Buckeyes Begin Six-Game Homestand vs. Morehead State – Ohio State Buckeyes

April 11, 2016

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team is set to begin a six-game homestand with a two-game, midweek series against Morehead State Tuesday-Wednesday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes (19-11-1, 2-4 B1G) are looking to bounce back after dropping a road series at Maryland last weekend, while the Eagles travel to Columbus with a 19-13 overall record.

Date	Time	Place	Live Stats	Live Video
April 12, 2016	6:35 p.m. ET	Columbus, Ohio	GameTracker	BTN Plus ($)
April 13, 2016	6:35 p.m. ET	Columbus, Ohio	GameTracker	BTN Plus ($)

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Both games will be streamed on BTN Plus ($). GameTracker links will also be available on the Ohio State baseball schedule page. For inning-to-inning updates, follow the Buckeyes on twitter via @OhioState_BASE.

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS!
Tues: Triple Play Package
Wed.: $1 dog night
Fri: Military Appreciation Night, Postgame Fireworks, Camo Croakies for first 100 students
Sat: Be The Match Day, OSU baseball sunglasses for first 100 students
Sun: Family Packs, Youth Day, Kids Run Bases, Postgame Meet & Greet, OSU tanks for first 100 students

ON THE BUMP
Tues: RHP Austin Woodby (3-1, 5.59 ERA) vs. LHP Curtis Wilson (0-3, 5.61 ERA)
Wed.: TBA vs. RHP Luke Humphreys (4-2, 4.78 ERA)

OHIO STATE AS OF LATE
The Buckeyes dropped three games at Maryland over the weekend. The OSU pitching staff limited the Terp bats to a .124 average, while fanning 24 UMD hitters. Tanner Tully tossed eight innings in game one and allowed three runs, two earned with eight strikeouts, while John Havird tossed eight hitless frames in game two with a season-high seven strikeouts. Ryan Feltner got the nod in game three and limited Maryland to one run on two hits with five punch outs in 4.1 innings. Craig Nennig batted .333 (3-for-9) with a double, RBI and walk.

BUCKEYES IN A NUTSHELL

The Buckeyes are set to play the next six games at home.
Ohio State fell in three games at Maryland last weekend.
Ohio State leads the Big Ten with 34 home runs, which is ranked 15th in the nation.
The Buckeyes are in the Top 5 in other offensive Big Ten statistical categories, including first in doubles (70), walks (143), second in stolen bases (50), runs scored (196), RBI (181) and third in slugging percentage (.436).
The Ohio State pitching staff has a team ERA of 3.56. The Buckeyes lead the league in strikeouts (274) and third in strikeouts looking (76) and walks allowed (82).
On the mound, the Buckeyes rank fifth in the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.34) and 11th in walks allowed per nine innings (2.65).
Nick Sergakis is the conference leader in doubles (12) and second in total bases (76), third in hits (47), fourth in slugging (.618), sixth in RBI (25), seventh in batting average (.382) and on-base percentage (.461) and ninth in home runs (5).
Jacob Bosiokovic is second in the league in home runs with a team-high nine long balls.
Ronnie Dawson is second in triples (3), sixth in RBI (25), fifth in home runs (5) and seventh in total bases (66).
Troy Montgomery is second in the conference in walks (31), eighth in on-base percentage (.449) and ninth in home runs (5).
The Buckeyes are outscoring opponents, 196-137, and 69-39, from the seventh inning on.
Sergakis leads the team with 15 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests.
The team is led by sixth-year head coach Greg Beals, who has taken the Buckeyes to five-consecutive B1G tournament appearances.
Ohio State returns 20 letterwinners, including six starting position players and three starting pitchers.
The Buckeyes are led by one of their largest senior classes in recent history – 10 members.

