Sunday, March 17
Oxford, Ohio
12:00 PM ET
Michigan State University
9-16
2
vs
5
Austin Peay
15-13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Michigan State
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
5
2
Austin Peay
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
5
9
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: RACKEL (11-5)
L: Gregory, McKenna (2-5)
Batting:
RBI: Echols, Charla 1
SH: Ladd, Caitie 1 ; Baccay, Melanie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Echols, Ebonee 1 ; Joyner, Laney 1
SB: White, Lexi 1
PO: Eveland, Kaitlyn 1
Batting:
2B: LIERMANN 1 ; MATTSON 1 ; OSOWSKI 2
HR: GROSS 1
RBI: GROSS 4 ; OSOWSKI 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ACREE 1 ; RACKEL 1 ; LIERMANN 1 ; GROSS 1 ; MATTSON 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
2B
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RHP
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SS/UTL
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SS/UTL
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P
/ SoftballDP
/ Softball
Walkoff Homer Gives Austin Peay 5-2 win over MSU
3/17/2019 2:22:00 PM | Softball
Spartans have three-game win streak snapped
SPARTAN SYNOPSISÂ Â Â
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Michigan State fell to Austin Peay, 5-2, on Sunday morning at the Miami Invitational as Kelsey Gross smacked a walkoff three-run homer for the Governors.Â
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The teams were tied headed into the seventh, and pitcher Morgan Rackel kept the Spartans off the board to set up the walkoff winner by her first baseman. Gross was 2-for-4 on the day with four of her team's five RBI. Osowski also had a pair of base hits for Austin Peay (XXX).
Rackel pitched a complete game for the win in the circle, scattering five hits, three walks, and six strikeouts. For Michigan State, Alli Walker went the first four innings, allowing four hits, striking out three and allowing just one (unearned) run. McKenna Gregory takes the loss with 2.1 innings pitched, allowing five hits – three in the seventh inning.Â
No Spartan batter had more than one hit on the day, but Charla Echols had an RBI single. Ebonee Echols, Kaitlyn Eveland, Lexi White, and Melanie Baccay also added base hits.Â
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 TOP PERFORMERSÂ
•  Alli Walker went 4.0 innings and allowed four base hits and left the game with a 2-1 lead.
•  Charla Echols had a 1-for-3 effort at the plate with one RBI.Â
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STATS AND STORYLINESÂ
•  Ebonee Echols led off the top of the second with a walk, went to second on a base hit by Kaitlyn Eveland, and then came around to score when Caitie Ladd reached with some help from an error on the pitcher, Morgan Rackel.
•  The Governors tied the game in the bottom of the third. An error allowed Kacy Acree to reach and take second, and she went to third on a fly ball by Rackell. Gross singled up the middle to bring Acree home with the tying run.Â
•  After the teams took turns stranding the go-ahead run on third base in the fourth inning, MSU finally got a second run across in the top of the fifth. Laney Joyner led off with a walk, made her way around to third and came home on a Charla Echols infield single.Â
•  Austin Peay got back-to-back doubles from Carly Mattson and Lexi Osowski to lead off the bottom of the sixth, knotting the game at 2-2.
•  The Governors won the game in the bottom of the seventh. Rackel reached on a fielder's choice, Danielle Liermann followed with a double down the line to move Rackel to third, and Kelsey Gross homered to left center for the walkoff winner.Â
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Michigan State fell to Austin Peay, 5-2, on Sunday morning at the Miami Invitational as Kelsey Gross smacked a walkoff three-run homer for the Governors.Â
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The teams were tied headed into the seventh, and pitcher Morgan Rackel kept the Spartans off the board to set up the walkoff winner by her first baseman. Gross was 2-for-4 on the day with four of her team's five RBI. Osowski also had a pair of base hits for Austin Peay (XXX).
Rackel pitched a complete game for the win in the circle, scattering five hits, three walks, and six strikeouts. For Michigan State, Alli Walker went the first four innings, allowing four hits, striking out three and allowing just one (unearned) run. McKenna Gregory takes the loss with 2.1 innings pitched, allowing five hits – three in the seventh inning.Â
No Spartan batter had more than one hit on the day, but Charla Echols had an RBI single. Ebonee Echols, Kaitlyn Eveland, Lexi White, and Melanie Baccay also added base hits.Â
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 TOP PERFORMERSÂ
•  Alli Walker went 4.0 innings and allowed four base hits and left the game with a 2-1 lead.
•  Charla Echols had a 1-for-3 effort at the plate with one RBI.Â
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STATS AND STORYLINESÂ
•  Ebonee Echols led off the top of the second with a walk, went to second on a base hit by Kaitlyn Eveland, and then came around to score when Caitie Ladd reached with some help from an error on the pitcher, Morgan Rackel.
•  The Governors tied the game in the bottom of the third. An error allowed Kacy Acree to reach and take second, and she went to third on a fly ball by Rackell. Gross singled up the middle to bring Acree home with the tying run.Â
•  After the teams took turns stranding the go-ahead run on third base in the fourth inning, MSU finally got a second run across in the top of the fifth. Laney Joyner led off with a walk, made her way around to third and came home on a Charla Echols infield single.Â
•  Austin Peay got back-to-back doubles from Carly Mattson and Lexi Osowski to lead off the bottom of the sixth, knotting the game at 2-2.
•  The Governors won the game in the bottom of the seventh. Rackel reached on a fielder's choice, Danielle Liermann followed with a double down the line to move Rackel to third, and Kelsey Gross homered to left center for the walkoff winner.Â
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