Cal State Fullerton vs. Ohio State – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/4/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 4, 1999
Notes – Ohio State
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Jason Driscoll extended his hitting streak to a career-longeight games with a / for / performance.
%^$ Driscoll has picked up a hit in each of the six NCAA Tournamentgames he has played in.
%^$ Offensively the Buckeyes notched their 691st hit of the seasonto move into second place on the schools single-season hitlist.
%^$ The Buckeyes are now in second on the schools single-seasonruns list with 525 after picking up 10 tonight.
%^$ Justin Fry tied a season-high with 12 strike outs. Todays gamemarked the ninth time Fry has gone eight or more innings and thethird time he has struck out 10 or more batters. He struck out ReedJohnson and Craig Patterson three times each and struck out theside in the fourth.
%^$ With Ehrnsbergers grand slam, the Buckeyes have now hit grandslams in back-to-back games. Matt Middleton went deep with thebases loaded against Mississippi State.
%^$ Ohio State has come from behind to win three of its four NCAATournament games.%^$
%^$Quotes – Ohio State
%^$Head Coach Bob Todd
%^$”Todays game was typical of a post-season game between two good teams. Great hitting, good defense and a few nerves were all a part of the game.”%^$
%^$”Playing in front of your hometown crowd is an advantage. My hat is off to our fans. Win or lose they are behind us.”%^$
%^$Chad Ehrnsberger
%^$”I just wanted to hit the ball. I saw the ball well and it just carried. I knew he was going to throw a fastball and I just got my bat on it.”%^$
%^$Justin Fry
%^$”I left it all on the field tonight. My slider was working well tonight. I was getting ahead of their hitters and that was a key.”%^$
%^$”With a team like Fullerton you have to stay on top all night. I have to give a lot of credit to my defense.”%^$
%^$Notes – Cal-State Fullerton
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The Titans first five runs of the game were scored with twoouts.
%^$ Ryan Owens went / for / with four RBI, all coming with twoouts. In the third he notched his 32nd career home run.%^$
%^$Quotes – Cal-State Fullerton%^$
%^$Head Coach George Horton
%^$”Im a little disappointed in the outcome of this game. We didnt play our best baseball tonight. The crowd and the noise worked against us.”%^$
%^$”We arent going to blame the outcomes of the games this weekend on the events of this past week. Our guys werent all there tonight, we have to be tough to win this weekend.”%^$
%^$Ryan Owens
%^$”None of us took our preparation any different this week. With or without the four guys we have to play our best baseball.”%^$
%^$Pitcher Kirk Saarloos
%^$”The home run ball was a fastball. The pitch didnt sink and he got his bat on it.”%^$
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1999 NCAA Baseball Tournament, Super Regional%^$
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