Softball beats OSU, 5-1
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.
You really must have nothing better to do with your life. That's some sad truth being told right there if you asked me...
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They're all obsessed with Michigan.
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Not that it matters, but I'm a stat guy.
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.
April 16th, 2016 at 11:23 PM ^
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.
overall
Congrats to the girls!
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.
And she's still batting like .470 or something. She's not a real person.
We didn't beat them in lacrosse. But we can always beat the in softball.
April 16th, 2016 at 11:40 PM ^
Michigan's RPI could drop a spot or two even without losing just because after OSU they will be playing very very bad teams until the Big Ten Tournament semifinals at least. Florida is looking fairly unbeatable right now, they swept #5 Louisiana-Lafayette in a doubleheader today by a combined score of 19-2.