MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Tennessee softball traveled to Middle Tennessee for a Sunday fall exhibition game against the Blue Raiders. The Lady Vols took the win, scoring 24 runs on 17 hits. Sage Mardjetko, Erin Nuwer, and Bailee Shelton combined for a four hit, one run game. Below is the inning by inning log of the action.
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Tennessee Starting Lineup
Sophia Knight CF
Karley Shelton 2B
Emma Clarke 3B
Elsa Morrison C
Gabby Leach RF
Meredith Barnhart 1B
McCall Sims DP
Bella Faw SS
Taelyn Holley LF
Sage Mardjetko P
Top 1st:
Sophia Knight struck out looking to Ansley Hall.
Karley Shelton to singled to right.
Emma Clarke popped out to third base foul territory.
Elsa Morrison grounded out to shortstop.
Bot 1st:
Sage Mardjetko struck out Adaeze Nwogbo.
Mardjetko struck out Lucie McDonald swinging.
Elle Hildreth grounded out to third base.
Top 2nd:
Gabby Leach singled to center field.
Meredith Barnhart worked a walk and moved Leach to second.
McCall Sims worked a walk to load the bases.
Bella Faw reached on a hit by pitch. Leach scored from third. (1-0 UT)
Taelyn Holley reached on a fielder’s choice. Barnhart scored, Sims out at third. (2-0 UT)
Sophia Knight reached on a hit by pitch to load the bases.
Karley Shelton reached on a fielder’s choice to second. Faw forced out at home.
Emma Clarke popped up to catcher.
Bot 2nd:
Katy Spargo singled to center field off of Sage Mardjetko.
Kennedy Chatman flew out to right field.
Madison McIntyre reached on a fielder’s choice, Chatman out at second.
Nevaeh James struck out to Mardjetko.
Top 3rd:
Elsa Morrison grounded out to third base.
Gabby Leach lined to right field for a single off of Ansley Hall.
Meredith Barnhart singled to center field. Leach advanced to third.
McCall Sims sacrifice fly to right center, to score Leach. Barnhart advanced to second. (3-0 UT)
Bella Faw singled and reached second on the throw. Barnhart advanced to third base.
Taelyn Holley worked a walk to load the bases.
Sophia Knight hit an RBI single to the pitcher. Barnhart scored from third, runners advanced. (4-0 UT)
Karley Shelton lined out to shortstop to leave the bases loaded.
Bot 3rd:
Carlie Venables popped out to shortstop.
Sage Mardjetko struck out Sailor Presley.
Maddy Pint struck out to Mardjetko.
Top 4th:
Braelyn Hall enters to pitch for MTSU
Emma Clarke flew out to right field.
Elsa Morrison hits a solo home run to right field. (5-0 UT)
Gabby Leach flew out to left field.
Meredith Barnhart grounded out to first.
Bot 4th:
Adaeze Nwogbo struck out to Sage Mardjetko.
Lucie McDonald worked a walk.
Elle Hildreth struck out to Mardjetko.
Katy Spargo struck out to Mardjetko.
Top 5th:
McCall Sims worked a leadoff walk.
Bella Faw reached on a hit by pitch. Sims moved to second.
Taelyn Holley walks to load the bases.
Sophia Knight hits a 2RBI-double to score Sims and Faw. Holley to third. (7-0 UT)
Karley Shelton hits RBI-single to right to score Knight, Holley to third. (8-0 UT) – Shelton steals second with Clarke at the plate.
Emma Clarke hits 2RBI-double to score Holley and Shelton. (10-0 UT)
Elsa Morrison crushed two-run home run to left off of Hall. (12-0 UT)
Lily Norman enters to pitch for MTSU.
Gabby Leach reached on a walk.
Meredith Barnhart singled to move Leach to second.
McCall Sims popped out to third base.
Bella Faw walks to load the bases.
Taelyn Holley hits a two-RBI single up the middle to score Leach and Barnhart. (14-0 UT)
Knight walks to load bases.
Shelton hits a GRAND SLAM to center field. (18-0 UT)
Emma Clarke strikes out to Norman.
Avary Stockwell (pinch hit) reached on a walk.
Gabby Leach flew out to right field.
Bot 5th:
Erin Nuwer enters to pitch for UT.
Kennedy Chatman grounded out to third.
Madison McIntyre grounded out to second.
Nevaeh James struck out to Nuwer.
Top 6th:
Maddi Rutan reached on a walk.
McCall Sims singled to left. Rutan advanced to second.
Halle Bailey (pinch hit) struck out to Norman.
Taelyn Holley reached on a hit by pitch. (Loads Bases)
Zoie Shuler pinch hit sacrifice fly to right. Rutan scored, Sims & Holley advanced. (19-0 UT)
Karley Shelton hits a three-run home run to right. (22-0 UT)
Emma Clarke singled to left.
Avary Stockwell grounded out to shortstop.
Bot 6th:
Maddi Rutan to 1B
Carlie Venables grounded out to third base.
Sailor Presley struck out to Nuwer.
Mady Pint grounded out to first base.
Top 7th:
Halle Klaiber enters to pitch for MTSU
Gabby Leach reached on a walk.
Maddi Rutan reached on a walk.
McCall Sims popped out to pitcher.
Halle Bailey struck out to Klaiber.
Taelyn Holley reached on an error by ss. Rutan advanced to third. Leach scored. Holley advanced to second on throw. (23-0 UT)
Zoie Shuler grounded out.
Bot 7th:
Halle Bailey to SS & Avary Stockwell to C
Adaeze Nwogbo reached on an infield hit to second base off of Nuwer. (Shelton made diving stop, couldn’t recover in time.)
Lilly Pendergrast reached on fielder’s choice. Nwogbo out at second.
Kayla Franklin (pinch hit) singled to second. Pendergrast advanced to second.
Katy Spargo struck out to Nuwer.
Kennedy Chatman grounded into a fielder’s choice. Franklin out at second.
Top 8th:
Karley Shelton grounded out to second.
Emma Clarke grounded out to third.
Avary Stockwell worked a walk.
Gabby Leach flew out to left field.
Bot 8th:
Madison McIntyre struck out to Erin Nuwer.
Avery Wynne worked a walk.
Carlie Venables flew out to right field.
Aubrey Baker struck out to Nuwer.
Top 9th:
Sailor Presley enters to pitch for MTSU
Maddi Rutan struck out.
McCall Sims flew out to center field.
Halle Bailey lined out to left field.
Bot 9th:
Bailee Shelton enters to pitch for UT
Mady Pint flew out to left center field.
Adaeze Nwogbo lined out to right field.
Lilly Pendergrast struck out.
Top 10th:
Taelyn Holley reached on a walk. (Stole second and reached third on a throwing error by catcher, with Zoie Shuler at bat.)
Zoie Shuler popped out to first base.
Karley Shelton RBI groundout to first to score Holley. (24-0 UT)
Emma Clarke flew out to right field.
Bot 10th:
Kayla Franklin reached on a hit by pitch from Bailee Shelton. (Stole second with Katy Spargo at bat.)
Katy Spargo worked on a walk.
UT Associate Head Coach Megan Rhodes Smith visits the circle.
Kennedy Chatman struck out to Shelton.
Madison McIntyre hits an RBI-double to right field to score Franklin. Spargo advanced to third. (24-1 UT)
Avery Wynne struck out.
Carlie Venables grounded out to second base.
END OF GAME
