Not confidence-building, but a win. Buckeyes score 13 and give up 7 to gain their third consecutive win heading into Big Ten play Friday at Indiana. Tyler Pettori gestures to the dugout after hitting a double. (pictured). He finished 4 for 6 in the Buckeyes' 13-7 win.
Sophomore Jake Michalak delivered the season's best starting performance and the offense did what it's been doing...an 8-3 series win over Valparaiso in the weekend finale. Read more in Monday's Press Pros.
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.