ATHENS, Ga. - The 11th-ranked Georgia softball team slugged five home runs en route to a 13-1 win against Mercer Wednesday evening at Jack Turner Stadium.

Georgia improves to 38-10 on the season and have won six-straight games.

The Dogs' 13 runs came on 14 hits. Home runs came from Dallis Goodnight, Sara Mosley, Jayda Kearney, Sydney Kuma, and Sydney Chambley. Mosley finished the game 3-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored. Kuma and Chambley also drove in three runs apiece.

In all, six of the starting nine drove in at least a run while eight different Bulldogs picked up a hit.

Shelby Walters worked a perfect two innings in her start, getting a no-decision. Madison Kerpics (16-5) earned the win in relief, pitching the third inning, striking out two. Kylie Macy and Destin Howard each pitched an inning Wednesday.

Georgia used five-straight hits to open the game and spark a four-run first inning. Goodnight led off with a bunt for a hit then stole second. She immediately scored on a base hit off the bat of Mosley. With bases loaded, Lyndi Rae Davis drove in Mosley with a single to right. Sacrifice flies from Kearney and Chambley brought the score to 4-0 in the first.

Two, two-run home runs off the bats of Mosley and Kuma doubled the lead to 8-0 in the second inning.

The first home run in the Georgia career of Goodnight, a solo shot in the third, widened the lead to nine. Following Mosley's third hit of the game, Kearney blasted Georgia's fourth home run to bring the tally to 11-0.

An RBI double put Mercer (16-31) on the board in the top of the fourth, 11-1.

Georgia's fifth home run of the game was a two-run blast from Chambley to left center in the fourth, 13-1.

Georgia returns to action May 5-7 in Baton Rouge against LSU. The three-game series will close the regular season for the Bulldogs.

Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On Wednesday's game...
"I'm just really proud of the way that we came out and competed. The thing is, with these 7 p.m. games, it's a long day of just hanging out. I thought we were a little lethargic in our pregame BP, but that goes to show that sometimes the pregame is really just preparation for the game. We used it accordingly. I thought we came out and competed well. We had a really good mindset. We were disciplined in the batter's box with what we swung at, and then we just put good swings on it. I thought Shelby [Walters] got us off to a good start. All the pitchers came in and were pretty sharp. It's tough when you're coming in and you know that you just have one inning, but I thought that they handled it really well. We got some people in, and it was good to see their growth. They're working hard in practice, and the name of the game is for every one of our players to become a little bit better. And they're doing that, so it's fun to see them go out there and put that into play tonight. I thought that it was a really good midweek game."