Softball beats OSU, 5-1

Submitted by Wolverine Devotee on

Michigan's bats got going a little bit quicker today as they faced OSU after run-ruling them 8-0 in six yesterday.

In the 2nd inning, Kelly Christner sent one over the fence and into the outfield bleachers to give Michigan a 1-0 lead. In the last 24 hours, she has started to heat up. 

In the 3rd inning, Romero was intentionally walked as she has been all weekend. Susalla's single was enough for Romero to score from second base to increase Michigan's lead to 2-0.

OSU cut the lead to 2-1 in the 4th on a fluky play where Abby Ramirez missed the ball on what would've been a routine out at 1B. 

However, that's the closest they'd get. In that same inning, Christner layed down a BEAUTIFUL bunt to put a runner on for Michigan. And then freshman Faith Canfield smashed the ball into the stands for a 2-run shot for her second career homer to make it 4-1 Michigan. 

Michigan added a run on a strange play that occured when the OSU 2B thought she made the diving catch on Romero's hit but in fact did not.

Abby Ramirez headed home to score a run but Sierra Lawrence was thrown out trying to reach 3rd base during all the chaos. The inning ended but the score was now 5-1 Michigan.

OSU did nothing the rest of the game as they went down 1-2-3 in the final two innings.

Michigan wins 5-1.

Michigan is now 32-4 and 10-2 in the B1G. The final game in the series is tomorrow at 1pm.

 

Truthbtold

April 16th, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^

Softball is only a sport because girls and old people want to play baseball the way girls and old people need to play.

SDCran

April 16th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^

If Abby can score from 2nd, and the runner on first can get thrown out at 3rd (not 2nd), how does Romo get a FC? Sounds more like a single, and probably an odd RBI.



Not that it matters, but I'm a stat guy.

RoseInBlue

April 16th, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^

It was badly scored. It was definitely an RBI single and the runner got thrown out trying to get extra bases.  FC can only happen on a force out as far as I'm aware.  But I've been wrong before.

TruBluMich

April 16th, 2016 at 7:04 PM ^

Unless the fielder choose to get her out instead of making another possible play it is not a FC. It should have been scored as an RBI double in my opinion. At Least that's how I would have scored it. She did not reach safely and advance to second because of a throw to another base or an error.

SDCran

April 16th, 2016 at 11:23 PM ^

And you don't need an out. If you have a runner on 3rd and the fielder throws home to try to get that lead runner, it is a FC if they could have gone to first and made the play, as well. FC whether they get the runner at the plate or not.



In this game though, hard to envision a situation where the runner from 2nd scores but the fielder could have made a play at first.

DowntownLJB

April 17th, 2016 at 9:43 AM ^

With this explanation, it probably was scored correctly as a fielders choice. The second baseman short hopped the line drive but thought she caught it clean for the third out, and held her glove up awhile before she realized the action hadn't stopped around her. Had she finished the play to first instead of showing her glove, she'd have gotten Romo out there. Instead, by the time she "woke up" to not getting the call on the catch, her only chance at an out was to throw home to try getting Abby, at which point SiLo rounded for third but couldn't get there before the catcher fired back up the line.

Jpnets54

April 16th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^

Romero does not have a hit this weekend, but has 4 walks, one hit by pitch, one deep flyout to the left field warning track, and one sharply hit liner to second that went as a fielder's choice.

tlo2485

April 16th, 2016 at 8:35 PM ^

Barring some sort of monumental collapse, I think we've locked up a top 8 seed. I think we still have an outside shot at the overall 1 seed if Florida drops a couple. Our RPI is really strong.