Mitch's big day...Mitchell Okuley (and some other Buckeyes) enjoyed an offensive feast in the Buckeyes' Sunday 15-9 win over Illinois. Okuley went 3 for 5 with his fifth home run of the season. Read more....
Not the Bucks' day....Shut out on one hit, Ohio State dropped the second game of their weekend series to Illinois. Read more about it in the latest Press Pros update.
The Buckeyes took advantage of Illinois walks to score early...Bruni gives them a chance with five strong innings...Hunter Rosson has a memorable night with some fireworks of his own.
The crushing blow...Everyone watched as a three-run home run by Penn State's Bobby Marsh off Landon Beidelschies highlighted a 10-run fourth inning...the Nittany Lions then cruised to a weekend series sweep of Ohio State.
No one saw saw it coming like it has, but the Buckeyes' slide in the Big Ten baseball standings can probably be explained in simple human terms. Fear of failure is an enemy worse than Maryland or Michigan.