Box Score 1 | Box Score 2
Otterbein 1, Ohio Wesleyan 0
Ohio Wesleyan 7, Otterbein 6

Junior shortstop Rylee Anspach (Dublin/Coffman) crushed a 3-run homer to open the Ohio Wesleyan scoring and senior outfielder Rylie Moore (Noblesville, Ind.) scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Bishops a win over Otterbein in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday at Margaret Sagan Field.

In the opener, junior lefthander Katie Chittum (Hebron/Lakewood) and Otterbein's Bryn Grabowski and Haylee Ternovan matched up in a pitchers' duel, with the Cardinals taking the 1-0 victory.

Anspach belted a 3-run homer and sophomore outfielder Lauren Kunzler (Lancaster) singled and came around to score as the Bishops raced to a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap.

Otterbein got a 2-run single from Isa Lewis in the second, and after an RBI single by junior second baseman Sophia Cegledy (Pataskala/Bishop Hartley) in the bottom of the inning, the Cardinals tied the score at 5 with the help of Kendall Sestili's 2-run double in the third.

The Bishops took the lead in the fifth when Kunzler and sophomore first baseman Sophie Leohner (Columbus/Upper Arlington) reached on one-out singles, with Kunzler scoring when sophomore shortstop McKenna Tuttle (Richmond, Ky./Model Laboratory School) reached on a fielding error by Cardinal second baseman Chloe Clark.

Down to their last out, the Cardinals tied the score in the top of the seventh when Megan Payne pulled a home run down the leftfield line.

In the bottom of the seventh, Leohner reached on a throwing error by Clark, and Tuttle followed with a grounder that Otterbein shortstop Jen Sindledecker misplayed.  One out later, junior catcher Sara Bias (Sandusky/St. Mary's Central Catholic) walked to load the bases, and sophomore outfielder Avery Panozzo (Denver, Colo./Mullen) followed with a grounder that Sindledecker misplayed, with pinch-runner Moore scoring on the play.

Cegledy and Kunzler each went 2-for-4 for Ohio Wesleyan.  Sophomore righthander Kaelyn Rodriguez (South El Monte, Calif.) pitched the final 5.0 innings to collect the win.

In the opener, Chittum and Grabowski traded zeroes through the first 3 innings, with Chittum allowing but 2 hits and Grabowski only one.

The Cardinals took the lead in the fourth as Caroline Heller led off with an infield single, and one out later, Sestili followed with a single.  With 2 down, Sydni Clever sent a fly ball to short left center that fell between shortstop Anspach, leftfielder Panozzo, and centerfielder Moore, with pinch-runner Sindledecker scoring on the play.

Chittum finished with a 6-hitter, striking out 6.  Grabowski and Ternovan combined on a 2-hit shutout.

Box Score - Game 1
Box Score - Game 2