Box Score MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Ohio's Danielle Stein's gem in the circle was too much for the Jacksonville State softball team on Sunday in the final game of the Eastern Michigan Madeira Beach Spring Invitational.
Stein shut out the Gamecocks (5-6) and struck out 14 in her complete-game, 3-0 win for the Bobcats (3-2) to close the weekend. She allowed two hits in the game, a double from
Taylor Rogers and a single from
Taylor Beshears.
Rogers' double came in the bottom of the third and was the Gamecocks' first hit of the day off of Stein, who improved to 2-0 on the season. She outdueled sophomore Alexis Jimmerson, who limited Ohio to three runs on seven hits but fell to 1-2 on the season in suffering the tough-luck defeat.
Jimmerson, a native of Jackson, Tenn., struck out six Ohio batters and walked four in the loss, while Stein issued just one free pass.
The Bobcats scored in the top of the second on MacKenzie Brunswick's RBI double. It was her first hit in a 2-for-3, two-RBI game for Ohio. Her second RBI came in the sixth on a single to left and put the third run on the board.
JSU will return to action on Friday, when they begin a three-game series at Southern Miss with a 6 p.m. game in Hattiesburg, Miss. The series will wrap up with a Saturday doubleheader that will begin at 1 p.m. CT.