No. 10 Florida State softball falls to No. 8 Florida; splits series

Florida State softball traveled to Gainesville on Tuesday, to face the Florida Gators for the second time. In yet another close game, the Seminoles came out on the losing end on the road.

Lineup

• SS – Isa Torres (JR)
• 3B – Jaysoni Beachum (JR)
• LF – Ashtyn Danley (JR)
• C – Anna Hinde (FR)
• RF – Bella Ruggiero (R FR)
• CF – Kennedy Harp (JR)
• DP – Shelby McKenzie (SO)
• 1B – Hayley Griggs (FR)
• 2B – Makenna Sturgis (FR)
• RHP – Bella Dimitrijevic (FR)

Recap

1st Inning

The Seminoles and the Gators had a pitchers dual, clean inning. Both Bella Dimitrijevic and Olivia Miller tossed a scoreless frame. Each side also allowed baserunners.

2nd Inning

FSU quickly had the bases loaded in the top of the next inning, after Miller allowed two singles and a walk. Hayley Griggs’ single brought in one run before the first out.

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Hayley comes through with the bases loaded

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Still with bases loaded, a sacrifice fly from Isa Torres extended the lead to 2-0 before UF was able to end the inning.

3rd Inning

After a 1-2-3 inning of the FSU offense, Dimitrijevic’s first batter of the bottom half was a walk. Following the walk, the Gators capitalized with a RBI double, to make it 2-1. Two outs later, a single tied the game.

4th Inning

The ‘Noles had runners on in the top of the inning, both against Miller and reliever Keagan Rothrock. After a zero on the board, Marlee Gaskell took over for Dimitrijevic. The Gators had bases loaded, no outs, and a single put them in the lead. Gaskell went on to get a strike out to limit the damage to one run.