Saturday, May 4
Piscataway, NJ
1:00 PM ET
Michigan State University
15-34, 3-18
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Rutgers
28-22, 11-11
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Michigan State
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Rutgers
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9
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Corah Price (16-8)
L: Walker, Alli (8-14)
Batting:
2B: Meech, Mackenzie 1
HR: Echols, Ebonee 1
RBI: Echols, Ebonee 2 ; Zackrison, Kelly 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ladd, Caitie 1 ; Echols, Ebonee 1 ; Baccay, Melanie 1
Batting:
HR: Anyssa Iliopoulos 2
RBI: Jess Hughes 2 ; Anyssa Iliopoulos 4 ; Erin Collins 1
SH: Nicolette Anico 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Katie Wingert 1 ; Cambria Keefer 1 ; Anyssa Iliopoulos 2 ; Myah Moy 1 ; Madyson Cole 1 ; Adriana Burcar 1
SB: Jess Hughes 1 ; Myah Moy 1 ; Madyson Cole 1
CS: Taylor Manno 1 ; Aleah Marra 1 ; Nicolette Anico 1
HBP: Madyson Cole 1 ; Nicolette Anico 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
2B
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C/3B
/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
SS/UTL
/ Softball
SS/UTL
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P
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RHP
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Rutgers Claims Game Two Victory, 7-3
5/4/2019 3:18:00 PM | Softball
SPARTAN SYNOPSIS
Michigan State dropped the second game of the three-game series against Rutgers by a 7-3 score, as the home team got a pair of home runs from Anyssa Iliopoulos.
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Rutgers improves to 28-22 and evens its Big Ten record at 11-11, as it sits in sixth place in the Conference standings. MSU falls to 15-34, 3-18 B1G. Â
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Ebonee Echols picked up her sixth homer of the season with a two-run homer in the first inning, extending her team-best RBI total to 33. The 7-8-9 hitters all picked up a base hit in game one (Courtney Callahan, Kelly Zackrison, and Laney Joyner), and MacKenzie  Meech had a double, her ninth of the season. McKenna Gregory earned the start and was replaced for the second inning by Alli Walker, who scattered  six hits over three innings, walking just one. Jordan Watson was more than solid in the final two frames, surrendering just one base hit.
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Corah Price (16-8) picked up the complete-game win after lasting less than two innings in the series opener. She scattered five hits and walked four, striking out seven. In addition to Iliopoulos's two homers, she had a single for a 3-for-3 day at the plate with four RBI. Jess Hughes was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, as the pair accounted for five of Rutgers' nine hits.Â
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MSU concludes the season when it plays Rutgers in the nightcap of this Saturday doubleheader, beginning at 3:30 pm.Â
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TOP PERFORMERS
STATS AND STORYLINES
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Michigan State dropped the second game of the three-game series against Rutgers by a 7-3 score, as the home team got a pair of home runs from Anyssa Iliopoulos.
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Rutgers improves to 28-22 and evens its Big Ten record at 11-11, as it sits in sixth place in the Conference standings. MSU falls to 15-34, 3-18 B1G. Â
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Ebonee Echols picked up her sixth homer of the season with a two-run homer in the first inning, extending her team-best RBI total to 33. The 7-8-9 hitters all picked up a base hit in game one (Courtney Callahan, Kelly Zackrison, and Laney Joyner), and MacKenzie  Meech had a double, her ninth of the season. McKenna Gregory earned the start and was replaced for the second inning by Alli Walker, who scattered  six hits over three innings, walking just one. Jordan Watson was more than solid in the final two frames, surrendering just one base hit.
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Corah Price (16-8) picked up the complete-game win after lasting less than two innings in the series opener. She scattered five hits and walked four, striking out seven. In addition to Iliopoulos's two homers, she had a single for a 3-for-3 day at the plate with four RBI. Jess Hughes was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, as the pair accounted for five of Rutgers' nine hits.Â
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MSU concludes the season when it plays Rutgers in the nightcap of this Saturday doubleheader, beginning at 3:30 pm.Â
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TOP PERFORMERS
- Ebonee Echols was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer  and a walk.
- MacKenzie Meech smacked a double, her ninth of the season
- Jordan Watson had two strong innings of relief, allowing one base hit in the final two frames.Â
STATS AND STORYLINES
- MSU took a lead via a first-inning  home run for the second straight day. Caitie Ladd led off the ballgame with a walk, and with two outs, Ebonee Echols stepped in and hit a homer to center, her sixth of the season.
- Anyssa Iliopoulos tied the game up in the home half of the first with her second homer in two days, a shot to right.Â
- The Scarlet Knights put two more runs on the board in the bottom of the second, getting four base hits. For the Spartans, Charla Echols aided the defense in a big way by gunning down two would-be base stealers.
- Laney Joyner put a single into left field to lead off the third inning, and Charla Echols reached on a fielder's choice. MacKenzie Meech doubled to the wall in left to put two runners in scoring position for the Spartans, and Corah Price walked Ebonee Echols to load the bases with two outs. Price got out of the jam with a fly ball to left center to keep MSU off the board.
- Iliopoulos improved to 3-for-3 on the day with a two-run homer in the fifth, her second homer in the game. Her shot to left pushed the Rutgers lead out to 6-2, and forced a pitching change for MSU, as Jordan Watson came on for her first action of the weekend. Watson retired the first three batters she saw in order for an efficient inning.Â
- In the top of the sixth,  Melanie Baccay drew a one-out walk, and she moved to third when Courtney Callahan singled through the right side to put runners at the corners. Kelly Zackrison stepped in and legged out an infield single, scoring Baccay to cut the deficit to 6-3.
- After MSU scored in the top of the sixth, the home team quickly got it back in the bottom of the inning on a Spartan error, a sac bunt, and an RBI single by Jess Hughes that made it 7-3.Â
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