The Racers best the Jackets with powerful offense

DEFIANCE, Ohio - In a midweek Wolverine-Hoosier Atheltic Conference matchup, the Defiance College Yellow Jackets lost a pair of games to Northwestern Ohio at Defiance High School following two stout offensive performances from the Racers.

Game 1: Defiance 1, UNOH 10

UNOH's (21-14, 8-4 WHAC) leadoff hitter began the scoring at the top of the first inning as an RBI sent her home after stealing second and third. Another score brought the Racer's lead to two with Defiance's Anika Craft pitching. At the bottom of the first, Ali Mowen scored the sole run for the Yellow Jackets (8-23, 1-8 WHAC), thanks to an RBI double to left field by Morgan Scott. This key moment highlighted Scott's contribution as she earned the only RBI for the team in game one.

Three hits and four runs allowed from Craft brought Sydney Fackler to the mound for the purple and gold. Though the scoring remained one-sided, Emma Rodgers stood out at second base contributing five outs. 

Game 2: Defiance 3, UNOH 16 (5 innings)

The second contest of the afternoon proved to be another strong outing at-bat for UNOH with 15 hits by 10 different batters. Through the first four innings, the Racers took off for 11 runs to be up by the same, including an eight-run fourth. Five additional runs were put up in the fifth, which put the Jackets offense up to bat to keep the game going. Defiance put up the most consecutive runs on the day with three, and three hits, but a final fly out by Taighen Zipfel to the right fielder ended game two. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS  

• As a team, Defiance recorded four RBIs on the day. Morgan Scott led with two; Emma Linn and Madison Guggenbiller each had one in game two. 

• Ali Mowen, who leads in defensive assists with 80 (including UNOH), had six on the day. 

• Mowen, Scott (2) and Anna Emswiler each fielded double plays. 

• UNOH leads the WHAC with 90 stolen bases. The team accounted for 15 against the Jackets, who stole once. 

• Defiance left players on base in 10 of 12 innings played total. 

• Batting, Anika Craft went 3-of-3 in game two. 

• Craft (4.2 IP) and Sydney Fackler (2.1 IP) pitched in game one. Craft took the loss and is now 4-10 on the season.

• Devyn Hamilton (3.1 IP), Madelynn Vickers (0.2 IP) and Taighen Zipfel (1.0 IP) pitched in game two. Hamilton took the loss and is now 0-2 on the season.

UP NEXT

The Yellow Jackets will head to Indiana Tech for a doubleheader at Warrior Park on Friday. First pitch is at 2 p.m.

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