Rutgers University
12-3
Syracuse
6-6
Softball Closes Out Low Country Classic With 7-2 Win Over Syracuse
Feb 26 | Softball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Rutgers softball closed out the Low Country Classic at Patriots Point on Sunday with a 7-2 victory over Syracuse.
The win gave RU a 4-1 record at the Low Country Classic and improves the Scarlet Knights to 12-3 on the year.
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Raimy Gamsby improved to 4-1 inside the circle throwing six innings with no earned runs. She only allowed two hits thru her first five innings.
- Kyleigh Sand was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI while Morgan Smith was 2-for-2 with a run and RBI.
- Ryann Orange, with her third home run of the weekend, along with Taylor Fawcett each collected a pair of RBIs.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Rutgers took the lead in the top of the first. A single to center, stolen base, a wild pitch and a line-drive sacrifice fly took leadoff Kyleigh Sand around the bases for the 1-0 advantage.
- The Scarlet Knights added to the lead with a two-run home run from Ryann Orange, her third of the tournament and fourth of the season in the third.
- RU tacked four more on in the fifth. Taylor Fawcett entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs for a base hit down the left field line capturing two RBIs. The bases were also loaded two batters later for
- Megan Herka used a sacrifice fly to center to extend the Scarlet Knights' lead to 6-0. Sand wrapped up the inning scoring on a fielder's choice to score Fawcett for the game's seventh run.
- The Orange managed their runs in the bottom of the sixth with two outs. A bobble in the outfield added Syracuse's first run and a Yamila Evans single to right dropped RU's lead to 7-2. Syracuse loaded the bases, but the Scarlet Knights were able to get out of the inning without further scoring.
| KNIGHT NOTES |
- Kyleigh Sand moved into a tie for seventh in stolen bases at Rutgers with 40 career stolen bags. She needs three more to tie Amanda Shaw (2006-09) for sixth and five more to tie Quyen Tran (1997-00) for fifth on the list.
- Additionally, Sand's on-base streak extended to 51 straight games.
- On the weekend, Ryann Orange hit .563 (9-of-16) including three home runs, two doubles and a triple. The rookie Scarlet Knight logged seven runs, seven RBIs and a 1.375 slugging percentage.
- Raimy Gamsby led the pitching corps this weekend going 2-1 allowing no earned runs and 10 hits over 16.0 innings inside the circle.
| UP NEXT |
Follow Rutgers softball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gamsby, Raimy (4-1)
L: Hendrix (2-2)
Batting:
HR: Orange, Ryann 1
RBI: Sand, Kyleigh 1 ; Orange, Ryann 2 ; Smith, Morgan 1 ; Fawcett, Taylor 2 ; Herka, Megan 1
SF: Smith, Morgan 1 ; Herka, Megan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sand, Kyleigh 2 ; Orange, Ryann 1 ; Smith, Morgan 1 ; Lincavage, Payton 1 ; Lane, Taylor 1 ; Fawcett, Taylor 1
SB: Sand, Kyleigh 2 ; Smith, Morgan 2 ; Lincavage, Payton 1
HBP: Smith, Morgan 1 ; Wingert, Katie 1 ; Withstandley, Kiersten 1 ; Hura, Kobie 1
Batting:
2B: Ramos 1
RBI: Evans 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jasso 1 ; Posner 1
HBP: Alves 1
