Macon, Ga. – Georgia Tech (12-11, 2-1) hit three home runs, including a grand slam from Breanna Roper, as the Yellow Jackets took down Mercer, 11-1, Wednesday in Macon, Ga. Blake Neleman allowed just one run on three hits for her ninth win of the season.
How it Happened: Bailee Zeitler drove in Crosby Huckabay in the second for Tech’s first run of the game before Lilly Hooper hit the Jackets’ first home run of the game, a two-run shot that scored Zeitler and put them up 3-0. Hooper walked in the fifth and then came around to score on a Tricia Awald double to go up 4-0. Later in the inning Huckabay hit a three-run homer to give the Jackets a 7-0 lead. After Mercer scored one in the bottom if the fifth, Roper came up with bases loaded and hit a grand slam to put the game out of reach. Neleman, who was perfect through four and a third, finished the game with seven strikeouts. Roper and Emma Kauf were both 2-for-4 at the plate, and Hooper scored three runs.
Game Notes
- Georgia Tech’s 11 runs were its most this season as the Jackets had their largest win margin of the season (10).
- This was Tech’s first three home run game of the season.
- Roper’s grand slam was the third of her career and first for Tech this season.
- Huckabay hit her fourth home run of the season and drove in three runs in the game.
- Hooper hit her first home run of the season.
- Five different Jackets drove in runs in the game.
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T2 | Zeitler drives home Huckabay and the Jackets are on the board first! 1-0!
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Lilly Hooper hits her first home run of the season
B3 | Neleman strikes out the side and now has 6️⃣ on the day!
Due up – Cowden, Davis, Zeitler
GT – 3, MU – 0 pic.twitter.com/wYgzRG8gtP
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T5 | Awald rips a double to score Hooper!! 4-0 Tech!! pic.twitter.com/5Tabs5GBJD
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T5 | Huckabay with a three-run shot to give Tech a 7-0 lead!! pic.twitter.com/TS25cj9Lof
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