Katie Wingert Ties RBI Career Record & Kyleigh Sand Collects 200th Hit In Game 2 At Minnesota - Rutgers University Athletics (2024)

• Katie Wingert was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs on a double and sac fly and is now tied alongside Sharon Morris (1993-96) as Rutgers' all-time RBI leader
• Payton Lincavage hit 3-for-3 with a run scored.
• LA Matthews collected her third triple of the to help jumpstart RU's three-run seventh inning.
• Kyleigh Sand became the fifth Scarlet Knight in history to post 200 career hits.

• Minnesota jumped out to a 4-0 lead at the end of one capitalizing on a pair of Scarlet Knight infield miscues. Two Gophers reached on errors while Sydney Strelow walked to load the bases setting up an RBI single from Nani Valenica and a three-run triple off the bat of Delanie Cox.
• Rutgers posted a run in the top of the second. RU loaded the bases off a Maddie Lawson walk and back-to-back singles to left from Payton Lincavage and Katie Wingert. The Gophers were able to stop the Scarlet Knights from plating runs on their next two at-bat, but Jillian Anderson broke through for a single to center to give RU its first run of the afternoon.
• Minnesota countered with a run of its own in the bottom half with an RBI double from Krapf.
  The Gophers added two more runs in the third and another in the fourth extending its advantage to 8-1. Morgan DeBoard was the third of three straight base hits resulting in an RBI single to center while Breezy Burnett was able to steal home in the third.
• The fourth saw Jess Oakland lead off with a single and score on a Strelow double.
• The Scarlet Knights chipped away with a pair of runs in the sixth. Maddie Lawson kicked off RU's at-bat taking a base after being hit by a pitch and Payton Lincavage followed with a single to left. Wingert doubled off the wall in left to score Lawson and pinch hitter Megan Herka notched an RBI on a groundout to the circle to trail 8-3.
• Minnesota took back a run in the bottom of the sixth. Oakland led off with a double to right and scored as Krapf singled to left for a 9-3 edge.
• Rutgers generated five hits in their final at-bat in attempting the comeback. Kyleigh Sand collected her 200th Scarlet Knight hit and came home on an LA Matthews triple reaching the far corner of right field. Morgan Smith followed with an RBI single to left. The inning continued with back-to-back singles from Lawson and Lincavage to load the bases. While RU's all-time home runs leader did not hit it out of the park, the ball was far enough for the sac fly reducing the Scarlet Knights deficit from seven runs to three. However, the Scarlet Knights would not plate anymore on the day.

• The series between Rutgers and Minnesota comes to a close on Sunday, April 21 at noon with the winner taking the series.

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