A LOOK AT MOREHEAD STATE
The Eagles travel to Columbus with a 19-13 overall record and 6-6 mark in OVC play. Morehead State is hitting .311 as a team, collecting 73 doubles, eight triples, 35 home runs and a .471 slugging percentage. Eight MSU hitters are above the .300 mark with five batting a .335 average or higher. Alex Stephens guides the group with a .353 average on 28 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 34 RBI and .574 slugging percentage. On the hill, the MSU staff has combined for a 4.47 ERA with 293 strikeouts to 141 walks. Left-hander Curtis Wilson is 0-3 with a 5.61 ERA, striking out 16 batters to two free passes. Right-hander Luke Humprhreys is 4-2 with a 4.78 ERA, fanning 31 batters to 27 walks. The Eagles are 6-11 on the road this season under fourth-year coach Mike McGuire.

SERIES HISTORY
Ohio State is 4-0 all-time vs. the Eagles. Last season, the Scarlet and Gray swept Morehead State in a two-game series in Columbus April 21-22. The Buckeyes won game one, 6-3, before shutting out the Eagles, 7-0, in game two at Nick Swisher Field.

Last year in the series, Craig Nennig batted .500 (3-for-6) with two RBI and two walks, while Tre’ Gantt also notched a .500 average (3-for-6) with a double and two RBI. Ronnie Dawson followed with a .375 average (3-for-8) with a double and RBI, while Troy Montgomery went 4-for-4 in stolen bases with three runs scored. The OSU pitching staff allowed just three runs in 18 innings pitched in the two-game series.

ICE COLD
Senior left-hander John Havird was locked in game two of a doubleheader Maryland last Friday. The native of Mesa, Ariz., didn’t allow a hit in eight innings of work on a season-high seven strikeouts. He was relieved in the top of the ninth after hitting a batter with his pitch count around 100 in the contest and received a no decision.

MIDWEEK STREAK SNAPPED AT KENT STATE
The 8-3 loss at Kent State last Tuesday snapped a 16-game midweek win streak since the end of the 2014 campaign. Ohio State went 12-0 last season in midweek games and hold a 3-1 mark in 2016.

THE LONG BALL
Just looking at the numbers, the Buckeyes’ home run total is up dramatically in 2016. The team is just one shy of their season total from a year ago (35). The 34 home runs ranks 15th in the nation. The Ohio State outfield trio of Dawson, Montgomery and Bosiokovic has combined for 20 homers in 2016.

TOTAL TALLY BY YEAR
2016 – 34 (31 games)
2015 – 35 (55 games)
2014 – 23 (58 games)
2013 – 19 (58 games)
2012 – 21 (60 games)
2011 – 20 (53 games)
2010 – 38 (51 games)

PRODUCTIVE AND POWER HITTING
The team is getting productive and powerful hitting up and down its lineup. Five players have 10 or more extra base hits. The power rangers include:

Ronnie Dawson: 9 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 6 HRs
Nick Sergakis: 12 2Bs, 1 3B, 5 HRs
Troy Montgomery: 9 2Bs, 0 3B, 5 HRs
Jacob Bosiokovic: 4 2Bs, 0 3B, 9 HRs
Brady Cherry: 4 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 5 HRs

SOME MORE NOTES

The Buckeyes are outscoring opponents, 196-147, and 69-39 from the seventh inning on.
Ohio State is 14-3 when leading after seven innings and 16-3 when leading after eight frames.
The Buckeyes are 9-1 when not committing an error and 7-1 when holding opponents to two runs or less.
The Scarlet and Gray is 8-0-1 when scoring in the first inning.
Sergakis leads the team with 15 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests.
Washington has thrown out 36 percent of base stealers (10-of-28)
Sergakis is hitting .375 with runners on base (24-for-64), while Montgomery is batting .446 (25-for-56) when leading off.
Cherry leads the team with 11 two-out RBI, while Dawson follows with 10 two-out RBI.
Daulton Mosbarger is holding opponent hitters to a .095 average when runners are on base (2-for-21), while Michael Horejsei has an opponent batting average of .091 (2-for-22) with the bases empty.
Opposing hitters have just a .170 average (9-for-53) with two outs vs. Tully.

RUTGERS ON TAP
The Buckeyes return to Big Ten action this weekend against Rutgers Friday-Sunday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. Friday is Military Appreciation Night with postgame fireworks! Saturday is Be The Match Day for the Buckeyes, whiLe Sunday is Youth Day with a postgame Meet & Greet.

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