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LIVE CHAT: UMass Softball vs. South Carolina and USF

March 07, 2013 | Chat

UMass Athletics: Hello from Tampa! Today's games will be played at the USF Softball Stadium. The Minutewomen take on South Carolina at 11:30 in their first matchup of the USF Under Armour Showcase.
UMass Athletics: South Carolina will have an online radio broadcast of the game and can be accessed here: http://www.gamecocksonline.com/allaccess/?media=367495
UMass Athletics: An all-access password should not be required to listen to the game!
UMass Athletics: Caroline Raymond will be the starting pitcher for the Minutewomen today
UMass Athletics: On the 1-0 count, Garcia grounds one to Diaz-Patterson at short and is out at first. Page at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Page
UMass Athletics: Page is walked, that brings up Hathorn
UMass Athletics: Hathorn grounds out to Rogers at third. Masters at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Raymond throws a wild pitch and Page advances to third.
UMass Athletics: Masters singles up the middle to send in the runner on third. They take an early 1-0 lead.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 count to Struett at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to Diaz-Patterson to end the inning. Matthew will lead off for the Minutewomen
UMass Athletics: Quick 2-0 count to Matthew
UMass Athletics: Matthew takes a base on balls. Diaz-Patterson at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson singles and advances on the throw. Matthew gets to third. Two on, no outs. Runners on second and third. Meeks at the plate with a 1-0 count.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 count to Meeks.
UMass Athletics: Meeks pops one up to the shortstop for the first out of the inning. Bettencourt at the plate. Still two on.
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the third baseman. Carbone is at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Carbone flies out to left field to end the inning, leaving two on base.
UMass Athletics: UMass trails South Carolina 1-0 going into the top of the second.
UMass Athletics: The first batter grounds out to Raymond on the mound. That brings up Lawrence.
UMass Athletics: 3-0 count to Lawrence
UMass Athletics: Raymond throws a called strike to bring it to 3-1
UMass Athletics: Another called strike, 3-2.
UMass Athletics: That one was fouled off to left field.
UMass Athletics: Lawrence is walked
UMass Athletics: Gonzales at the plate. 1-0 count.
UMass Athletics: Barnhill, who is running for Lawrence, stole second.
UMass Athletics: Gonzales hits an RBI double over Matthew's head. South Carolina takes a 2-0 lead.
UMass Athletics: Yeske at the plate, 1-0
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Yeske.
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss sits her. Two outs, runner on second.
UMass Athletics: Garcia back up to the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 count
UMass Athletics: Garcia grounds out to the second baseman to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Anna Kelley will lead off the bottom of the second.
UMass Athletics: First pitch to Kelley is a ball.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 the count now
UMass Athletics: 3-2 now
UMass Athletics: She pops up to the pitcher for the first out of the inning. Rogers at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Rogers
UMass Athletics: 1-2 to Rogers.
UMass Athletics: 2-2, going on pitch seven
UMass Athletics: Still 2-2 after eight pitches
UMass Athletics: Ninth pitch is a ball. Full count now.
UMass Athletics: Rogers is walked on the tenth pitch. That brings up Godin, who is catching today.
UMass Athletics: 3-1 count to Godin
UMass Athletics: She fouls one off and its a full count.
UMass Athletics: Godin is also walked. Two on, one out, Webster at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to start off Webster.

Lonnie (Amherst): How's the weather? What color unis are the girls wearing? Any changes to the lineup from two weeks ago?
UMass Athletics: Webster hits a homerun to left field!!! That gives UMass a 3-2 advantage!!
UMass Athletics: Matthew pops one up to the right fielder but they are saying she didn't catch the ball. That would credit Matthew with a single.
UMass Athletics: They are talking to the umpire about the play now.
UMass Athletics: The umpire maintains his call. Matthew gets a single and Diaz-Patterson comes up to the plate.
UMass Athletics: Matthew steals second.
