Midweek Doubleheader Up Next at Penn State

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Coming off a sequence victory over Rutgers, the Ohio State softball crew continues convention play on Tuesday with a midweek doubleheader at Penn State. Motion in State School, Pa. will get underway at 4 p.m. with the second recreation following roughly half-hour after the conclusion of the primary recreation.

Each video games on Tuesday will likely be broadcast stay on BTN. Sloan Martin (play by play) and Elise Menaker (evaluation) will likely be on the decision.

Stay stats may also be obtainable on the schedule web page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com and Twitter updates at @OhioStateSB.

The Fundamentals
Ohio State at Penn State // Tuesday, April 11 // 4 p.m. // Nittany Lion Softball Park; State School, Pa.
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Ohio State at Penn State // Tuesday, April 11 // 6 p.m. // Nittany Lion Softball Park; State School, Pa.
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Briefly on the Buckeyes

• Ohio State bought again to its successful methods this previous weekend, shaking off a 6-5 series-opening loss to Rutgers to win the following two video games, 3-2 on Saturday and 4-3 on Sunday, to take the sequence.
• With these wins, Ohio State is 23-13 total and 4-5 in Massive Ten play.
• The Buckeyes’ offense, which averages 5.6 runs per recreation, has six on a regular basis starters batting .300 or higher.
• As a crew, Ohio State’s .309 common is third-best within the Massive Ten, as is its .488 slugging share.
• Main the way in which has been sophomore Melina Wilkison, who’s batting .410 on the season with 23 further base hits, together with six triples and 10 doubles.
• Kaitlyn Farley, who drove in 5 runs within the Rutgers sequence on a pair of house runs, checks in with a .341 common and 22 RBI.
• Sam Hackenbracht (.323, six doubles, 17 RBI), Jaycee Ruberti (.320, 12 RBI), Kami Kortokrax (.319, 11 doubles) and Mariah Rodriguez (.306, 15 RBI) are the opposite .300+ starters.
• The pitching circle has been led by a pair of juniors: Allison Smith and Emily Ruck.
• Smith is 11-8 with a 2.96 ERA and 147 strikeouts, the second-most within the convention.
• Ruck, in the meantime, pitched 16.0 innings and had two full recreation wins final weekend whereas giving up simply two further base hits.

Scouting Penn State

• Penn State enters Tuesday’s doubleheader with a 20-11 total report and 2-7 mark in Massive Ten play after dropping three video games to first-place Northwestern over the weekend.
• The Nittany Lions are sturdy within the circle, as their 1-2 combo of Bailey Parshall (13-7, 1.74 ERA) and Kylee Lingenfelter (5-3, 3.27 ERA) are each averaging higher than a strikeout per inning.
• Lexi Black (.344, 13 doubles, 23 RBI) and Kaitlyn Morrison (.340, 24 RBI) are the squads prime two hitters. They’ve pushed in 33 % of the crew’s runs.

Historical past vs. Penn State

• The final time the Buckeyes traveled to State School was in the course of the 2021 conference-only season. Ohio State received thrice, sweeping a doubleheader on April 3 after which successful a single recreation on April 4. The ultimate recreation of the sequence was canceled.
• In 2019, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions cut up a doubleheader in State School. Penn State took the primary recreation, 6-4, earlier than Ohio State rebounded for a 12-1 five-inning win in recreation two.
• Over the past seven seasons (2013-21), Ohio State holds a 15-5 lead within the head-to-head sequence. Starting in 2014, the groups yearly performed a mid-week doubleheader as a substitute of the standard three-game weekend sequence.

Ohio State/Penn State Connections

• Ohio State head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly spent eight years as an assistant coach at Penn State from 1999-2006.
• Affiliate head coach Jen McIntyre was a four-year beginning third baseman at Penn State from 1995-98 and later an assistant coach for 12 years (2002-13).

Buckeye This and That

• Six of Ohio State’s final 9 video games have been determined by one run.
• For the season, Ohio State is 10-4 in one-run video games.
• Kaitlyn Farley had two house runs and 5 RBI on the weekend vs. Rutgers whereas hitting .333. She batted within the lead off spot for the second time in as many video games on Sunday.
• Along with having a nine-game hitting streak, Melina Wilkison has additionally reached base in 28 consecutive video games.
• Wilkison can be the primary member of Ohio State’s 30-30 membership this season: she has a team-high 34 runs scored and 31 RBI.
• Farley and Wilksion have been Ohio State’s most dependable hitters with runners in scoring place. Farley is batting .382 in these conditions whereas Wilkison is at .395.
• Practically half of Kami Kortokrax’s RBI (9 of 19) have include two outs. She’s batting .366 with two outs.