Cluster of Buckeyes…They mobbed Noah McGowan (center, right) after his 12th inning double scored Kobie Foppe with the winning run to take the weekend series from #8 Indiana. Read more about the surging Buckeyes in today’s Press Pros inside feature by Greg Board.
Fightin’ For The Series…Ohio State coach Greg Beals and umpire Mike Martin go chin to chin over a disputed call on a caught fly ball in the fourth inning. Beals said yes, Martin said no, but the Buckeyes came back to win anyway. Read more about the game on Press Pros.
It’s one of the game’s oldest cliches’, argued about by the respective sides. But Indiana made its argument in Friday’s series opener, that indeed…good pitching (not always, but usually) will beat good hitting.
No. 8 Indiana played clean baseball, got solid pitching and help from the Buckeyes to take the series opener at Bill Davis Stadium Friday night. The Bucks were not “straight-up beaten”, in the words of starting pitcher Connor Curlis, but they lost nonetheless and need to square things today.
The people who know Buckeye reliever Seth Kinker the best are those whom he’s won over with his attitude for efficiency and effectiveness. They depend on him…and they can’t seem to say enough.
Ohio State tuned for a monumental series this weekend with #8-ranked Indiana by smacking Youngstown State. Everyone played, and a lot of people contributed…just what Greg Beals had in mind.
Burrow and Haskins have productive days in spring game … Buckeyes probably could thrive with either player at the position … Meyer says decision could come in the next week.
Running Wild…Or so it appears as Dominic Canzone rounds third to score with a teammate in close pursuit…in the Buckeyes 19-8 win over Penn State in the second game of Saturday’s double-header. Read about how they swept the three-game series in today’s Buckeyes baseball update.
From his rural Ohio River roots, former Wheelersburg Pirate and Ohio State Buckeye, Josh Newman, is using what he’s learned along the way to make a difference in Penn State baseball.
Nail-Biter…The Buckeyes used their newly adjusted defense and the expected effectiveness of the bullpen (Seth Kinker, above) to nail down the series opener at Penn State – a 1-0 shutout over the Nittany Lions. Read more in the latest Buckeyes update on Press Pros.
In all the baseball places I’ve been, this is different. It’s probably hard to track a fly ball for being caught up in the beauty of the backdrop.
Buckeyes debut an all new infield and a new man in center, and amidst all this Jake Vance adds to his growing reputation. OSU tunes up before heading to Penn State. Read more in the latest Buckeye update on Press Pros.
‘Nemo’ (Adam Niemeyer, above) was high to unhitable for the five innings he pitched. But in the end it was some familiar issues that cost the Buckeyes again Sunday in the series finale with Iowa. Read our latest update from the road in today’s Press Pros.
A spectacular starting effort by Connor Curlis (above) netted the Buckeyes a 2-1 win in the first game of Saturday’s double-header, but a familiar nemisis bit them hard in the nightcap…as they split a road twin-bill with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Read about it in the latest Buckeye update on Press Pros.
How do you play baseball when it’s this cold? Well, in Iowa they treat it as a state of mind. They’ve been waitin’ for it all year. And…it’s actually tougher for local coyotes!
Their numbers are alarming, and disarming – downright ‘offensive’. Now, they’ll see how their thunder and lightning plays when the Buckeyes take it on the road this week…to Iowa.
‘Mac’ Attack…Noah McGowan flashes a smile – his seventh inning home run proved to be decisive in Sunday’s 15-14 slugfest win for the Buckeyes. Their Big Ten opening weekend was a success, thanks to 22 hits in the finale. Read more in the latest baseball update on Press Pros. (Feature Photo by Julie McMaken Wright)
18-8 through their first 26 games, Greg Beals’ culture of hard work and trust simply has the Buckeyes in a better place. Others are waiting, watching…and see the difference.
It was another scratch and claw game for the Buckeyes with key plays and moments throughout, but the biggest may have belonged to freshman Griffan Smith in his ‘Big’ debut. Read abouit the clash of the ‘Big Ten titans’ from Greg Hoard in today’s baseball feature.
The Buckeyes struck early, but a familiar nemesis came back to haunt. A disastrous fifth inning helped Nebraska stage the late comeback and win in the Big Ten opener at Bill Davis Stadium. Read more in the latest baseball update on Press Pros.
