It took ten innings and a dramatic home run by Matt Graveline when hope seemed lost. But Ohio State scored three times to emerge a 6-3 victor in game one of the Rutgers series.

Head scratcher...Ohio State's tournament hopes took a spill in the Sunday finale, losing to Northwestern, 3-1.  Now it remains...three critical games on the road at Rutgers, and a little help, if you please. Read more....

On a hitter's day at Bill Davis, the Buckeyes took full advantage (freshman Isaac Cadena, above), scoring 14 runs on 13 hits in a laugher of a win over the Northwestern Wildcats. Read about it in Sunday's Press Pros.

It was tense for six innings, but Matt Graveline broke it open with a triple in the seventh (above) and the Buckeyes added two more in the eighth to put Northwestern away in game one of their final home series.

Running on fumes by weekend’s end, the Buckeyes' pitching took a beating at the hands of Illinois’ veteran lineup Sunday (background), and along with it the window closed a bit on their post-season probabilities. Read more in Monday's Press Pros.