WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Boilers walked-off the Sycamores in ten innings on a three-run homer from Moriah Polar.
With the win, the Boilers extend their win-streak to eleven, heading into Big Ten Conference play this weekend.
BOILER BITS
Offensive Highlights
- Moriah Polar: 4-for-5, 3 RBI, HR, 2 R
- Anna Moore: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, R
- Khloe Banks: 1-for-4, R
- Kylie Franks: 1-for-3
Pitching Breakdown
- Brianna Fontenot: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K, 12 BF
- Julia Gossett: (W, 9-3) 8.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 14 K, 27 BF
Purdue jumped onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning when Polar singled up the middle, and then stole second. Anna Moore sent one over the left field wall, her sixth of the season, to put the Boilers ahead 2-1.
Indiana State plated two runs, one in the first, and one in the second which kept the score even through nine innings of play.
The Boilermakers defense shut the Sycamores down throughout the game, aided by the arm of Julia Gossett, the two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week who tied her career-high in strikeouts with 14 over eight hitless innings.
Keeping the score at 2-2 through the seven innings of regulation, the teams went into extra innings. In the eighth and ninth, the combination of the Boilermaker defense and Gossett shut down the Sycamores yet again. The Boilermakers were held to one hit in the eighth by Moriah Polar and one hit in the ninth by Kylie Franks.
In the tenth, Purdue shut down the Sycamores, leaving room for Purdue in the bottom of the innings. The Big Ten leader in hits and batting average, Polar, sent a three-run homer over the left center wall, ending the game.
Polar's third home run of the year was a big one, bringing her to 48 hits on the year while hitting .593.
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