Ohio State
27-6-1
Akron
14-16
No. 22 Ohio State Stays Hot, Tops Akron 13-6
3/26/2025 8:18:00 PM | Softball
Jasmyn Burns hits a pair of three-run home runs in the win
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State's final midweek home game of the 2025 regular season was a victorious one, as the Buckeyes started fast and never looked back in a 13-6 win over Akron. The win was Ohio State's ninth in a row and improved the Buckeyes' record to 27-6-1. Akron is 14-16.
Jasmyn Burns paced a balanced offensive attack, going 3-for-4 two six RBI on a pair of three-run home runs. She narrowly missed a third home run in the sixth inning, instead settling for a double. Taylor Curse also drove in three runs on a two-run single and sacrifice fly.
How It Happened
- The Buckeyes got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after Jasmyn Burns smacked a three-run home run over the right field wall, putting her in the team lead on the season with 13.
- In the bottom of the second, Ohio State grabbed five more runs off of a sac-fly from Cruse, a fielding error from the Zips and Burns' second three-run bomb of the game, expanding the Buckeye lead to eight, 8-0.
- Akron scored five in the top of the third inning with a two-RBI single, RBI double and a two-RBI double down the third-base line, cutting the Ohio State lead to three, 8-5.
- The Buckeyes doubled their three-run lead in the bottom of the third inning after Cruse hit a single up the middle to score two and Sami Bewick lifted an RBI double to left center field to make the score 11-5.
- In the top of the sixth inning, the Zips scored a run off of a sac-fly to decrease the Buckeye lead to five, 11-6.
- Ohio State led off the bottom of the sixth inning with two-straight wall-hitting doubles by Burns and Reagan Milliken to score one. Another double by Morgan Frye scored Milliken to increase the Buckeye lead to seven, 13-6.
- Lorin Boutte started the game and delivered two-straight scoreless innings but was relieved by Layna Gerhard in the third inning. Gerhard (4-0) would go on to pitch 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up six hits and fanning five batters.
Buckeye This and That
- Burns now leads the team with 14 home runs and increased her batting average to .474. Her six RBI gives her 45 on the season.
- Her two home runs increased Ohio State's season total to 80 this year, which leads the nation and is 14 more than any other team in the country.
- Bewick has reached base in a team-high 31 consecutive games. Four other players – Morgan Frye, Kami Kortokrax, Hadley Parisien and Reagan Milliken – also have double digit streaks.
- The Buckeyes have scored double digits in runs in eight of the last nine games.
What's Next
Ohio State concludes the month of March this weekend with a three-game series against Indiana, beginning on Saturday at 2 p.m. The series continues Sunday at 1 p.m. and then concludes with a Monday night contest at 7 p.m. that will air live on BTN.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gerhard, Layna (4-0)
L: Mallory Herwerden (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Alexis Campbell 1 ; Katie Cantrell 2
RBI: Sophia Wygast 1 ; Andrea Day 2 ; Alexis Campbell 1 ; Katie Cantrell 2
SF: Sophia Wygast 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brooke Sivek 2 ; Meagan Lee 1 ; Haley Glass 1 ; Andrea Day 1 ; Alexis Campbell 1
Batting:
2B: Bewick, Sami 1 ; Burns, Jasmyn 1 ; Milliken, Reagan 1 ; Frye, Morgan 1
HR: Burns, Jasmyn 2
RBI: Bewick, Sami 1 ; Burns, Jasmyn 6 ; Milliken, Reagan 1 ; Frye, Morgan 1 ; Cruse, Taylor 3
SF: Cruse, Taylor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parisien, Hadley 1 ; Bewick, Sami 1 ; Kortokrax, Kami 2 ; Burns, Jasmyn 2 ; Barrett, Tanaya 1 ; Milliken, Reagan 1 ; Farley, Kaitlyn 1 ; Frye, Morgan 2 ; Limon, Skylar 1 ; Cruse, Taylor 1
SB: Farley, Kaitlyn 1 ; Frye, Morgan 1
