Smith Tosses a No-Hitter As Ohio State Clinches Series Win vs. Purdue

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Allison Smith’s no-hitter highlighted Ohio State’s 9-0 win over Purdue on Sunday that clinched the weekend collection in favor of the Buckeyes. Ohio State is 30-15 on the season and improved to 10-7 in Massive Ten play. Purdue of 21-26 total and falls to 4-13 within the convention.

The Quick Story
Smith’s no-hitter – the primary of her collegiate profession – was backed up on offense by an 11-hit assault. Meggie Otte (2-for-3, dwelling run and a triple) and Sam Hackenbracht (2-for-3, triple) each drove in three runs whereas Mariah Rodriguez had a success and two RBI, McKenzie Bump went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and Jaycee Ruberti had an RBI single.

Ohio State scored 3 times within the first inning, twice within the second and busted the sport open with a four-run fourth inning that was highlighted by a two-run dwelling run by Otte. Smith, in the meantime, struck out seven over 5 innings and allowed simply 4 baserunners. She improved to 16-9 on the season.

How The Runs Have been Scored

• All three of the runs that crossed the plate for Ohio State within the backside of the primary inning got here with two outs.
• Kami Kortokrax began the rally with a double – her team-leading thirteenth of the season – and Hackenbracht adopted with a triple that made the rating 1-0.
• Otte made it back-to-back first inning triples and drove in Hackenbracht, which was then adopted by a RBI single up the center from Ruberti to make the rating 3-0.
• After Purdue was retired so as within the second, Hackenbracht got here by way of with yet one more clutch two-out hit that scored Bump and Wilkison and gave Ohio State a 5-0 lead.
• Within the backside of the fourth, Otte’s two-run dwelling run went to proper subject and was her fifth of the season.
• Rodriguez plated Ohio State’s eighth and ninth runs on the sport with a two-out single to proper subject.

Buckeye That and That

• Otte, a fifth-year senior, is now batting a career-best .287 on the season with 31 RBI, 24 runs scored and 16 additional base hits.
• In three video games this weekend, she hit .556 with a house run, double, triple and 6 RBI.
• Sunday’s no-hitter was the excessive level in per week for Smith wherein she began 3 times and struck out 24 batters in 16.2 innings.
• She now has 179 strikeouts on the season, which is the third-most on any pitcher within the Massive Ten.
• The trio of Hackenbracht (.545), Rodriguez (.538) and Otte (.500) swung the most well liked bats final week. They mixed for 18 of the crew’s 31 RBI in 4 video games.
• Rodriguez has a success in eight consecutive video games, her longest such streak of the season.
• Ohio State has received 4 of its 5 Massive Ten weekend collection.
• Total, the Buckeyes are 8-2 of their final 10 video games with seven of these wins coming in opposition to Massive Ten opponents.
• A sell-out crowd of 1,605 was available Sunday. Mixed with Saturday’s attendance, almost 3,500 followers got here to Buckeye Subject over the ultimate two days of the weekend collection.
• Ohio State reached the 30-win mark for the ninth time in head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly’s tenue with the Buckeyes.

What’s Subsequent
Ohio State will host Minnesota subsequent weekend for its last three common season dwelling video games. The Buckeyes and Gophers meet on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at midday.

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