Post Game Notes From 2003 NCAA Baseball Super Regional – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 8, 2003
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Ohio State has an overall record of 44-21. Southwest MissouriState is 40-24. Ohio State is 1-4 overall in NCAA Super Regionalgames, all of which have been played at Bill Davis Stadium. OhioState played host to its first NCAA Super Regional in 1999, losinga best-of-three series to Cal State Fullerton (W 10-7, L 5-11, L2-13, June 4-6, 1999). Ohio State’s Brett Garrard’s solo home runin the bottom of the second was his ninth on the season and sixthin postseason play. The walk to Christian Snavely in the firstinning was his 60th free pass on the season, tying the Ohio Statesingle season record set by Nick Swisher in 2001. Ohio State’sSteve Caravati’s two-run home run in the bottom of the third washis seventh home run in his last eight games and his eighth of theseason. Caravati also homered in the first game of the seriesSaturday. The Buckeyes turned a season-high four double playsagainst the Bears. Ohio State allowed its first grand slam sinceApril 28, 2000 in the sixth when Tony Piazza hit his 15th homer ofthe season off Buckeye reliever Kyle Brown. Ohio State has an NCAAtournament record of 38-33, which includes the three victories overClemson and Auburn, twice, last week in Alabama. Ohio State is 0-3in the all-time series with SMS.
