Buckeyes Playing Summer Baseball – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A total of 12 current Ohio State baseball players are participating in summer collegiate leagues this year, including pitcher/outfielder J.B. Shuck on the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League. Shuck is 1-0 so far this season.
Several other Buckeyes are playing closer to home in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, including three for the Columbus All-Americans (Ryan Dew, Jake Hale and Cory Rupert) and a pair for the Delaware Cows (Brian DeLucia and Cory Kovanda). Eric Best also is playing locally for the Licking Valley Settlers of the Granville League, while a trio of Buckeyes headed south to play for the Cincinnati Steam (Tony Kennedy, Zach Hurley and Darren Sizemore).
Delaware defeated Licking County, 9-6, Monday. The re-air of the game can be seen on Columbus Sports Network at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Insight and Time Warner Ch. 78, WOW Ch. 97 and locally over the air on Ch. 32). Kovanda had a double and two runs batted in for Delaware and Delucia added an RBI in a pinch-hit appearance.
The league has Ohio teams in Columbus (All-Americans), Delaware (Cows), Granville (Licking County Settlers), Coldwater (Grand Lakes Mariners), Cincinnati (Steam), Athens (Southern Ohio Copperheads), Lima (Locos) and Xenia (Athletes In Action). The Columbus team plays at Ohio State’s Bill Davis Stadium.
Ohio State Players and Summer League Assignments
| Name | Team (League) | Web Address |
| Zach Hurley | Cincinnati Steam (Great Lakes) | http://www.cincinnatisteam.com/ |
| Tony Kennedy | Cincinnati Steam (Great Lakes) | http://www.cincinnatisteam.com/ |
| Darren Sizemore | Cincinnati Steam (Great Lakes) | http://www.cincinnatisteam.com/ |
| Ryan Dew | Columbus All-Americans (Great Lakes) | http://www.all-americans.org/ |
| Jake Hale | Columbus All-Americans (Great Lakes) | http://www.all-americans.org/ |
| Cory Rupert | Columbus All-Americans (Great Lakes) | http://www.all-americans.org/ |
| J.B. Shuck | Cotuit (Mass.) Kettleers (Cape Cod) | http://www.kettleers.org/ |
| Brian DeLucia | Delaware Cows (Great Lakes) | http://www.delawarecows.com/ |
| Cory Kovanda | Delaware Cows (Great Lakes) | http://www.delawarecows.com/ |
| Eric Best | Licking County Settlers (Great Lakes) | http://www.settlersbaseball.com/ |
| Justin Miller | Luray (Va.) Wranglers (Valley League) | http://www.luraywranglers.com/ |
| Josh Edgin | Winchester (Va.) Royals (Valley League) | http://www.valueleaguebaseball.com/ |
