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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Some late-inning magic returned to Buckeye Field on Saturday, and when the dust settled on a Saturday doubleheader involving Ohio State and Michigan, the Buckeyes had secured a 3-2 win in the second game thanks to some timely hitting and heads-up base running.
Ohio State battled back for a 2-0 deficit late in the second game to score three runs in the bottom of the fifth. The key hit was a two-run single from Meggie Otte and aggressive base running that allowed Otte to steal home as Niki Carver was caught in a run down after singling to right field. Payton Buresch and the Ohio State defense then shut the door in the sixth and seventh innings, allowing just one base runners over the final two innings.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 23 Michigan won the series finale on Saturday over Ohio State at Buckeye Field, 11-0, on the strength of an eight-run seventh inning. The Buckeyes are now 13-10 on the year while Michigan improves to 16-4.
Starting pitcher Allison Smith allowed a first-inning run but then kept Michigan off the scoreboard for the next three innings. The Buckeyes’ offense, however, couldn’t get much going against Wolverine starting pitcher Alex Storako, who struck out 10 in seven innings. In the top of the fifth, Michigan added two runs on a pair of solo home runs to go ahead 3-0 and then put eight on the board in the top of the seventh, all of which came with two outs.
The Buckeyes won three games against Penn State last weekend, outscoring the Nittany Lions 20-4.
Ohio State is fourth in the Big Ten with a .276 team batting average.
Tegan Cortelletti leads the way with a .394 average and 26 hits in 66 at-bats. She’s also a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases.
Sam Hackenbracht, this week’s Big Ten Player of the Week, is hitting .333 with four home runs, 12 RBI and a team-best .711 slugging percentage.
In the circle, the Buckeyes possess a 2.12 team ERA, good for sixth-best in the conference, led by the duo of Payton Buresch and Allison Smith.
Buresch’s 1.51 ERA is the eighth-best in the conference. Last weekend at Penn State, she tossed 11.0 innings and allowed just four hits and one run.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The momentum that Ohio State built last weekend in taking three of four games from Maryland traveled with the Buckeyes to State College, as Ohio State swept a doubleheader from Penn State on Saturday to improve to 11-7 overall.
The Buckeyes won game one, 2-1, behind a gem in the circle from Payton Buresch and then collected 12 hits and scored nine runs in a 9-3 triumph in game two. Sam Hackenbracht went 4-for-4 with two home runs and six RBI in the second game to highlight the offensive effort.
Ohio State and Penn State will continue their four-game series tomorrow at noon. The game will be streamed live on BTN. On Monday, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions wrap up the series with a 1 p.m. game.