No. 18 Oregon softball wins 2-1 with walk-off error over Sacramento State

LEONE BRILLIANT IN THE CIRCLE, BUT SOFTBALL FALLS TO #18 OREGON, 2-1 - Sacramento State

Despite Sacramento State right-hander Danyelle Leone allowing just two hits and two unearned runs to the 18th-ranked team in the nation, the Hornets fell to Oregon, 2-1, on Saturday evening at the Jane Sanders Classic.

No. 18 Oregon softball wins 2-1 with walk-off error over Sacramento State

No. 18 Oregon softball was not hitting against Sacramento State, but sometimes it only takes a ball put in play to win. In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Ducks got a leadoff base runner in Rylee McCoy and Presley Lawton pinch ran. Two groundouts later, she was on third. Backs against the wall, a groundball to Hornets infielder Madison Evers-Lyles looked to send the game to the eighth, but she booted it. Standing and staring at the ball be…