Baseball Belts 21 Hits in Downing Wooster 14-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 16, 2003
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State belted out a season-high 21 hits and every starter had a hit in leading the Buckeyes to a 14-0 shutout victory over the College of Wooster Wednesday night at Bill Davis Stadium. The win extended the Buckeyes’ win streak to seven games, the longest of the year, and upped their season record to 20-10.
Three Buckeyes had three hits on the night. Cody Caughenbaugh (Fr., Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) had three hits for the third straight game in a 3-for-5 performance with one RBI and scored a run in the seventh inning. Paul Farinacci (So., Westlake Village, Calif./Agoura) also was 3-for-5, knocking in three runs while scoring twice. Terry Pettorini (Jr., Wooster, Ohio/Wooster) had three hits against a team coached by his father. He was 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run.
Ohio State jumped out to an early 3-0 lead through three innings, but took full advantage of a pitching change heading to the bottom of the fourth inning. Mark Parrish entered the game in relief of starter James Amendola, who had given up the first three runs on eight hits. Parrish lasted just 2/3 of an inning and gave way to a nine-run inning.
Parrish did coax a ground out to start the inning, but he walked Christian Snavely (Jr., Defiance, Ohio/Defiance) setting the stage for an inning that saw 15 Buckeyes go to the plate. Steve Caravati (So., Dover, Ohio/Dover) doubled to left-center field to bring in Snavely after he had advanced to second on a wild pitch. Farinacci had his third hit of the game, a single up the middle to score Caravati. He then moved to second base on the second wild pitch of the inning by Parrish and then moved to third on a ground out, the second of the inning, by Caughenbaugh.
Pettorini sent a shot through the left side to score Farinacci and give the Buckeyes a 6-0 lead, but Ohio State went on to double that score before the conclusion of the inning. Parrish tried to pick off Pettorini at first, but threw wide of the base, allowing the Buckeye third baseman to reach second. After a walk to Brett Garrard (Jr., Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg), Kelly Houser (Fr., New Holland, Ohio/Adena) split third and short with a shot that scored Pettorini.
Drew Anderson (So., Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) homered to straight-away center field, hitting the batter’s eye about six feet above the fence. It scored three more runs to stretch the lead to 10-0. That shot, Anderson’s fourth home run of the season, prompted Wooster coach Tim Pettorini to opt for Luke Katich, but six more batters made their way to the plate seeing the Buckeyes score two more runs on four more hits before Katich got Terry Pettorini to fly out to right field. The Buckeyes added two more runs in the seventh inning for the final 14-0 margin.
Mike Madsen (So., Chesterland, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) got the win in his first collegiate start. He pitched only the first four innings, but OSU skipper Bob Todd had planned to use at least four pitchers entering the game. Madsen sat in the dugout watching the hit parade by his teammates and gave way to Trent Luyster (So., Flushing, Ohio/Harrison Central). Madsen gave up two hits and struck out five of his 14 batters. Luyster and Chris Hanners (So., Groveport, Ohio/DeSales) each pitched an inning before closer Matt Davis (So., Mason, Ohio/William Mason) pitched the final inning. Buckeye pitching allowed only five hits by the Fighting Scots.
Amendola got the loss for Wooster to drop his record to 3-2 on the year. Wooster dropped its record to 17-9.
Anderson, Snavely, Caravati and Garrard contributed with a pair of hits each in addition to the three-hit games by Farinacci, Caughenbaugh and Pettorini. The Buckeyes now have had 71 hits that have produced 44 runs in their last five games. Opponents have scored just 16 runs in that same period.
Three hits by the Buckeyes in the bottom of the second led to one run and the early lead. Farinacci doubled with one out and was then hit in by Caughenbaugh, who singled through the right side. Garrard also singled in the inning.
A double down the left-field line by Snavely scored Anderson, who led off the inning with a single through the left side. After the second out of the inning, Farinacci sent a shot through the left side to bring in Snavely from second and give Ohio State a 3-0 lead.
Ohio State now welcomes Indiana this weekend to Bill Davis Stadium. The teams will play one game Friday at 6:35 p.m., a doubleheader Saturday at 4:05 p.m. and a single game Sunday at 1:05 p.m. to conclude the series. Ohio State is 8-4 and in second place in the Big Ten while the Hoosiers are 7-5 and in third place. The four games will be broadcast on WOSB Radio (91.1 and 106.7 FM), while both games of Saturday’s doubleheader will be televised by ONN.
