Oregon
No. 6 Oregon softball tops Michigan to take sole possession of third place in Big Ten
Rylee McCoy’s RBI single in the sixth gave No. 6 Oregon a series-opening win over Michigan.
Paige Sinicki led off the frame with a double and McCoy hit a first pith to right to drive in the winning run in a 3-2 Ducks win Friday night at Jane Sanders Stadium.
Elise Sokolsky (10) struck out two and allowed one hit in 1.2 innings of winning relief for Oregon (33-3, 7-1 Big Ten), which moved into sole possession of third place in the conference.
Katie Flannery homered to lead off the bottom of the second and Stefini Ma’ake added an RBI ground out.
Maddie Erickson put Michigan (27-10, 6-2) on the board with a solo home run in the fifth, then Jenissa Conway tied it with a solo shot in the sixth to end the day for Lyndsey Grein, who allowed two runs on three hits and one walk with eight strikeouts over 5.1 IP in a no-decision.
Sokolsky allowed a one-out single in the seventh but got a strikeout and fly out to leave the tying run aboard as the Wolverines went 0 for 6 with runners on base.
The teams play again at 4 p.m. Saturday.