Softball Edged at Indiana

Saturday, April 27

Bloomington, IN

1:00 PM

Rutgers University

24-22, 0

Indiana

33-18, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Rutgers	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
Indiana	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	8	0

Apr 27 | Softball

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Hoosiers need a walk-off hit in the seventh to top Iliopoulos’ game-tying homer in the sixth

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (April 27, 2019) – Rutgers softball (24-22, 8-11) fell in walk-off fashion, 3-2, at Indiana (33-18, 8-11) in Game 2 of a three-game Big Ten series on Saturday at Andy Mohr Field.

QUICK PITCH

Freshman starting pitcher Corah Price kept the Hoosiers at bay late into the game, when junior Anyssa Iliopoulos tied the game with a two-run home run in the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, Price got a big strikeout with a runner on third and one out before Indiana walked off with the win on an RBI single.

STANDOUT STATS

Junior third baseman Anyssa Iliopoulos paced the offense with a 1-for-2 day and a game-tying, two-run home run – her eighth of the season.
Freshman designated player Penelope Russ and senior center fielder Nicolette Anico added hits for the Scarlet Knights.
Price fell just one out shy of forcing extra innings, scattering eight hits and three walks over 6.2 frames with three strikeouts.

THE RUNDOWN

The Hoosiers struck first with a leadoff solo home run in the second, but freshman catcher Katie Wingert kept it there with a pair of caught stealing throws to end each the first and second innings.
Price limited the Hoosiers through the opening five innings, holding them to five hits, including an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to give the home side a 2-0 lead.
Following senior shortstop Jess Hughes' leadoff walk in the top of the sixth, Iliopoulos lined the first pitch she saw over the left-center field fence for a one-out, two-run homer to tie it at 2-2.
Price immediately responded with a scoreless bottom of the sixth, retiring the middle of the Hoosiers' order despite a two-out base hit.
Indiana led off the final scheduled inning with a double, and quickly sacrificed a bunt to set up a runner at third with just one out. After a slew of defensive changes, Price pumped an 0-2 pitch passed Tete Hart for the second out, then issued an intentional free pass to Taylor Lambert. Gabbi Jenkins then hit the first pitch she saw in the next at-bat into centerfield for the walk-off winner.

KNIGHT NOTES

Iliopoulos' two-run home run in the sixth tied the game and was Rutgers 14^th game-tying or go-ahead homer of the season. For Iliopoulos, it was her third.
Indiana ties the all-time series 9-9, as Rutgers leads 8-6 as Big Ten opponents.
Wingert has only had two official at-bats through two games at Indiana with four walks.

UP NEXT
The three-game Big Ten series concludes on Sunday, April 28 at 1 p.m.

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