Oklahoma City — Michigan relied again on gutsy pitching from veteran Megan Betsa and some late-inning offense to win its first game of the College World Series.
After a one-day postponement because of rain, Michigan and LSU met Friday night at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, and the Wolverines advanced with a 2-0 victory. Betsa had eight strikeouts.
“What a great game,” Michigan coach Carol Hutchins said. “What a pitchers duel. What a gutsy performance by both pitchers. In a game like that, and I told the kids late in the game there, you’ve got to stay tough and toughness is not allowing yourself to go mentally in the wrong direction to just start worrying about, ‘Oh, we haven’t scored a run’ or start worrying about anything.