Softball Defeats Campbell, 2-0, to Open Play at Buzz Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 23, 2001%^$
%^$ATLANTA – Sarah West (Jr., Galloway, Ohio/Hillard Davidson) was cleared to play and then cleared the fence to lead the Ohio State softball team (18-8 overall) to a 2-0 win over Campbell in the Buckeyes’ first game at the Buzz Classic, hosted by Georgia Tech at the Al Bishop Softball Complex in Atlanta, Ga.%^$
%^$West had missed the Buckeyes’ last six games due to sprained ligaments in her left shoulder she suffered in a collision at home plate in a win over Cleveland State (March 16). Making her presence in the lineup felt almost immediately, she blasted a solo-shot over the right field wall off Camel pitcher Michelle Carey in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie.%^$
%^$One inning later, Stacy Roth – who went 2-for-2 in the game – was hit by a pitch to put her on first base. A sacrifice bunt by Kristi DeVries moved Roth to second. Wendy Allen, who accounted for a third of OSU’s nine hits, going 3-for-3 on the afternoon, drove Roth in with a triple to the gap in right-center field to put OSU up 2-0.%^$
%^$The two runs proved to be one more than pitcher DeVries would need. In six innings of work, DeVries allowed just one hit – a single in the third inning – and struck out 15 of the 23 batter she faced. The win over Campbell marked the third one-hitter DeVries has tossed in her last three starts. DeVries has racked up an alarming 46 strikeouts in her last three outings.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes had nine hits on the afternoon, but did not produce any runs until West’s blast because they were unable to string more than two hits in a row together.%^$
%^$OSU’s first scoring threat of the game was thwarted when Jenn Elwell (Jr., Dearborn Heights, Mich./Divine, pinch running after West drew a walk to open the bottom of the third, was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single Roth.%^$
%^$OSU will face Charleston Southern tonight at 6.
