Ohio State and Penn State Split Midweek Doubleheader

Closing Stats: Recreation 1 // Closing Stats: Recreation 2 // Season Stats // 2022 Schedule and Outcomes // 2022 Roster

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State and Penn State break up a Tuesday doubleheader on a cold and blustery day at Buckeye Discipline by an identical 4-2 scores. The Buckeyes have been victorious in sport one whereas Penn State scored 4 within the sixth to come back from behind and win sport two.

The Buckeyes are actually 29-13 on the season and 9-8 in Huge Ten play whereas Penn State is 28-18, 10-7.

The Quick Story
McKenzie Bump went 2-for-2 with a career-high three RBI whereas Lexie Handley matched her season-high with 13 strikeouts to guide the Buckeyes to victory within the opening sport on Tuesday. The Buckeyes struck for 2 runs within the backside of the primary and added single runs within the third and fifth innings, which was loads of run help for Handley, who scattered 4 hits for her sixteenth full sport of the season.

Within the second sport, dwelling runs by Sam Hackenbracht and Taylor Pack gave Ohio State a 2-0 lead via 5 innings, however Penn State would plate 4 within the high of the sixth and maintain off the Buckeyes from there to earn the doubleheader break up.

Recreation One: Ohio State 4, Penn State 2
Handley gained her seventeenth sport of the season in dominant vogue, fanning 13 Nittany Lions whereas permitting simply 4 hits.

After the Nittany Lions have been retired so as within the high of the primary inning, Ohio State had two runners on and no person out following back-to-back singles by Melina Wilkison and Jaycee Ruberti. A Niki Carver single introduced in a single run and McKenzie Bump adopted with a sacrifice fly to make the rating 2-0.

Penn State put a run on the board within the high of the second by way of a two-out single, however Bump singles within the third and fifth innings, respectively, elevated Ohio State’s result in 4-1. The Nittany Lions scored on a two-out double within the sixth inning however went quietly within the seventh as Handley acquired two strikeouts to finish the sport.

Recreation Two: Penn State 4, Ohio State 2
The Buckeyes’ two runs within the sport got here on swings of the bat by Hackenbracht and Pack, who homered within the third and fourth innings, respectively, to place Ohio State forward 4-2.

Handley acquired the beginning within the second sport, going seven innings and permitting six hits with 9 strikeouts. 4 of the six hits, nonetheless, got here within the sixth inning when Penn State scored on an RBI single, a sacrifice fly and a two-out, two-run double that broke a 2-2 tie.

Along with the Hackenbract and Pack dwelling runs, Ohio State’s hits additionally got here from Kami Kortokrax and pinch hitter Avery Clark.

Buckeye This and That

• Over 14 innings on Tuesday, Handley struck out 22 batters to deliver her season whole to 218 in 172.0 innings.
• Handley’s strikeout whole is the third-most in a single-season, behind solely Katie Chain (222 in 2002) and Jamee Juarez (240 in 2007).
• Her 17 wins are the thirteenth most in a single-season and probably the most by a Buckeye pitcher since Morgan Ray had back-to-back 18-win seasons in 2018 and 2018.
• The one-season report for wins in 26 by Kim Reeder in 2009.
• Hackenbracht has 13 dwelling runs this season and a team-high 40 RBI. During the last two seasons, she’s hit 25 dwelling runs.
• Within the first sport, Melina Wilkison collected a success for the seventh consecutive sport, which was a season-long for the reigning Huge Ten Freshman of the Week.
• Ohio State scored first in each video games and is 26-5 when it plates the primary run of the sport.
• McKenzie Bump has six video games this yr of a number of RBI.

What’s Subsequent
Ohio State performs its last dwelling sequence of the 2022 season this weekend when it welcomes Nebraska to Buckeye Discipline for 3 video games.

The motion will get underway on Friday night at 6 p.m., adopted by single video games on Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.). Admission to Buckeye Discipline is free and all three video games may also be streamed dwell on B1G+.

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