Scarlet Takes 2-1 Lead in Scarlet and Gray Series – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/11/2001 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Oct. 11, 2001
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio- After a pitchers’ duel left game three of the Scarlet and Gray championship series scoreless after five innings, the international tiebreaker rule was enacted in the sixth inning in an effort to determine a winner.%^$
%^$A strikeout, a force out at home and fly out to left field by the visiting Gray team maintained the tie heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.%^$
%^$Sarah West (Sr., Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson) ended the game with a single to left center field to score Chrissy Fowler (Sr., Utica, Ohio/Wright State), who was placed on third base because of the tie breaker.%^$
%^$Katie Chain (Jr., North Canton, Ohio/Hoover) had eight strikeouts and allowed three hits, going the distance for the Scarlet. Jenn Elwell (Sr., Dearborn Heights, Mich/Divine Child) and allowed four hits in a complete-game effort for the Gray.%^$
%^$The Gray squad had tied the series at one game apiece by scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of a game continued from Tuesday because an injury to Wendy Allen (So., Moreno Valley, Calif./Moreno Valley) had postponed the game. Allen had struck out 10 from the pitching circle and gone 3-for-4 with two doubles at the plate before suffering a sprained ankle when sliding into second base on her final hit.%^$
%^$It has yet to be determined if the series will be the best of three, which would conclude play, or best of five.
