Ohio State Softball Blanks Tennessee State, 13-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 17, 2000
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State freshman Katie Chain recorded her first collegiate no-hitter and struck out a season-high 10 batters today to shut out Tennessee State, 13-0, in the first game of the Winthrop Invitational in Rock Hill, S.C. As a team, Ohio State posted a season-high 12 hits against the Lady Tigers to improve to 8-8 for the season.
The Buckeyes in the bottom of the first, took a 6-0 lead with three runs coming off two Lady Tiger errors. Anna Smith led off with a walk and then stole her 11th base of the season to advance to second. Holly English followed with a single to the pitcher. Both would advance to second and third on a pass ball. Jennifer Link reached first on an error from the TSU first baseman to send Smith and English home. Two batters later, Rogeanna Hottinger reached first on a throwing error from Lady Tiger’s third baseman Deanna Miller, scoring Link. Sarah West followed with a RBI single to score Hottinger. Kristine Himes then belted her second home run of the season over the centerfielder wall to add two more runs to the OSU lead.
Ohio State tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the second. English, Link and Roth led off the inning with singles. With the bases loaded, Renae Weigel notched a two-RBI single into rightfield. Hottinger singled to centerfield to drive Roth home. Two batters later, Chrissy Fowler walked sending Weigel home for a 10-0 lead. The Buckeyes carried the lead into the fourth when Kristine Himes drove in three more runs off a double to centerfield. Himes led the Buckeyes, going 2-for-2 and five RBI against Tennessee State.
The Lady Tigers were hitless against Chain who completed the game, walked one and struck out 10. She now carries a 4-2 record. It also marks the second no-hitter by a Buckeye this season as Kristi Martin recorded a no-hitter against Nicholls State, Feb. 12.
Looking for the top seed of the tournament, the Buckeyes will take on North Carolina-Wilmington (8-14) at 8 p.m. tonight in the second game of the Winthrop Invitational.
