Rutgers University
21-22, 5-13
Michigan State
15-25, 2-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Rutgers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Softball Takes Series In 7-4 Win Over Michigan State
Apr 12 | Softball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers softball got the series win on the Michigan State Spartans on Sunday afternoon at the RU Softball Complex as the Scarlet Knights never trailed in its 7-4 victory.
Bailey Burtis kicked off the day with an RBI double and Addie Osborne collected her ninth home run of the year in the win.
The win moved RU to 20-21 overall and 5-13 in the Big Ten.
Rutgers 7, Michigan State 4
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Sophomore Addie Osborne gave RU its 52nd home run of the season with her ninth home of 2026. The Scarlet Knights are two home runs away from tying the school record of 54 set in 2019.
- Junior Sam Rohwer was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.
- Freshman Eva Garofalo was 1-for-2 and also scored twice.
- Sophomore Bailey Burtis swung an RBI double and classmate Sam Delhoyo captured an RBI fielder's choice to put RU on top in the first
- Sophomore Kelsey Hoekstra upped her mark to 7-5 on the year going a total of 4.1 innings. The right-hander got the start, giving up two runs on three hits and came back into the circle to help RU seal the victory on the final out. Freshman Marley Caldwell tossed 2.2 innings of relief with two runs on five hits.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Rutgers' first at-bat resulted in two runs on three hits and a lead the Scarlet Knights would never lose. Sam Rohwer led off with a single and put up the afternoon's first run on Baileigh Burtis' double to center.
- Two batters later, Burtis made it 2-0 coming home a fielder's choice from Sam Delhoyo.
- The Scarlet Knights achieved a 5-0 lead after two innings in the book. What appeared to be a routine fly out in the outfield to retire the side with the bases loaded, Burtis' fly ball to left popped out of the Spartan's glove and allowed a trio of runs to score.
- Michigan State got on the board in the third. The Spartans loaded the bases for Natalia Kenyatta to score on a ground out to second from Britain Beshears.
- The Spartans added another run in the fourth. A sac bunt moved Kirsten Caravaca over to third where she was able to plate on a ground out to short from Payton Conroy.
- RU got the two runs back in the fifth with an Addie Osborne home run to right and RBI coming from Sam Rohwer up the middle scoring Eva Garofalo.
- A Michigan State home run narrowed the gap in the seventh on a two-run home run to left from Sophia Grillo.
| HIGHLIGHTS |
| UP NEXT |
The Scarlet Knights host LIU on Tuesday, April 14 and are back to Big Ten action in a three-game series against Purdue on April 17-19. Admission to all Rutgers home games is free.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hoekstra, Kelsey (7-5)
L: Galindo, Alyssa (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Kenyatta,Natalia 1
HR: Grillo, Sophia 1
RBI: Beshears,Britain 1 ; Grillo, Sophia 2 ; Conroy,Payton 1
SH: Kenyatta,Natalia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hawley,Hannah 1 ; Grillo, Sophia 1 ; Caravaca, Kirsten 1 ; Kenyatta,Natalia 1
HBP: Hawley,Hannah 1
Batting:
2B: Burtis, Baileigh 1 ; Delhoyo, Samantha 1
HR: Osborne, Addie 1
RBI: Rohwer, Sam 1 ; Burtis, Baileigh 1 ; Delhoyo, Samantha 1 ; Osborne, Addie 1
SH: Hwang, Riley 1 ; Fuller, Jayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rohwer, Sam 2 ; Burtis, Baileigh 1 ; Osborne, Addie 1 ; Garofalo, Eva 2 ; Stripling, Hailey 1
SB: Delhoyo, Samantha 1 ; Fuller, Jayla 1
CS: Delhoyo, Samantha 1
HBP: Kraska, Stephanie 1
