Ohio State Evens Series With Softball

Apr 08 | Softball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The host Ohio State Buckeyes evened the series with Rutgers softball on Saturday afternoon as the Scarlet Knights fell 3-2 at Buckeye Field.

RU overcame the early 1-0 Ohio State lead with Payton Lincavage delivering her third home run of the weekend series to give the Scarlet Knights a 2-1 edge in the third. The Buckeyes, however, added a run in the fifth and sixth to take game two.

The loss drops Rutgers to 30-13 on the year and 7-3 in the Big Ten. Ohio State ups its overall mark to 22-13 and 3-5 in conference.

Ohio State 3, Rutgers 2

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

Payton Lincavage finished 2-for-3 with a home run that also scored Kobie Hura. For Lincavage, it was her team-leading seventh home run of the year.
Morgan Smith got the start inside the circle and tossed five innings with five strikeouts. She was also 2-for-4 at the plate.
The loss went to Ashley Hitchcock as she dropped to 7-2 on the season.

THE RUNDOWN

Kaitlyn Fairly took the Buckeyes' first pitch of the afternoon over the wall in left.
Rutgers went in front in the top of the third. Payton Lincavage smacked her third home run of the series to left for a 2-1 Scarlet Knight lead.
Ohio State evened the game up in the fifth. Melina Wilkison recorded a double to left-center field and advanced to third on a miscue setting up Sam Hackenbracht to bring her home on a sacrifice fly to center.
Jaycee Ruberti gave the Buckeyes a 3-2 advantage leading off the bottom of the sixth with a long ball to right.

UP NEXT

Rutgers and Ohio State wrap up the series on Sunday at noon.

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