It’s Tuesday and hardly the weekend, but the Ohio State softball team was at it with a midweek game on Tuesday, hosting — and beating — the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 10-2 in five innings. It was the seventh win in eight games for an OSU team that seems to be finding itself at the right time.
Ohio State started off the scoring after a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first from pitcher Allison Smith. Mariah Rodriguez blasted a home run off the center field scoreboard to give the Buckeyes a 1-0 lead.
The floodgates opened in the bottom of the second inning with Ohio State plating four runs. Kami Kortokrax smacked a two-run RBI single, followed by a bases-loaded walk to Melina Wilkison and a run-scoring single from Sam Hackenbracht to make the score 5-0.
Youngstown State would answer with two runs in the top of the third inning to make it 5-2, and things would remain that way until the fifth inning when OSU would add five more runs to end the game early. Wilkison sent everyone home happy with a bomb to left field, her fourth homer in the last three games.
A terrific Tuesday.#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/uhxjld7bn0
— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) April 19, 2023
With the win, Ohio State improved to an overall record of 28-14. The Buckeyes will be back in action this weekend with a three-game set at home against Purdue. The first game is set to start at 6 p.m ET on Friday.
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