Buckeyes Come From Behind to Top Austin Peay in Eight Innings

Wednesday, March 13

Clarksville, Tenn.

5:00 PM

Ohio State

13-6

Austin Peay

14-10

Ohio State

Austin Peay

Photo by: © Eric Espada/Ohio State Athlet

Buckeyes Come From Behind to Top Austin Peay in Eight Innings

3/13/2024 9:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Jasmyn Burns delivers a two-out RBI single in the eighth inning for the winning runs

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Ohio State softball team worked overtime on Wednesday against Austin Peay but came away with a 7-5 come-from-behind victory at Cheryl Holt Field.

The Buckeyes scored the go-ahead runs with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, as freshman Jasmyn Burns, the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week, delivered a two-out, two-run single. Pitcher Allison Smith then worked a perfect 1-2-3 inning in the bottom half of the inning.

The win, Ohio State's third in a row, improves its record to 13-6. Austin Peay has a six-game winning streak snapped.

How The Runs Were Scored

After a double play ended the Ohio State half of the first inning, Austin Peay's Kendyl Weinzapel hit a two-out, two-run triple to deep center field that put the Governors ahead 2-0.
Ohio State grabbed its first lead of the day in the top of the fourth inning, as Hannah Church and Destinee Noury had back-to-back base hits (a single and double, respectively) to set the stage for Kami Kortokrax, who hit her fifth home run of the season to put the Buckeyes ahead 3-2.
For Kortokrax, it was her fourth home run in the last seven games and RBI 12, 13 and 14 for the season.
The Governors grabbed the lead back in the bottom of the fifth inning on a three-run home run by Brie Howard, who put Austin Peay ahead 5-3.
Ohio State punched right back, however, tying the game in the top of the sixth thanks to a McKenzie Bump home run and wild pitch that scored Kirsten Eppele from third base.
After Austin Peay stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning and Allison Smith's strikeout forced extra innings, Burns' two-out single with the bases loaded scored two wins and gave Ohio State a 7-5 lead.
Ohio State's eight-inning rally was made possible by singles from McKenzie Bump, Kaitlyn Farley and Tegan Cortelletti.

That and That

Wednesday was the first-ever meeting between Ohio State and Austin Peay.
Tegan Cortelletti entered Wednesday's game with a 10-game hitting streak. In that span, she's collected 18 hits, is batting .545 and is 7-for-8 on stolen base attempts.
She extended her hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the third inning.
Her .479 batting average prior to Wednesday's game was the best in the Big Ten among players with 40 or more at-bats.
Bump's home run in the sixth inning was her second of the spring break trip and fourth of her career.

What's Next
Ohio State's final stop on its spring break trip is Lexington, Ky. for the John Cropp Classic. Because of forecasted rain, the weekend schedule has been altered. The Buckeyes will now play South Dakota State on Thursday at 3 p.m. with the remainder of the weekend schedule to be announced based on the weather.

There will be no stream available for tomorrow's game but live stats can be found on the schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. In-game updates will also be available on Twitter at @OhioStateSB.