Auburn’s Penta proves to be perfect vs. Georgia State

AUBURN, Ala. – Recent off her no-hit efficiency on Sunday, Maddie Penta raised the stakes by tossing her first excellent sport and the third in Auburn softball historical past because the No. 25 Tigers (7-2-1) walked off Georgia State (5-12) for an 8-0 win in six innings Thursday night time at Jane B. Moore Discipline.

“Excellent video games are particular,” stated head coach Mickey Dean. “Maddie stayed forward and put them away early within the depend. An excellent sport behind the plate from Aubrie (Lisenby) to associate with some nice defensive efforts. We acquired some well timed hits late to place it away.”

Penta joins Holly Currie and Kaylee Carlson as the one Tigers to ever attain perfection. Carlson tossed the final excellent sport again in 2017 versus Ohio State.

In her third consecutive sport with a double-digit strikeout effort, Penta retired 13 of the 18 batters she confronted with strikeouts. She compelled 4 groundouts and one fly out to maintain the Panthers off the bottom paths.

Bettering to 4-2 on the season, Penta is simply 4 wins shy of setting Auburn softball’s all-time wins file. She now stands second outright with 64 profession victories.

Along with being behind the dish for your entire sport, Aubrie Lisenby was very important to the win on offense as she drove in three of Auburn’s eight runs off sacrifice flies.

Nelia Peralta additionally turned in a multi-RBI outing with two off an single up the center within the fifth. Chalea Clemmons walked off the competition with a pinch-hit RBI single within the sixth.

Mariah Penta earned one other begin for the Tigers as she turned in a 2-for-3 effort with an RBI double in left subject. Her single within the sixth set Auburn up for its walk-off win.

Up Subsequent

Auburn returns to the diamond on Friday for the Jane B. Moore Memorial match. The Tigers tackle Northwestern at 5 p.m. CT to open the match slate. Friday’s contest is offered on the SEC Community+.