Final Stats

Game One Boxscore | Game Two Boxscore

ATHENS, Ohio â€" The Ohio softball team (25-18) dropped both games of a doubleheader to Ohio State (27-11-1) on Tuesday (April 19) evening at the Ohio Softball Field. In the first game, the Bobcats dropped the pitcher’s duel by the final of 1-0. Ohio would fall, 10-4 in game two to the Buckeyes.

“We need to do a better job with runners in scoring position,” head coach Jodi Hermanek said. “That’s a stat that I told them that we need to get better at. That’s pretty much it. We’re getting runners on. We had opportunities in the first game for sure. We just need to do a better job. I don’t want us to press, but I need us to do better with runners in scoring position. I thought we had some good shots today. I thought they made some good outs in the field. But, the ball needs to have some eyes and we’ll be better. “

GAME ONE
It would take until the fourth inning for either team to get much going on the bases. In the top of the fourth, Ohio State would lead the inning off with a double. The runner would then advance to third on a sacrifice bunt, however, starter Savannah Jo Dorsey (Grove City, Ohio) would get out of the inning without any issue.

Ohio would get runners moving in the bottom of the inning. With two outs, Morgan Geno (Chillicothe, Ohio) would reach on an error and advance to second on a hard hit single by Madison Claytor (Alpharetta, Ga.). Jamie Wren (Whittier, Calif.) would then walk to load the bases, however the Bobcats would not score.

The scoreless game would finally be broken in the top of the sixth inning when Taylor White would hit a double and then advance to third on an error by the Bobcat right fielder. Then with one out, Ashley Goodwin would lay down a sacrifice bunt and White would score from third, just sliding under the tag at the plate, putting OSU up 1-0.

The Bobcats would get two runners on in the bottom of the seventh inning by way of a walk and when Mikayla Cooper (Delaware, Ohio) was hit by a pitch. Unfortunately, the Bobcats would run out of outs and Ohio would fall in game one by the final of 1-0.

In the circle, Savannah Jo Dorsey got the start, pitching seven innings, allowing one run on three hits and struck out eight.

“It’s frustrating because we’ve seen how good we are in the seventh inning and coming back and coming out on top,” Savannah Jo Dorsey said. “We’ve had a lot of walk-offs this year. So it’s frustrating, but that’s how the day goes sometimes and eventually it will go our way.” 

At the plate, Ohio had two hits, with Claytor and Wren registering the two hits for the Bobcats.

GAME TWO
Ohio State got on the board first in the second game. In the top of the first inning, with two outs, White crushed a triple to right center, scoring Emily Clarke and Cammi Prantl, putting the Buckeyes up 2-0.

Ohio State added on in the top of the second inning when Anna Kirk scored on a base hit by Maddy McIntyre. Then Becca Gavin would score when OSU executed a double steal. Then with one out and runners on second and third, Savannah Jo Dorsey entered the game in relief of starter Danielle Stiene (Loveland, Ohio). Dorsey would get a batter to strike out and the next batter to pop up to the short stop and get out of the inning only trailing 4-0.

The Bobcats got on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Claytor led the inning off with a walk and would advance to second when Geno singled through the middle. Both base runners would advance on a ground out by Savannah Jo Dorsey. Then with two outs, Cooper would hit a high chopper over the head of the Buckeye third baseman, scoring Claytor from third and cutting the Ohio State lead to 4-1.

Ohio would continue to cut into the Buckeye lead in the bottom of the third inning. Jamie Wren reached first on a fielder’s choice and then advanced to second when Claytor was walked for the second time in the game. Then with two outs, Geno crushed the ball to centerfield, which then skipped past the centerfielder, allowing Geno to reach third and scoring Wren and Claytor and making the score 4-3.

Ohio State got a run back in the top of the fifth when White hit her fourth homerun of the season off the centerfield scoreboard, increasing the OSU lead to 5-3.

OSU would open up its lead in the top of the sixth inning, scoring five runs to increase their lead to 10-3.

Ohio would get one more run in the bottom of the seventh inning when pinch hitter Natalie Alvarez (Long Beach, Calif.) would demolish the ball off the scoreboard for a lead-off solo homerun. However, that was all the runs Ohio would get and they would fall by the final of 10-4.

In the circle, Stiene got the start and would pitch a total three innings, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out four. Savannah Jo Dorsey would enter the game in the second inning and pitch 3.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out five. Wren would make her Bobcat debut in the circle in the top of the sixth inning, pitching a third of an inning, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out one.

“I’m just really excited to get back into things,” Wren said “I’ve been working really hard and finally my wrist is back. I’m ready to contribute to the team. We just keep working hard together. We know it will come together at some point. We just have a positive mindset.”

At the plate, Ohio would register eight hits, led by Geno who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Wren, Claytor, Cooper, Michaela Dorsey (Grove City, Ohio) and Deanna Cole (Akron, Ohio) all had one hit, and Alvarez recorded one hit, a homerun and an RBI.

Up next, the Bobcats will head to Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday April 20 when they take on the Dayton Flyers in a doubleheader set to begin at 3 p.m.

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