Softball beats Northwestern, 10-0; Betsa gets her 1,000th K
#20 Michigan took on Northwestern tonight at chilly Alumni Field.
The Wolverines continued the signature trend of getting on their opponent early, as Michigan took a 3-0 lead. This thanks to an RBI single by Tera Blanco that fluttered away from the Northwestern 1B mid-air, scoring Faith Canfield. Kelly Christner would then put up 2 runs on a single.
After a scoreless 2nd inning, Michigan got going again in the 3rd. Abby Ramirez got an RBI double on a single to LF when the Northwestern LF moved up, making it 4-0 Michigan.
Ramirez would score shortly after when an attempted pick off on a double steal went over the head of the 2B to make it 5-0 Michigan. Monte would again use the LF side, as her single down the line scored another Michigan run in the 3rd inning to give Michigan a 6-0 lead.
One inning later in the 4th, Faith Canfield would score Natalie Peters on a single over the 3B's head, to make it 7-0 Michigan. Ramirez would again pick on the 3B of Northwestern as she sent a single over her head, to score another run to push it to 8-0 Michigan.
Kelly Christner would slash a 2-RBI double to the wall, to make it 10-0 Michigan. All of this took place in the 4th inning with no outs and bases continually loaded.
Megan Betsa would strike out 10 in this one, her 9th K being the 1,000th of her career. She's only the 3rd Wolverine in history to get 1,000 Ks.
Michigan wins 10-0 in 5 innings.
Michigan is now 24-7-1 and 4-0 in the B1G.
Michigan will face Northwestern again at Alumni Field tomorrow at 2pm.
Yeah, Hutch is still playing around with the lineup. Well, the middle of the order anyway. Natalie Peters as leadoff seems to be one spot she's sure of and Peters is doing well there. She seems to like Canfield in the 2-spot as well these last few games.
March 31st, 2017 at 10:01 PM ^
Think Betsa's streak now at 41 consecutive scoreless innings is more impessive than the strikeouts.
Nice write-up, WD! My life is pretty packed this weekend & next, so I'm glad there are other folks on here to pick up the slack & keep us all up to date.
For the record, the other 2 Wolverine pitchers with 1000 strikeouts are Jordan Taylor and Jennie Ritter.