Syracuse, New York – The Georgia Tech softball team (23-13, 9-5 ACC) led by five points in the first half, but ultimately lost to Syracuse (15-14, 3-3) on Friday night at Skytop Softball Stadium. -8 ACC) suffered a 6-5 walk-off loss. . Tiffany Domingue led the comeback with four runs for the first time in four days for the Yellow Jackets, but the Orange gave up a run off the bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, handing Tech the loss.
quick hit
- Tech fell to 7-4 in road games this season, but it was still the best start on the road in the Morales era.
- Tiffany Domingue went 4-for-4 with one home run and four RBIs, marking the second time in her career she had four RBIs in four days and her first as a Yellow Jacket.
- There were 61 home runs.cent This is the most HR in the Morales era, matching the 2019 season, and the sixth-most single-season home runs in program history.
- This was Domingue's 8th HR of the year and his 40th.th About her college career.
- She currently has 37 RBIs on the season and 180 RBIs in her five seasons of college softball.
- The multi-RBI game was her 10th RBI.th seasonal. Georgia Tech has four players this season with multiple double-digit RBIs for the first time since 2010: Mallory Black (11 RBIs), Madison Dobbins (10 RBIs), and Sarah Beth Allen (10 RBIs). RBI), Domingue (10 RBI)).
- Makayla Coffield continued her incredible run, pitching a career-best 4.1 scoreless innings.
- She set career highs with three strikeouts, two whiffs and one touchdown. Coffield has recorded only two punchouts in her first five games, but has struck out five batters in her last three games.
- The Fayetteville, Ga., native has now pitched 8.0 innings in the ACC, allowing no runs and just four hits.
- This is Tech's longest scoreless streak by a freshman in the ACC since Blake Nelleman pitched 11.1 scoreless innings in the 2020 season.
- Allen secured an RBI on a SAC fly in the first inning. she was 29 years oldth RBI this season. Allen has recorded at least one RBI in four of his past five games.
- Gracie Hillman walked and reversed the game, extending her streak on base to a season-best four games.
how did it happen
The game was delayed for an hour and 45 minutes due to wind chill temperatures below 30 degrees at Syracuse. As the temperature rose to below freezing again, the teams took to the field. Both offenses had success in the first inning, with Georgia Tech scoring twice on Allen's SAC fly and Domingue's RBI single, scoring Dobbins and Black. The Orange scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning, going after the Yellow Jackets' starting pitchers before recording an out. Coffield entered the game with the bases loaded, no outs, and two inherited runners scored on a SAC fly and a single. Tech ended the inning with a flyout to right field, then Hillman made the catch and fired a shot to Gin Sileo, who flipped the ball back to Domingue and caught the Syracuse runner trying to put the Jackets ahead by 20 points. Ta.th Double play this season. In the end, Syracuse held a 5-2 lead after the first inning.
Coffield continued to hold down the SU batting lineup for the remainder of his outing, allowing Tech to chip away at the lead. Domingue hit a home run to right-center field in the top of the fourth inning to close the gap to 5-3, then tied the game one inning later, taking advantage of Syracuse's walk to load the bases and connecting with a two-out single to tie the game. . Games, 5-5. The Jackets had runners in scoring position in the seventh inning, but were unable to bring it home. The game ended abruptly in the bottom of the inning when Syracuse hit a line drive into the left-field wall, allowing the runners to score first and ending the game in walk-off fashion at 5-6.
next
The Yellow Jackets will look to win the series against Syracuse tomorrow at 10 a.m. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX.
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