Softball Loses to Maryland, 11-3 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/27/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 27, 1999
%^$Box Score%^$
%^$ATLANTA, Ga. – The Ohio State softball team (8-11) finished day one of the Georgia Tech/Buzz Classic with an 11-3 loss to Maryland. OSU is now 1-1 in the tournament. %^$
%^$The Buckeyes got off to a good start with a run in the top of the first inning. With one out, Anna Smith (Fr., Walnut, Calif.) dropped a bunt single and advanced to second base when Jaime Chenevey (Sr., Wooster, Ohio) blooped a single to shallow centerfield. Smith scored three batters later off a throwing error by the Maryland second baseman.%^$
%^$But the Terrapins answered in a hurry. In the bottom half of the first, they scored all the runs they would need with four runs off five hits. %^$
%^$Inside the circle, Toni Hileman (Jr., Alliance, Ohio) was charged with the loss. She gave up six runs in three innings of work. Her record is now 3-8 on the year.%^$ %^$Offensively, Smith paced OSU with a 2-for-4 one run batted in game.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes will hit the field tomorrow with a game against Campbell at 12:30 p.m.
