Monday's Scoreboard
Bowling Green 3, ETSU 4
Story Courtesy of Bowling Green Sports Information
Bowling Green 3, ETSU 4
Box Score
TENNESSEE -- A seventh-inning rally fell just short on Monday morning (March 2), as the Bowling Green softball team dropped a 4-3 decision at East Tennessee State. The game, part of ETSU's Buccaneer Classic, was held at Betty Basler Field.
The Bucs scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first on a two-base error and a pair of fly balls, and for a long while, it looked like that would be all the scoring the hosts would need.
Freshman Payton Gottshall suffered the loss in the circle, despite throwing a complete-game one-hitter. She had a no-hitter through five and two-thirds innings, before the Bucs' Kylie Toler hit a three-run homer to stake ETSU to a four-run lead.
The Falcons, down four, got the tying run to second base in the top of the seventh. After back-to-back singles by junior Nikki Sorgi and freshman Sophie Weber, senior Evelyn Loyola singled to score two runners, and a two-out, pinch-hit double by junior Sarah Gonzalez brought BG within a single run.
But, with the tying run 120 feet away, ETSU's Taylor Boling got a game-ending groundout to pick up the save.
Kelly Schmidt earned the win for the Bucs, allowing three runs and six hits before leaving with one out in the seventh.
The Falcons outhit ETSU, 7-1, on the day.