UMass Athletics: Lonnie, to get back to your question, it's a beautiful day here, it feels like a spring day in Amherst. The girls are wearing white uniforms with cardinal stripes on the side. The lineup has changed a bit, but it has yet to be consistent this season.
UMass Athletics: 2-2 the count to Diaz-Patterson.
UMass Athletics: She pops up to the first baseman for the second out of the inning.
UMass Athletics: One noticeable change was Meeks moving up to the three spot in the order.
UMass Athletics: Meeks is at the plate with a 1-1 count.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Meeks
UMass Athletics: The count evens at 2-2
UMass Athletics: Meeks flies out to center field to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Page at the plate, first pitch is a called strike
UMass Athletics: 1-2 the count after another called strike.
UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson fields the ball but Page beats the throw to first for a single.
UMass Athletics: Page steals second.
UMass Athletics: Hathorn at the plate with a 2-0 count.
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt drops the ball in right field and allows the tying run to score. Hathorn is on second base, Masters at the plate with an 0-1 count.
UMass Athletics: 3-1 count to Masters.
UMass Athletics: Masters lines out to Raymond in the circle.
UMass Athletics: Struett at the plate. 0-1 count
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt catches a foul fly ball by Struett, throws it to Carbone to stop the runner from advancing but there is an error on the throw from Carbone and the go-ahead run is scored.
UMass Athletics: Carbone catches the infield fly to end the inning on the next play.
UMass Athletics: South Carolina leads 4-3
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt will lead off for the Minutewomen in the bottom of the third.
UMass Athletics: She pops the first one up to the shortstop. Carbone now at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Carbone grounds out to the third baseman. That brings up Kelley.
UMass Athletics: 0-2 to Kelley
UMass Athletics: The first baseman makes a leaping catch to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Lawrence will lead off for the Gamecocks.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Lawrence
UMass Athletics: She is out at first by Meeks.
UMass Athletics: Gonzales at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 count to Gonzales.
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the third baseman. Two outs, none on.
UMass Athletics: Yeske at the plate she hits one to Diaz-Patterson who makes a good attempt at a throw to first but its not in time.
UMass Athletics: Garcia at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 2-1 count now to Garcia. Yeske stole second.
UMass Athletics: Garcia is walked. Page at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Page.
UMass Athletics: Page hits a homerun to left center. That one went over the batting cages in left field.
UMass Athletics: Hathorn hits one right at Raymond's face, she falls down to avoid it. Thats a single for Hathorn.
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt makes the catch in right field to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: South Carolina now leads 7-3 after the three-run homer.
UMass Athletics: Rogers will lead off for UMass.
UMass Athletics: 0-2 the count to Rogers.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Rogers.
UMass Athletics: Still 1-2 after six pitches.
UMass Athletics: Rogers reaches on an error by the first baseman. She hit a slow grounder that Lawrence couldn't handle correctly at first.
UMass Athletics: Godin at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Godin
UMass Athletics: 3-1 now to Godin, the fastball just misses inside.
UMass Athletics: Ball four is very inside. Godin takes her base. Rogers is on second.
UMass Athletics: Webster comes back up to the plate.
UMass Athletics: 0-2 to Webster
UMass Athletics: Webster tips it to stay alive at the plate
UMass Athletics: She swings and misses for the first out of the inning. Matthew is at the plate. Two runners on.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Matthew
UMass Athletics: 1-2 after two fouled off.
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Matthew
UMass Athletics: She fights back and now the count is full.
UMass Athletics: Matthew singles to the second baseman and advances on the throw home to try and tag out Rogers, who scores.
UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson is at the plate with a 0-1 count. One out, runners on second and third. UMass trails 7-4
UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Diaz-Patterson
UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson goes down swinging. Meeks at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Two runners in scoring position
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Meeks
UMass Athletics: Meeks grounds out to the shortstop to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Struett will lead off for South Carolina.
UMass Athletics: Struett has a 1-1 count.
