Ohio State Hammers Michigan State 19-2 in Game Two – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/17/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 17, 2004
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EAST LANSING, Mich. – After squeaking by with an 8-7 victory in the first game of the Saturday doubleheader with first-place Michigan State, Ohio State made no doubt about it in the second game pounding the Spartans 19-2 to clinch no worse than a series split when the teams conclude the series Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
Ohio State put up two runs in the first and then single runs in the second, third and fourth inning before exploding for eight runs in the fifth to take a 13-2 lead. The Buckeyes scored two more in the sixth and added five in the final frame of the day.
Starting pitcher Mike Madsen (Jr., Chesterland, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) pitched his first complete game of the season allowing the two runs by Michigan State in the first three innings. The score after three innings was 4-2. Madsen improved to 5-2 with the victory allowing the two runs on seven hits. Madsen retired 10 of 11 batters to end the game. Spartan starter Jeff Gerbe allowed four runs in three innings and was pegged with the loss to fall to 2-3. Michigan State used five pitchers in the game.
Brett Garrard (Sr., Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) was a perfect 4-for-4 in the game driving in four runs in eight-run fifth inning with a grand slam. He walked in the first, singled in the third, doubled in his first at bat in the fifth and capped the inning with the four-run blast before doubling in the eighth inning. He missed the cycle by a triple. His grand slam was the first by a Buckeye since March 15, 2003 when Terry Pettorini belted a fourth-inning grand slam in a 15-7 victory against Eastern Michigan.
Drew Anderson (Jr., Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg), Jacob Howell (Fr., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland), Steve Caravati (Jr., Dover, Ohio/Dover) and Derek Kinnear (Sr., Kenton, Ohio/Kenton) added three hits apiece. Anderson drove in runs with singles in the fifth and sixth innings before clearing the fence in left-center field for three runs in the seventh to finish the game with five RBI. Howell and Caravati drove in two runs, as did Ronnie Bourquin (Fr., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) with a single in the first that scored the team’s first two runs. Caravati has at least one hit in his last 10 games, including four in which he has had multiple hits. The Buckeyes had two home runs in the game and have six home runs against the Spartans in four games.
The 19 runs on 22 hits by Ohio State are both highs of the season as is the 17-run differential in the final score. Every player for Ohio State had at least one hit. The Buckeyes did not have an error in either game Saturday as Michigan State had five in the two games. The Spartans have nine errors in the first three games of the series, compared to only to by the Scarlet and Gray.
Travis Gulick and Erik Morris each were 3-for-4 for the Spartans.
The Buckeyes will go for the series victory against Michigan State Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
