No. 7 Lady Vols score early in big win over Mississippi State
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The seventh-ranked Lady Vols scored three runs in the first and never looked back on the way to an 8-0 shutout win over Mississippi State on Friday.
Kinsey Fiedler turned on her second home run of the season to give the Lady Vols a 2-0 lead. Sophia Nugent drove in the other run in the first with a single.
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Karlyn Pickens was once again electric. The junior threw a complete game shutout. Pickens went five innings with six punchouts and four hits given up. The starting pitcher's ERA dropped to 0.94 on the season.
Tennessee's bats went quiet for a few innings but woke up in the fifth. McKenna Gibson crushed her seventh home run of the season to dead center.
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Emma Clarke and Fiedler had back-to-back hits to finish the game on a run rule. Tennessee tallied 10 hits and three walks.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols will play a doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will start at 4 p.m. and the second contest will follow at 6:30 p.m.
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