UMass Athletics: She flies out to Bettencourt in shallow right field for the first out. Hawkins at the plate for the Gamecocks
UMass Athletics: Hawkins pops the first pitch up to the first baseman. That brings up Lawrence. Two out, none on.
UMass Athletics: Lawrence grounds out to Carbone at second and ends the inning.
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt will lead off for South Carolina
UMass Athletics: 2-0 to Bettencourt.
UMass Athletics: Full count now
UMass Athletics: She strikes out looking. Carbone at the plate now for UMass
UMass Athletics: 3-0 to Carbone.
UMass Athletics: Full count now to Carbone
UMass Athletics: She flies one way out to the left fielder for the second out of the inning. Kelley is at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 to Kelley
UMass Athletics: 3-0
UMass Athletics: 3-1, called strike
UMass Athletics: 3-2
UMass Athletics: Kelley is walked, that brings up Rogers.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Rogers
UMass Athletics: 2-1 now to Rogers
UMass Athletics: She flies out to left field to end the inning. UMass trails 7-4 after five innings.
UMass Athletics: Gonzales up first for South Carolina
UMass Athletics: Gonzales hits the first pitch to left center for a single.
UMass Athletics: Yeske is at the plate
UMass Athletics: Delay of game called on Raymond, starts Yeske off with a ball.
UMass Athletics: She moves to 1-2
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Yeske
UMass Athletics: Ard, running for Gonzales, steals second. Full count to Yeske.
UMass Athletics: She flied out to Webster in left field for the first out of the inning.
UMass Athletics: Garcia at the plate. 1-0 count
UMass Athletics: 3-0 now to Garcia
UMass Athletics: 3-1 now
UMass Athletics: Garcia is walked. Two on, one out, Page, who hit the three run homer, will be up next for South Carolina
UMass Athletics: Mendoker will take over for Raymond in the circle.
UMass Athletics: Sam Gray will take over as catcher.
UMass Athletics: Mendoker with a wild pitch to start off.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 now to Page.
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Page.
UMass Athletics: Page reaches on a fielders choice.
UMass Athletics: A wild pitch puts Page on second and then she steals third. Ard scores. South Carolina leads 8-4
UMass Athletics: Another run is scored off an error by Diaz-Patterson.
UMass Athletics: Masters singles to the right side. That puts two on, two outs, Struett at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Struett
UMass Athletics: She singled to the left side. An error by Webster got her to third and allowed two more to score.
UMass Athletics: Hawkins at the plate with a 2-0 count.
UMass Athletics: Hawkins is walked
UMass Athletics: Dillon at the plate, the ninth hitter of the inning.
UMass Athletics: Dillon is hit by the pitch and that loads the bases.
UMass Athletics: Ard at the plate
UMass Athletics: 2-0 count. Bases loaded, two outs.
UMass Athletics: She reaches on an error, two runs are scored but the runner on first is tagged out at third to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Gray lead off for UMass, she flied out on the first pitch to the right fielder.
UMass Athletics: Webster at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 count to Webster. One out, none on.
UMass Athletics: Webster grounds out to the third baseman. Matthew at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Matthew
UMass Athletics: She fouls one right, 1-2
UMass Athletics: She strikes out swinging and that ends the game.
UMass Athletics: South Carolina wins 13-4 in six innings.
UMass Athletics: Come back at 4:15 for the game against USF
UMass Athletics: USF and South Carolina are in the bottom of the sixth inning, so UMass should be starting a bit late. My guess would be about 40 minutes from now.
UMass Athletics: Coaches just exchanged lineups at home plate and we're about ready to start here in Tampa.
UMass Athletics: Matthew will lead off for the Minutewomen tonight. Diaz-Patterson and Bettencourt will bat after her.
UMass Athletics: Caroline Raymond will be in the circle, Gray will be catching.
