WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.. – The Boilers (25-12, 5-6 Big Ten) fell in game two to the Badgers (21-11, 7-4), after a seventh inning grand slam.
With her 74th hit on the year, after going 4-for-4 in the game, Moriah Polar became tied for third in the record book for single-season hits. The Boilers smashed 13 hits as a team, but it wasn’t enough to earn the victory.
BOILER BITS
Offensive Highlights
- Moriah Polar: 4-for-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2B
- Maura Condon: 3-for-4, R
- Khloe Banks: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R
- Anna Moore: 1-for-3, RBI, 3B, R
Pitching Breakdown - Julia Gossett: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 28 BF
- Brooke Perez: (L, 6-2) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 BF
The Boilers scored early and often in the beginning of the game, plating six runs in the first two innings. On an RBI triple from Anna Moore and a sacrifice fly from Haley Painter, the Boilers put up two runs in the first inning.
After back-to-back scoreless frames from Gossett on the mound, the Boilers added four runs in the bottom of the second. Kylie Franks led off the inning getting hit by a pitch and was brought in on the back of three-straight singles from Maura Condon, Ashlynn Campbell, and Khloe Banks.
The bases were still loaded for one of the most dangerous hitters in softball, Moriah Polar, who delivered a three-RBI double to the left-center gap. Polar picked up her 72nd hit of the year, vaulting her into tied for fifth all-time in Purdue’s single-season hits records. In game one of the series with Wisconsin, Polar earned her 70th hit of the year, a feat not achieved by a Boiler in 12 years.
Wisconsin scored its first runs of the game in the top of the third on a two-run homer from standout, Hilary Blomberg, but the Boilers rallied in the bottom of the inning plating another run on Campbell’s infield single. Although a Boiler runner interference ended the inning, Polar picked up her 73rd hit of the year, giving her sole possession of fifth in the record book.
Wisconsin added a lone run on a solo shot in the top of the fourth and it was a quiet bottom of the inning for Purdue. In the sixth, both sides plated two runs, giving Purdue the 9-6 lead heading into the final frame.
In the top of the seventh, Brooke Perez came to the mound for the Boilers, ultimately giving up a grand slam that ended the game.
Purdue will play Wisconsin for the series finale tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. est.
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