PISCATAWAY, N.J. (April 7, 2018) – Rutgers softball (17-18, 2-4 B1G) dropped Game 2 of a Big Ten series with No. 23/24 Ohio State (23-8, 4-4) on Saturday afternoon by a score of 6-2 at the RU Softball Complex.
 

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Junior shortstop Jess Hughes ripped a two-out double to the left center field gap in the bottom of the third to stretch her career-long hitting streak to 16 straight games, the longest hitting streak at Rutgers in 11 years since Sarah Kalker had 18 straight in 2007.
 
Hughes added another hit in the sixth, a one-out single through the left side of the infield and would later score on senior first baseman Rebecca Hall's RBI double to left center. That extra-base hit represented the 44^th double of Hall's career, tying her for third place in the RU record book with Danielle Dolbow (1997-2000). Hall is now eight doubles away from setting a new program record.
 
Hall's ribbie double came with RU down 6-0. Freshman second baseman Myah Moy made it 6-2 on a sacrifice fly later in the sixth inning, adding an RBI to her multi-hit day (2-for-2 with a double). Moy is now hitting .389 through her first six Big Ten contests and owns seven overall multi-hit performances as a rookie.
 
Junior Whitney Jones battled through a complete game, allowing 10 hits and six earned runs. She struck out four and ran into some bad luck in the sixth as two bloop infield singles allowed the Buckeyes to score two more runs. OSU took a 1-0 lead in the third, and pushed it to 3-0 on a solo home run and a run-scoring single in the fourth.
 
Jones escaped the third inning by inducing a double play, Hughes to Moy to Hall, to strand a runner at third. It was the Scarlet Knights' nation-leading 30^th double play of the season and the 20^th to end an inning with the second and third outs.
 
Ohio State has now won 10 straight in the all-time series. The series finale is set for Sunday, April 8 at noon from the RU Softball Complex and live on BTN+.
 
 
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