Feb. 12, 2011
Final Stats
Houston, Texas-The Ohio softball team dropped a pair of contests at the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational Saturday in Houston.
Ohio dropped the first game to 11th-ranked Michigan 6-0 and lost the second to host Houston 10-0 in five innings.
Against Michigan, Ohio gave up a run in the second, followed by a two-run homer from Caitlin Blanchard in the fourth. The Wolverines added three more in the fifth to make the score 6-0 where it stayed for good.
Ohio pitcher Emily Wethington put up a valiant effort, striking out two, but Michigan's Jordan Taylor was dominant in the circle, giving up just two hits and no runs in a complete game shutout.
Taylor was throwing a perfect game until Jordan Paden's leadoff single in the sixth.
The `Cats looked to turn their luck around against Houston, but got off to a tough start. After one run in the first, Ohio pitcher Caitlin Colvin blanked the Cougars until the fourth inning before yielding three more runs. After a pitching change brought in Wethington, the Cougars collected two more in the fourth to make the score 6-0.
Houston's Brooke Lathan sent a shot over the left field wall in the fifth and the Cougars pieced together four more runs later in the frame for the final margin.
On a tough day for Ohio hitters, Paden found success at the plate, going 2-4 on the day.
The `Cats conclude their trip to Houston tomorrow in a 12 p.m. ET rematch against Stephen F. Austin, a team Ohio handled 7-3 yesterday.
