Scott Lewis to Make Return in Series Finale at Purdue – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 11, 2004
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Ohio State left-handed pitcher Scott Lewis will make his return Sunday in the Buckeyes’ Big Ten series finale at Purdue. It will be his first action since undergoing Tommy John surgery May 29, 2003 after tearing his ulnar collateral ligament in a game-one start the final weekend of the regular season at Minnesota on May 16, 2003, a span of nine months, 26 days.
Lewis, a junior from Washington Court House, Ohio (Washington), was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year after leading the conference with a 1.61 ERA, 127 strikeouts and a .160 opponent batting average in 83.2 innings. He also was named Ohio State’s 10th-ever First Team All-American and the first since 1999. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association District V Player of the Year was 9-1 as a sophomore and was 17-3 in the first two years of his career. He ranks 15th on the school’s career strikeout list with 218 and has a 2.25 career ERA, which ranks third. Lewis was a 2004 preseason All-American as selected by the NCBWA.
The Buckeyes close out the four-game conference series at Purdue at 2 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on NPR 820 (WOSU-AM). Live stats will be available at http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
