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GAFFIN HITS GRAND SLAM AS UT BEATS EKU, 8-0
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -
Rainey Gaffin smacked a grand slam and drove in five runs to back Ivy
Renfoe's six-strikeout gem and lead No. 6/5 Tennessee to an 8-0,
five-inning win over Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday at Lee Stadium.
Tennessee
(28-6) plated four runs in the second and four in the third to power
past Eastern Kentucky (18-12) and pick up its 22nd non-conference win
on the year.
Gaffin finished 2-for-3 with the
grand slam, an RBI single and five RBIs. Kat Dotson had a two-RBI
single and Lexi Overstreet had an RBI double off the wall in right
field.
Ivy Renfroe (13-3) enjoyed a dominant day
in the circle, fanning six batters and allowing one hit over five
shutout frames. The win marked her four complete-game shutout of the
season.
Shaylon Robb (6-6) started the game for
EKU and allowed five earned runs over 2.1 frames take the loss. Leanna
Pittsenbarger allowed three earned runs over 1.2 relief frames.
With
two on and two outs the bottom of the second, Overstreet drilled the
first pitch she saw from Robb off the wall in right field to plate
Madison Shipman from second base and give UT a 1-0 lead. In the next
at-bat, Gaffin knocked a well-placed RBI single to the shortstop to
score Hannah Akamine push UT's lead to 2-0. Two batters later, Dotson
rippled a bases-loaded single through the right side to drive in
Overstreet and Gaffin.
In the Tennessee third,
Pittsenbarger entered the circle with one and one out. Akamine hit a
one-out single down the left field line to load the bases. Two batters
later, Gaffin took a ball and a strike before sending the next pitch
off the scoreboard in left for the first grand slam of her UT career.
Tennessee went up 8-0 and never looked back.
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