They got just enough pitching, 13 hits overall, and the first-ever home run by Will Carpenter (above) to beat Valparaiso, 15-4, and even the home-opening weekend series.
With no margin for error to keep their NCAA tourney hopes alive, Ohio State avenged an earlier loss to Nebraska by beating the Cornhuskers in Columbus Tuesday, 116-114, in double overtime.
The sentiments, exactly....The Buckeyes complete a frustrating weekend in Texas with another late-inning loss. They fall to #9-ranked Oregon State 12-10 in the finale of the Amegy Bank Classic, in Arlington.
Tied 4-4 in the eighth, the bullpen allowed a crash that sent the Buckeyes to their seventh loss of the season, 8-6, to Baylor. Read Hal McCoy from Arlington.
I'll have another....The Buckeyes used four pitchers in Friday's 13-0 run-rule loss to Auburn in the opening game of the Amegy Bank weekend series in the Texas Rangers' Globe Life Park.