UMass Athletics: First pitch to Matthew is a ball.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 now to Matthew
UMass Athletics: 2-2 to Matthew
UMass Athletics: She fouls one back, still 2-2
UMass Athletics: Matthew hits one up the middle for a single. Diaz-Patterson at the plate
UMass Athletics: She has an 0-2 count, Matthew stole second.
UMass Athletics: Diaz-Patterson hits a double and advances on the throw to third. Matthew scores on the play! UMass leads 1-0
UMass Athletics: Gametracker will not be up this game, please use the link on the softball main page that says "USF Live Stats" under the lead story
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt is at the plate with a 1-2 count
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt fouls one off to stay alive, 2-2
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt takes a base on balls. Runner on first and third with no outs. Meeks at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 0-1 to Meeks, Bettencourt steals second.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Meeks. Runners are on second and third.
UMass Athletics: She strikes out looking. Webster at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 to Webster
UMass Athletics: Full count now to Webster
UMass Athletics: Webster grounds out to the third baseman, no runners advance.
UMass Athletics: Rogers at the plate 1-0 count.
UMass Athletics: She fouls one back and its 1-1
UMass Athletics: Rogers grounds out to the third baseman and is out at first to end the inning. UMass leads 1-0 over USF
UMass Athletics: Devine will lead off for the Bulls
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Devine
UMass Athletics: She hits a single to the left side. That brings up Goff
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Goff
UMass Athletics: She grounds one to Diaz-Patterson, who fields it and quickly throws it to first for the out. That was a close one!
UMass Athletics: Medina at the plate for USF
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Medina
UMass Athletics: She grounds one to Carbone at second and is out at first. Devine advances to third on the play. Jackson at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 3-0 to Jackson
UMass Athletics: Jackson crushes the ball to left center and it is over the wall. That gives them the one run advantage. Two outs, none on, USF leads 2-1.
UMass Athletics: Salvarola at the plate with a 2-1 count.
UMass Athletics: And she puts one over the left field wall. Thats two home runs in a row for the Bulls. They lead 3-1
UMass Athletics: Spivey at the plate now, 2-0 count.
UMass Athletics: Spivey is walked, that brings up Levine
UMass Athletics: Spivey is walked, that brings up Levine
UMass Athletics: 2-1 count to Levine
UMass Athletics: She flies one out to left center and its caught by Webster. That ends the inning. USF scored three runs on two homeruns.
UMass Athletics: Kelley will lead off for the Minutewomen
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Kelley
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the second baseman, that brings up Carbone
UMass Athletics: 1-1 the count to Carbone
UMass Athletics: Carbone hits one to the first baseman, who tags the bag for the second out of the inning. Gray at the plate
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the second baseman to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Santos will lead off for the Bulls
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Santos
UMass Athletics: 3-1 now
UMass Athletics: She hits a single to right field. No outs, one on, Juergens at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She grounds one to Raymond but no one is covering first and she gets on. Devine back up to the plate.
UMass Athletics: First pitch is a ball.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 now to Devine
UMass Athletics: Devine sacrifice bunts and is out at first. Runners on second and third now. Goff at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Goff flies out to center field, Bettencourt makes the grab. Two outs, two on, Medina at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Medina
UMass Athletics: She infield flies out to Carbone at second to end the inning. USF leads 3-1 after two innings.
UMass Athletics: Matthew is leading off for the Minutewomen, she has an 0-1 count.
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss strike two.
UMass Athletics: 1-2
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now to Matthew
UMass Athletics: She slaps one foul to stay alive.
UMass Athletics: She is called for her swing and strikes out. Diaz-Patterson at the plate.
UMass Athletics: SHe has an 0-2 count.
UMass Athletics: 1-2 now to Diaz-Patterson
UMass Athletics: Its even at 2-2
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss sits her. Bettencourt at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She swings on the first pitch and misses. 0-1.
UMass Athletics: 2-1 now to Bettencourt
UMass Athletics: She fouls one off, the count is now full at 3-2
UMass Athletics: Bettencourt fouled a couple off to stay alive.
