University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHERS SPLIT BIG TEN SOFTBALL TWINBILL WITH BUCKEYES
4/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Softball
In the opener, the Gophers rallied from a 2-1 deficit with seven unanswered runs. In the third inning, Minnesota scored four runs to take a 5-2 lead. Veronica Roberts singled home Tammi Hays to tie the game at 2-2. Jordanne Nygren singled to score Roberts and give Minnesota a 3-2 lead. With two outs, Michelle Bennett singled up the middle to score Angel Braden and Nygren to cap the inning. Shelly Nichols hit a two-run home run, her second of the season, in the fifth inning to increase the Minnesota lead to 7-2. Braden homered to lead off the seventh inning, her third of the season, to close the scoring. Braden and Nygren each had two hits to lead an eight-hit attack. Recknor limited the Buckeyes to three hits and struck out five batters in winning her 21st game.
In the nightcap, the Gophers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a triple by Morgan Holden and a single by Bennett. Ohio State scored in each of the next four innings, tallying nine runs to invoke the eight-run rule after six innings.
Minnesota travels to Penn State for a single game Saturday night at 5 p.m.
Minnesota 8, Ohio State 2 Minnesota 104 020 0-8 8 1 Ohio State 200 000 0-2 3 1 Recknor and Smith. Hileman, Elwell (3) and Roth. WP-Recknor (21-21). LP-Hileman (5-7). HR-(MN) Nichols (2), Braden (3). Ohio State 9, Minnesota 1 (6 innings) Ohio State 001 143-9 12 0 Minnesota 010 000-1 2 3 Chain and Roth. Recknor, Hautala (5) and Smith. WP-Chain (9-6). LP-Recknor (21-22). HR-(OSU) Himes (7).
