Ohio State Earns 10th Win of Season in 14-1 Victory over Vermont – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 24, 2006
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BRADENTON, Fla. – Ohio State scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, collecting 15 hits as eight of nine Buckeyes had at least one hit in a 14-1 victory over Vermont in the first game of a doubleheader Friday at IMG Academy.
Ronnie Bourquin (Jr., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) led the Buckeyes in going 3-for-4 with five RBI and three runs scored. Matt Angle (So., Whitehall, Ohio/Whitehall-Yearling) also was 3-for-4 and scored three runs, while Adam Schneider (Jr., Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura) was 2-for-5 though made his two doubles count as he knocked in four RBI.
The Buckeyes jumped out early getting two runs on a single to left by Bourquin and another two runs on a double down the left-field line by Schneider. A fifth run scored on a ground out by Justin Miller (Fr., Dayton, Va./Turner Ashby).
Tony Kennedy (So., Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South) led off the second inning with a single through the left side and then after a pair of strikeouts and a stolen base, Eric Fryer (So., Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) delivered him with a base hit between the third baseman and shortstop to give the Buckeyes a 6-0 lead.
Vermont scored its first run in the fourth inning. Josh Barrera (Fr., Somerset, Ohio/Sheridan), making his first start as a Buckeye, walked the first two batters of the inning, but then after battling back to strikeout two, he walked a batter to load the bases. Kyle Massie bunted a ball down the third-base line that stayed fair and Kyle Brault scored. Ohio State scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth to take an 8-1 lead. Wes Schirtzinger (Jr., Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North) drew a walk to lead off the inning and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jacob Howell (Jr., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland). Schirtzinger went to third on an infield hit by Angle before scoring on fielding error on the Vermont third baseman. Angle scored on a Bourquin single up the middle.
The Buckeyes added a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Kennedy that scored Jedidiah Stephen (Sr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah) and then added three runs in the sixth to take a 12-1 lead. With the first two batters on to start the inning, Bourquin delivered his fourth and fifth RBI of the game with a double to the gap in left-center field. Miller knocked in Bourquin with a two-out single to left.
Schneider plated the final two runs for Ohio State in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring J.B. Shuck (Fr., Galion, Ohio/Galion), who led off the inning with a single to right, and Bourquin, who walked.
Barrera allowed one run on three hits in his 5.0-inning outing. He struck out six batters but walked six to pick up his first career win (1-0). Dan Barker (So., Dayton, Ohio/Northmont) came on in sixth and pitched three innings before Rory Meisster (So., Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Madison) came in to finish the game in the ninth. Joe Serafin took the loss (0-2) for Vermont.
The Buckeyes and Catamounts will play a seven-inning game immediately following this game. It will be the last game for the Buckeyes on their spring break trip.
