Buckeyes Hit the Road for Two Midweek Games – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 4, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State baseball team will look to bounce back with two midweek, in-state road games at Miami before traveling to Cincinnati. The Buckeyes meet the RedHawks at 6 p.m. ET Tuesday at Hayden Park in Oxford, Ohio, and play the Bearcats at 6 p.m. ET Wednesday at Marge Schott Stadium.
The Buckeyes (31-13, 12-6 B1G), currently in third place in the Big Ten Conference, were swept last weekend by first-place Illinois, but can rebound quickly with a good week of baseball that will conclude with a key three-game home series vs. Maryland this weekend in Columbus.
The RedHawks (11-34, 9-12 MAC) won a home series against Eastern Michigan, while the Bearcats (15-31, 6-12 American) took two of three games at Memphis last weekend.
WAYS TO FOLLOW
Links to live stats and live video can be found above and on the Ohio State baseball schedule page. Follow the action on twitter as well (@OhioState_BASE).
CLOSING OUT THE HOME SCHEDULE
The Buckeyes will conclude the 2015 home schedule with a three-game Big Ten series against Maryland Friday-Sunday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. Sunday will be Senior Day for the Scarlet and Gray.
QUICK HITS
- The Buckeyes fell at home in a series against No. 6 Illinois, which snapped a season-high seven game win streak.
- Ohio State is No. 19 in the latest NCAA RPI. Six Big Ten teams sit in the Top 50.
- The Buckeyes fell out of the national rankings after being ranked for the first time since 2010.
- Ohio State is 11-6 on the road in 2015 and has won five straight road games.
- The team’s ERA is 11th in the country (2.80), which is third-best in the Big Ten.
- Offensively, Ohio State is first in the conference in stolen bases (70), fifth in slugging percentage (.399) and wins (31).
- Overall, the Buckeyes are hitting .275 as a team led by Pat Porter (.315), while Troy Montgomery is batting .309 with a B1G-best 29 stolen bases. He is six shy of tying the OSU single-season record (35).
- Porter is on a 24-game reached base streak followed by Montgomery (21). Porter has also claimed a hit in each of the last 11 contests.
- In Big Ten play, Ohio State is second in ERA (2.90), fifth in slugging percentage (.386) and home runs (10)
- The Ohio State pitching staff has collected 22 quality starts, while the offense has claimed seven walk-off wins.
- The OSU bullpen has collected a 2.44 ERA this season and has allowed just one earned run in the last 10 games.
- Trace Dempsey is 9-1 with seven saves this season. He is one appearance away breaking the school record of 96 set by Cory Cox (1998-01).
- Head coach Greg Beals is two wins shy of 400 career victories. His all-time coaching record sits at 398-320.
