With two outs in the top of the seventh inning and the score tied for Kent State's softball team, sophomore Maddy Grimm walked to the plate at the Mary M. Bell Field in Dekalb, Illinois.
Grimm already had an RBI double on the day two innings prior, but Northern Illinois University scored the game’s next two runs to knot the score at three.
The Flashes were down to their last out and in need of a quick offensive strike when she came to bat.
And that’s when Grimm, the starting third baseman, came through in the clutch, sending a solo shot over the left field wall and propelling Kent State (22-10, 5-1) to a 4-3 win over Northern Illinois (23-10 4-2) Sunday.