Final Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Adrienne Gebele and Mikayla Cooper both recorded homeruns, but the Ohio softball team would fall to Ohio State 12-4 in five innings on Tuesday evening at Buckeye Field.

Ohio State (25-19) struck first in the bottom of the first inning, taking a 6-0 lead, highlighted by Alex Bayne's two-run homerun to rightfield. The Buckeye's added two runs in the bottom of the frame to go up 8-0.

The Bobcats (14-25) threatened in the top of the third inning when Sam Bowlsbey led off the inning with a stand-up triple over the right fielder's head. However, she would remain at third at the end of the inning.

After a perfect bottom of the third inning pitched by Sydney Compston (Wellston, Ohio), the Bobcats bats finally broke through, putting three runs on the board. The inning began when Casie Hutchinson (Lebanon, Ohio) doubled to right field. Then, two batters later, Gebele (Annapolis, M.D.) smashed a two-run homerun to centerfield. Later in the inning, Cooper (Delaware, Ohio) would add to the Bobcat runs, hitting a homerun to rightfield, cutting the Buckeye lead to 8-3.

Ohio State added some insurance in the bottom of the frame, taking a 10-3 lead on a homerun to rightfield by Bayne.

Ohio got one run back in the top of the fifth inning when Amanda Dalton (Salem, Va.) led the inning off with a base hit and then advanced to second on an error by the leftfielder. Dalton would then score on a single to left center by Raven King (Alpine, Utah), cutting the Ohio State score to 10-4.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Ohio State would get two runs and take the game 12-4 in five innings.

At the plate, the Bobcats had eight hits. Bowlsbey went 2-for-2 with a triple and a double and Gebele was 2-for-3 with a homerun and two RBIs. King and Cooper each added a hit and an RBI and Hutchinson and Dalton both record hits for the Bobcats.

In the circle, Lauren McClary (Pasadena, Texas) pitched one and a third innings, allowing eight runs on eight hits. Compston pitched three and a third innings, allowing four runs on four hits and striking out two.

The Bobcats return to Mid-American Conference play this weekend when they host Ball State for a doubleheader on Friday, April 24. Game one is set for 1 p.m. with game two to follow inside the Ohio Softball Field. The Bobcats will then welcome MAC East foe, Miami for a two-game series beginning Saturday, April 25 at 5 p.m. The series will then wrap up on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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