Feb. 20, 2016
Box Score Ohio State | Box Score Purdue
THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech softball team (0-4) dropped a close game, 4-3, in eight innings to Ohio State (5-2) before falling 3-0 to Purdue (5-3) in a pitcher’s duel on the second day of the inaugural ACC/Big Ten Softball Challenge Saturday.
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“I thought we played two tough games today. We fought,” head coach Shelly Hoerner said. “We just didn’t cash runners in and execute when we needed to. I thought we pitched well today overall, but we’ve got to finish. I thought we made really good adjustments from yesterday to today, and that’s a positive. Moving forward, continuing to get better on a daily basis and making adjustments is the key to getting better for the remainder of the season.”
How It Happened
Game 1: Ohio State 4, Georgia Tech 3 (8)
In the second Maddie Lionberger was hit by a pitch and Courtney Ziese reached on a Buckeye error. Freshman Kaylee Ellebracht stepped to the plate to rip her first collegiate hit, which was an RBI-single that scored Lionberger from second.
Jessica Kowalewicz added a run in the fourth with her first home run on the season- a solo shot to left in the with two outs. Ohio State tied it on a two-run HR in the bottom of the fourth. The Buckeyes added a run in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.
With two outs in the seventh, Samantha Pierannunzi singled up the middle and Kelsey Chisholm followed with a triple to score Pierannunzi and tie the game 3-3. The Buckeyes held on and hit a walk-off home run in the eighth to win 4-3.
Emily Anderson (0-2) suffered the loss and pitched seven innings with four runs on seven hits and five strikeouts. Ohio State used four pitchers in the win with Shelby McCombs (2-2) as the pitcher of record.
Game 2: Purdue 3, Georgia Tech 0
The game was a pitcher’s duel through six innings as neither team managed to score. In the top of the seventh, Purdue loaded the bases and Katie Harrison hit a bases-clearing double to give the Boilermakers the 3-0 lead.
Georgia Tech out-hit Purdue five to four, but couldn’t cash in base runners leaving 10 aboard.
Jenna Goodrich (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing three runs on four hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game effort. Purdue’s Lilly Fecho (4-1) picked up the win pitching seven innings with five hits.
Quick Hits
– Kaylee Ellebracht went 2-for-4 with a double, single and RBI in game one
– Jessica Kowalewicz hit the Yellow Jackets’ first home run of the year against Ohio State
– Five different Yellow Jackets registered hits again Purdue
What’s Next
The Jackets wrap up the inaugural ACC/Big Ten Challenge with a 12:30 p.m. matchup on Sunday against Purdue.
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