Plotts’ Three Homers Power Kentucky to Sweep of Boston
BOSTON – The Kentucky Softball team swept a doubleheader with Boston University on Friday afternoon as UK won an eight-inning affair 4-3 to start the day and then exploded for six home runs in game two, beating the Terriers 13-4 in five innings.
Peyton Plotts had three home runs on the day as she drove in four runs, including the most important of the afternoon as she broke the tie in the top of the eighth inning with a one-out home run to left field as Kentucky took the 4-3 lead. The Wildcats then closed out the game with a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth to wrap up the first of the twin billing.
In the second game of the day, Kentucky tied the program record with six home runs in a single game as the Wildcats bashed six home runs out of the ballpark by five different batters and got a dynamic pitching performance from Sydney Langdon to shut down the Terriers offense as Kentucky swept the doubleheader, 13-4. In the circle, Carson Fall was terrific in game one, throwing the final 3.2 innings of the game and collecting her fourth win of the season with four strikeouts in the contest without surrendering a run in the outing.
With the pair of wins, Kentucky is now nine games above .500 on the season and sports a 26-17 record on the year. Boston’s 12-game winning streak was snapped Friday afternoon with the losses and the Terriers fall to 26-13. With impending weather moving into the Boston area over the weekend, the rest of the scheduled games on the weekend have been cancelled.
Kentucky will next play Western Kentucky on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. ET from John Cropp Stadium in Lexington. The game will be broadcast live on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
GAME 1 – Kentucky 4, Boston 3
Key Play
Peyton Plotts’ go-ahead home run in the top of the eighth inning was the key play in the game as her second HR of the game handed a 4-3 lead that Carson Fall closed in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Key Player
Carson Fall was the key player in the game, throwing the final 3.2 innings of the game and collecting her fourth win of the season with four strikeouts in the contest without surrendering a run in the outing.
Super Stat
- The top third of the Kentucky order collected five of Kentucky’s seven hits of the game as Peyton Plotts and Allie Blum both had two hits and Ally Hutchins also recorded a single in the contest.
Run Recap
Peyton Plotts roped a two-run HR to left field in the top of the first inning to give Kentucky the early lead. UK 2, BU 0
Boston scored three runs on five-straight hits in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead, its first of the game. BU 3, UK 3
Allie Blum hit an RBI single to score Delani Sullivan, who reached on an error to lead of the Kentucky third inning. UK 3, BU 3
In the top of the eighth inning, Peyton Plotts hit a solo HR to left field to give Kentucky the lead back and push across the winning run on her second HR of the game. FINAL – Kentucky 4, Boston 3
GAME 2 – Kentucky 13, Boston 4 (F/5)
Key Play
Cassie Reasner, Karissa Hamilton and Delani Sullivan went back-to-back-to-back with the long ball in the top of the third inning as UK hit three of its six home runs to take an 8-4 lead.
Key Player
Maddy Clark was the key player in the game, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, as she tattooed her first-career Kentucky home run in the top of the fourth inning.
Super Stat
- There were six Kentucky players who had two or more hits in the game, including Delani Sullivan, who had three hits Friday afternoon in the second game.
Run Recap
Ally Hutchins and Lauryn Borzilleri executed a first and third in the top of the first to score Kentucky’s first run. UK 1, BU 0
A solo homer in the bottom of the first tied the game for the Terriers. UK 1, BU 1
In the top of the second, Delani Sullivan singled and scored on an error. UK 2, BU 1
Boston scored three time in the bottom of the second to take the lead. BU 4, UK 2
In the top of the third, Kentucky hit three home runs as Sullivan, Karissa Hamilton and Cassie Reasner all hit homers as Kentucky threw up a six spot on the board to etch out back in front. UK 8, BU 4
In the top of the fourth, UK scored four more times as Cassie Reasner hit her second homer of the game, a three-run shot, alongside Maddy Clark’s solo bomb. UK 12, BU 4
Peyton Plotts completed her hat trick for the day with a third home run, as she led off the top of the fifth with a solo bomb to left field. FINAL/5 – Kentucky 13, Boston 4
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