UMass Athletics: She grounds one to the first baseman who tags the bag to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Jackson at the plate to start things off for the Bulls.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 count to Jackson
UMass Athletics: She hits her second home run of the game to dead center. USF now leads 4-1
UMass Athletics: Emma Mendoker will take over in the circle.
UMass Athletics: Salvarola at the plate for the Bulls. 0-2 count.
UMass Athletics: 2-2 now
UMass Athletics: Mendoker with the off-speed pitch to strike out Salvarola looking. One out, none on, Spivey at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 2-0 to Spivey
UMass Athletics: Spivey gets to first on balls. Levine at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She hits a blooper over first base to get on. Runners on first and second. Santos at the plate
UMass Athletics: Santos hits one to Bettencourt in foul territory, who makes the catch and throws it in to prevent runners from advancing.
UMass Athletics: Dinelli will pinch hit for Juergens
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to Diaz-Patterson to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Meeks will lead off for the Minutewomen
UMass Athletics: 0-1 to Meeks
UMass Athletics: Meeks doubles to right center to start things off! Webster at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She pops one up to the pitcher for the first out of the inning. Rogers now at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss on the first pitch
UMass Athletics: 1-1 now to Rogers
UMass Athletics: Rogers hits one foul and its almost caught but the third baseman falls into the dugout. Shes fine, don't worry.
UMass Athletics: 2-2 to Rogers
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss sits her. Kelley now at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 count to Kelley
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the short stop to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Devine lead off an inning with a hit to right field. Goff at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Goff slaps one down and makes it safely to first. Thats two hits in a row to start off the bottom of the fourth.
UMass Athletics: Medina at the plate
UMass Athletics: Medina rips one through the right side. Three hits in a row, bases loaded, Jackson at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Jackson hit a home run in her last two at bats
UMass Athletics: 2-1 to Jackson
UMass Athletics: She slams one to center field but this one is caught. One run scores. Salvarola at the plate
UMass Athletics: She hits one to left field for a single. Bases are loaded again, Spivey at the plate.
UMass Athletics: 0-2 count to Spivey.
UMass Athletics: 1-2
UMass Athletics: And......she hits a grand slam.
UMass Athletics: USF now leads 9-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
UMass Athletics: Levine at the plate with a 2-2 count.
UMass Athletics: Levine gets on off a fielding error by Carbone. She gets to second off a wild pitch. Santos at the plate with a 2-0 count.
UMass Athletics: 3-1 now to Spivey.
UMass Athletics: Spivey walks, Juergens at the plate.
UMass Athletics: Bridget Lemire will come in to pitch for the Minutewomen.
UMass Athletics: 2-1 count to Juergens
UMass Athletics: She walks the first batter. Two on, one out. Patierno at the plate pinch hitting for Devine
UMass Athletics: She hits one to deep left center for a double, three runs score.
UMass Athletics: Garvey will pinch hit for Goff.
UMass Athletics: USF leads 12-1
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Garvey
UMass Athletics: She pops one up to Diaz-Patterson for the second out of the inning.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Leddy, pinch hitter for Medina
UMass Athletics: She hits one to Carbone at second and is out at first to end the inning.
UMass Athletics: Carbone will lead off for the Minutewomen
UMass Athletics: She grounds out to the pitcher. Panko at the plate for the Minutewomen
UMass Athletics: 1-1 to Panko
UMass Athletics: 3-2 now to Panko
UMass Athletics: Swing and a miss for the second out of the game. That brings up Matthew.
UMass Athletics: 1-0 to Matthew.
UMass Athletics: She reaches on an error by the first baseman. That brings up Diaz-Patterson.
UMass Athletics: 1-1 count
UMass Athletics: 3-1 to Diaz-Patterson
UMass Athletics: She is walked. Two on, two outs. Bettencourt at the plate.
UMass Athletics: She grounds one out to the second baseman to end the game.
UMass Athletics: UMass will play again tomorrow at 9 AM against Central Michigan

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