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32-16, 0
Ohio State
30-17, 0
Strelow Racks Up Four RBIs in Minnesota's 10-6 Win Over Ohio State
4/29/2023 4:02:00 PM | Softball
The Golden Gophers pick up their seventh win-in-a-row
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senior Sydney Strelow racked up four RBIs to help lead the Minnesota Golden Gophers past the Ohio State Buckeyes 10-6 on Saturday.
Freshman Sydney Schwartz (1-1) started in the circle and picked up the win for Minnesota (32-16, 13-6). The right-hander went 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits. Junior Jacie Hambrick also made an impact in the circle for the Golden Gophers, starting the ballgame and throwing three innings, giving up one run on four hits, with no walks and four strikeouts.
Strelow went 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk in addition to her four RBIs for the Golden Gophers. Freshman Breezy Burnett compiled a standout performance at the dish as well, going 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two RBI. Freshman Jess Oakland also helped out for Minnesota, putting together one hit in three trips to the plate while adding a home run, two walks and an RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Golden Gophers got the scoring started early, putting two runs on the board in the top of the first inning. Sophomore Taylor Krapf drove in two runs for Minnesota with a single, that scored sophomore Kayla Chavez and senior Amani Bradley.
The Buckeyes failed to push any runs across before the Golden Gophers built on their lead in the third inning. Minnesota picked up three runs, including one driven in on a home run by Oakland, which brought the score to 5-0 in favor of the Golden Gophers.
Ohio State narrowed Minnesota's lead to 5-4 before the Golden Gophers stretched the advantage to 9-4 in the fourth inning. The Golden Gophers bats heated up in the inning, scoring four runs, including a three-run home run off the bat of Strelow.
The Buckeyes gained ground, closing the gap to 9-5 until Minnesota added some insurance in the seventh. The Golden Gophers added a run on Burnett's one-out solo dinger off sophomore Kennedy Kay, bringing the score to 10-5 in favor of Minnesota. Ohio State put one run on the scoreboard before the game was over, but the Golden Gophers still coasted to the 10-6 win.
GAME NOTES
» Strelow drove in four runs for Minnesota.
» Minnesota's highest scoring inning was the fourth, when it pushed four runs across.
» Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in the top half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Minnesota hitters hit three homers in the ballgame.
» Minnesota went 4-for-11 (.364) with runners in scoring position.
» The Golden Gophers got two hits in four at-bats with the bases loaded.
» Minnesota pitchers faced 35 Ohio State hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and 10 fly balls while striking out four.
» The Golden Gophers drew nine walks from Ohio State pitching.
» Strelow led the Golden Gophers at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI.
Minnesota's final conference road game will take place tomorrow at 11 a.m. CT against the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus. Tomorrow's contest will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schwartz, Sydney (1-1)
L: Ruck, Emily (8-7)
Batting:
2B: Bradley, Amani 1
HR: Oakland, Jess 1 ; Strelow, Sydney 1 ; Burnett, Breezy 1
RBI: Oakland, Jess 1 ; Valencia, Nani 1 ; Krapf, Taylor 2 ; Strelow, Sydney 4 ; Burnett, Breezy 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Chavez, Kayla 1 ; Bradley, Amani 2 ; Oakland, Jess 2 ; Valencia, Nani 1 ; Connell, Billi 1 ; Ehlke, Maddy 1 ; Strelow, Sydney 1 ; Burnett, Breezy 1
Batting:
2B: Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Otte, Meggie 1 ; Noury, Destinee 1
3B: Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Ruberti, Jaycee 1
RBI: Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Kortokrax, Kami 1 ; Ruberti, Jaycee 2 ; Noury, Destinee 1 ; Church, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Kortokrax, Kami 1 ; Hackenbracht, Sam 1 ; Ruberti, Jaycee 2 ; Cortelletti, Tegan 1
HBP: Bump, McKenzie 1
