The Muskingum softball team defeated Mount Union in walk-off fashion on Thursday evening. The Muskies won the opener 5-4 and the nightcap 10-9.

Game One

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (17-6 Overall, 3-2 OAC), Mount Union (11-14 Overall, 1-4 OAC)
• Location: Donna J. Newberry Field – New Concord, Ohio

Inside the Numbers

• Muskingum scored five runs on six hits.
• Senior Hannah Smith fired all seven innings of work and registered seven strikeouts.
• Senior Katie Osburn led the Muskie offense going 2-for-3 at the plate and tallying two RBIs.
• Junior Sarah Piteo also finished with two hits and added an RBI.
• Senior Haley Hawk added a hit and RBI.
• Junior Claire Warschauer finished with one hit.
• Alexis Temple, Grace Heath, and Adri George added a hit and RBI to lead the Purple Raider offense.

How it happened

• Muskingum struck the first run of the game off a wild pitch that scored Warschauer.
• The Muskies went up 2-0 in the fourth inning off a Piteo RBI single up the middle.
• Mount Union evened the score at two off a Grace Heath two-RBI triple.
• The Purple Raiders took a 3-2 in the top of the fifth.
• An Osburn two-RBI single up the middle gave the Muskies a 4-3 advantage.
• Mount Union tied the ballgame up in the seventh off Adri George sacrifice fly.
• Hawk delivered a clutch two-out walk-off single to right field to score Boggs from third to secure a Muskie 5-4 victory.

Game Two

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (18-6 Overall, 4-2 OAC), Mount Union (11-15 Overall, 1-5 OAC)
• Location: Donna J. Newberry Field

Inside the Numbers

• Muskingum scored 10 runs off 14 hits.
• Osburn led the Muskingum offense with two hits and three RBIs.
• Senior Cristianna Boggs ended the contest with three hits and an RBI.
• Junior Taylor Gallentine finished with three hits and two RBIs.
• Sophomore Kalie Eshelman ended with two hits which included a solo home run
• Piteo chipped in one hit and two RBIs.
• Alyssa Rose led Mount Union with two hits and three RBIs.

How it Happened

• The Purple Raiders jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third inning.
• Muskingum plated their first run off a Gallentine ground out to second.
• A Peyton Guspyt double down the third base line extended the Purple Raider lead 6-1.
• A Boggs RBI single up the middle cut down the Mount Union lead 6-2.
• The Purple Raider score increased 7-2 in the fifth off a sacrifice fly from Adri George.
• The Muskies trimmed the lead down to two in the fifth scoring three runs off RBIs from Osburn and Piteo.
• Mount Union would get the lead back up to three in the sixth off an Alyssa Rose triple.
• A three-run, three-hit sixth inning from the Muskies saw the ballgame tied at eight heading to the seventh.
• Mount Union reclaimed the lead taking 9-8 lead in the top half of the seventh.
• A solo home run in the seventh from Eshelman tied the game 9-9.
• A fielding error from the Mount Union defense would plate the winning run, securing a Muskingum 10-9 victory.

Up Next

Muskingum next travels to take on Heidelberg on Saturday, April 9. Game one is set for 1:00 p.m. with game two to follow.