," said head coach Mickey Dean. "They are well coached. They swing the bat well, and they have good pitchers in the circle. They aren't going to give the game away. They are off to a good start this season. It's going to be a great challenge for us." First pitch is slated for 5 p.m. CT. Due to conflicts with over home events on campus, Wednesday midweek till not be available to stream, but fans can tune in to the live radio broadcast via the Auburn Sports Network. Wednesday is 70's Night at Jane B. Moore Field. The first 300 fans in attendance will receive an Auburn softball 70's-themed t-shirt. The first 150 students in attendance on will also receive a food voucher that is redeemable at Wednesday's men's basketball contest versus Ole Miss. Auburn's pitching staff continues to be one of the toughest to score against in the country. Picking up its fifth shutout of the season during Auburn's sweep of the Tiger Invitational, Auburn holds a 1.17 earned run average, allowed just 10 earned runs through 60 innings. The mark leads the Southeastern Conference while ranking ninth lowest in the nation. Maddie Penta continues to be virtually untouchable as she has yet to allow an earn run to score through the first two weekends of the season. Penta enters the midweek as the nation's leader in earned run average (0.00) and strikeouts per seven inning (14.3) while ranking second in the country in strikeouts (55) and victories (6). Comfortable on its home turf, Auburn slugged eight home runs at Jane B. Moore Field last weekend to bring its season total to 14, tied for the third most in the SEC. Seven different Tigers have delivered with the long ball this season with five recording multiple home runs. Aspyn Godwin and Icess Tresvik lead the way with three each. Nelia Peralta has been the most consistent Tiger in the lineup with impressive numbers form the leadoff spot. Peralta ranks second in the SEC in triples (2) and hits (15) while post top-10 numbers in total bases (25), batting average (.517) on base percentage (.622) and slugging percentage (.862). When leading off an inning, Peralta has successfully reached a total of 10 times, the fourth highest total among all SEC hitters. Auburn concludes its home slate this weekend, hosting the Plainsman Invite at Jane B. Moore Field. The Tigers are scheduled to play five games over the three-day tournament, which begins with a doubleheader slate against Merrimack and Brown on Friday. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. CT. Players Mentioned #00 Aspyn Godwin C/OF 5' 8" Graduate Student R/R #9 Maddie Penta RHP 6' 2" Junior R/R #13 Nelia Peralta INF 5' 6" Sophomore R/R #3 Icess Tresvik UTL 5' 9" Sophomore R/R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Who is leading the strikeouts ahead of Penta? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 I hate it when we can't watch on a stream. We ought to have enough broadcast equipment and personnel by now lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderWhiskey 954 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Auburn leads 5-0 after one inning. Singles by Peralta, McCondichie and Blaine scored 2; then a 2-run homer from Ellis, later a solo blast from Widra. Kirby started in the circle for UAB, but Cespedes replaced her after the first two singles. Penta pitching, retired side in order in T2, AU coming to bat with Tresvik. She was at bat when Packer was thrown out stealing to end the first. Edited February 22, 2023 by OlderWhiskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderWhiskey 954 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Now it's 6-0 Auburn after two. Tresvik led off with a single; that was 6 hits in the first pass through the lineup. Peralta doubled Tresvik in, but we stalled after that. McCondichie and Blaine got on with an error and a FC, but Ellis popped up and Garcia grounded out, leaving runners on 2d and 3d. Now bottom 3, it's 9-0 Auburn. Godwin singled with one out, then a triple from Packer and a homer from Tresvik (team leader) scored 3. UAB changing pitchers to Russell. Flyout by Peralta and lineout to short by McCondichie. Going to top 4, 9-0 Auburn. Edited February 23, 2023 by OlderWhiskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderWhiskey 954 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) Well, crap. After retiring the first 11 batters, Penta gave up a homer to Frazier. Otherwise 3 groundouts in top 4. Going to bot 4, 9-1 Auburn. D. Bryant singled, and Ellis doubled. Pinch hitters coming in. McCrary lined out to third, Engelkes hit into a force that retired Bryant at home. Lisenby with an infield single that scored Milanowski. Sydney Cox, ph for Packer, struck out. 10-1 Auburn. Top 5 could end it, unless UAB scores 2. Widra taking the circle, Elkins catching. Not sure who's in the field. Widra gives up a single to the first batter, then retires 3 in order. Final: Auburn 10, UAB 1. Auburn had 13 hits in 4 innings. Edited February 23, 2023 by OlderWhiskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,075 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Thanks for updates. Scoring summary. Would have been nice to see this one. Love Bri Bombs from the Great BamBRIno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Eagle 370 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 hours ago, OlderWhiskey said: Well, crap. After retiring the first 11 batters, Penta gave up a homer to Frazier. Otherwise 3 groundouts in top 4. Going to bot 4, 9-1 Auburn. D. Bryant singled, and Ellis doubled. Pinch hitters coming in. McCrary lined out to third, Engelkes hit into a force that retired Bryant at home. Lisenby with an infield single that scored Milanowski. Sydney Cox, ph for Packer, struck out. 10-1 Auburn. Top 5 could end it, unless UAB scores 2. Widra taking the circle, Elkins catching. Not sure who's in the field. Widra gives up a single to the first batter, then retires 3 in order. Final: Auburn 10, UAB 1. Auburn had 13 hits in 4 innings. Penta pitched innings 1-3 and gave up no runs. Lowe pitched inning 4 and gave up the home run. Widra pitched inning 5 and gave up no runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderWhiskey 954 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Thanks for the correction. I was checking LiveStats sporadically and missed that substitution. I was also attuned to the fact that Penta had a perfect game going through 3, and probably subconsciously assumed Dean would leave her in as long as she was perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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