Butler claimed a second straight MVL title by taking down Tipp 10-4 to improve to 20-0 on the season. Koby Dues retired the last ten Tipp batters, including eight strikeouts in a row.
Following the familiar script, the Buckeyes failed to get a quality start Friday in historic Wrigley Field, and managed just three hits in another run-rule loss, this time to Northwestern.
Coldwater broke up a no-hitter in the bottom of the seventh, played small ball to edge out a run, and squeezed by Minster, 1-0. Read about how it went in Friday's Press Pros.
Plays like this one, some timely hits, and sophomore Jake Reinhardt scattered eight hits to give a glimpse of the future. It added up to a 3-1 winning effort Wednesday to lift Troy past rival Piqua. Read more.....
Before anyone throws the baby out with the bath water, read and consider some realities about what we've seen in schedule, inexperience, and how the culture of college baseball is as fluid as the Buckeyes' record.
