Boesel Produces With Two More Hits
19th multi-hit game of the season for the graduate senior
COLUMBIA, S.C. —- Mackenzie Boesel posted her 19th multi-hit game of the year in Monday night’s 4-2 loss to No. 16 Tennessee. South Carolina brought the winning run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh before Ashley Rogers’ 136th pitch of the night sealed the win for the Lady Vols.
The multi-hit night was Boesel’s fifth in SEC play this season. Her career best for SEC multi-hit games is nine (2018) while her career best in multi-hit contests for an entire season is 21 (2018). Through 40 games in 2021 she leads the Gamecocks in multi-hit games with 15 two-hit contests and four games with three hits.
Boesel recorded the lone RBI in the contest for the Gamecocks with a single in the bottom of the seventh to cut the deficit to 4-2. She leads South Carolina in multi-RBI games with 11 this season.
Kenzi Maguire, Kassidy Krupit, Aaliyah White and Katie Prebble accounted for the other four hits on the night. Krupit was consistent at the plate throughout the series, posting a team-best .375 batting average on three hits. All three hits against the Lady Vols were doubles.
Kelsey Oh (3-7, 0-5 SEC) took the loss in the circle in three innings of work. She allowed four runs on three hits with a strikeout and walk. Leah Powell was great in relief. She went four innings with just one hit and no runs allowed.
