No. 13 Florida State softball survives late push, beats Georgia Tech 4-3

TL;DR

No. 13 Florida State softball defeated Georgia Tech 4-3, clinching the series at Mewborn Field. The Seminoles scored four runs early and held off a late push from Georgia Tech.

Key points

Florida State softball won 4-3 against Georgia Tech
The game took place at Mewborn Field
Jaysoni Beachum and Makenna Sturgis contributed key hits
Ashtyn Danley pitched four scoreless innings
Florida State improved to 42-7 overall

Florida State SeminolesGeorgia Tech Yellow JacketsJaysoni BeachumMakenna Sturgis

No. 13 Florida State softball jumped out to an early lead and held off Georgia Tech late to secure a 4-3 win Saturday night, clinching the series at Mewborn Field.

The Seminoles (42-7, 17-3 ACC) scored once in the first inning when Jaysoni Beachum singled, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Anna Hinde’s two-out RBI single.

Florida State added three runs in the second. Shelby McKenzie drew a walk and Hayley Griggs singled before Makenna Sturgis doubled to center to score McKenzie. Isa Torres followed with an RBI double, and Beachum drove in another run with her second hit of the game to make it 4-0.

Ashtyn Danley allowed two hits over four scoreless innings, striking out three to improve to 10-1.

Georgia Tech (29-24, 10-13) closed within one on a three-run homer in the fifth. Jazzy Francik recorded the final out of that inning and worked out of trouble in the sixth, stranding the tying run on third base.

Francik retired the side in the seventh to earn her second save.