Ohio State Softball Sweeps Miami (Ohio) – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/15/2000 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Oct. 15, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State softball team swept Miami (Ohio) in a%^$doubleheader today at Buckeye Field.%^$
%^$The first game was scoreless until the top of the fifth inning when%^$Miami’s Annie Gerber hit a solo home run over the center field wall.%^$Then, Ohio State pitcher Katie Chain (So., North Canton, Ohio/Hoover)%^$loaded the bases before Nicki Pelfry flew out to center fielder Anna%^$Smith (Jr., Walnut, Calif./Diamond Bar) to hold the score at 1-0.%^$
%^$Ohio State got on the board in the bottom of the sixth after third%^$baseman Erin Taylor overthrew the ball to allow Smith to score. Holly%^$English (Sr., Akron, Ohio/Springfield) added another run when Sarah West%^$(Jr., Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson) hit a sacrifice fly to right%^$field, putting the Buckeyes ahead, 2-1.%^$
%^$In the top of the seventh, Miami tied the score after Jamie Carey came%^$home on a single by Pelfry. OSU was unable to score in the bottom of%^$the inning to force the game to go into extra innings.%^$
%^$Then in the bottom of the eighth, Kristine Himes (So., Bolivar,%^$Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley) hit the game-winning two-run double to right%^$field. Pitcher/pinch runner Jenn Elwell (Jr., Dearborn Heights, Mich./%^$Divine Child) and Smith scored on the play.%^$
%^$Game two was all Buckeyes. Ohio State started the scoring early after%^$Stacy Roth (Jr., Wauseon, Ohio/Wauseon) hit a two-run homer to left%^$field, with Smith also scoring on the play.%^$
%^$Ohio State scored its next five runs in each of the next four innings.%^$In the bottom of the second, OSU scored after Smith hit a two-run triple%^$to left field to bring the Buckeye lead to 4-0. Himes scored in the third%^$after West hit a single to center field. Roth added a run the next inning%^$on a single to right field driving home Rogeanna Hottinger (So., Newark,%^$Ohio/Newark). In the fifth, it was Kari Crandell (Fr., Hendersonville,%^$Tenn./Hendersonville) adding a run on Elizabeth Kacsanek’s (So., Uniontown,%^$Ohio/Green) single to center field.%^$
%^$Miami tried a rally after Kristy Mortaloni hit a two-run homer to left%^$field in the seventh inning, but the Buckeyes went on to win, 7-2.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes will play game four of their softball Scarlet and Gray%^$Championship Series Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m.%^$
%^$Game 1 R H E%^$Miami 000 010 10 2 11 1%^$Ohio State 000 002 02 4 8 3%^$
%^$Game 2 R H E%^$Miami 000 000 2 2 5 2%^$Ohio State 221 110 x 7 11 1%^$
