The putt, like the season, just didn't go as planned. And on the occasion of their annual summer golf fund raiser, Ohio State coach Greg Beals shared the frustrations of a baseball season where nothing was normal, and spoke of planning for the unknown going forward.

The Michigan coach said his team "will die trying'' to defeat the Buckeyes and Michigan State to regain footing in their annual rivalry games.  Ryan Day, though, said it's first things first, and that's defeating Minnesota in the opener.

Ohio State pitcher Seth Lonsway bet on himself in passing on last year's major league draft, counting on a bigger, and more lucrative 2021 college season. Through Sunday's first round he came up a couple of cards short.  And by the time the call came on Monday (San Francisco, 6th round), he was more convinced than ever that baseball is never easy!

Playing Prospect League baseball in Springfield this summer, the Buckeyes' Mitchell Okuley is looking for a solution to a month-long slump that saw his Big Ten average, and his confidence, plummet.  But he's confident that time away and a return to routine is just the fix he needs. Read more in Wednesday's Press Pros.