Ohio State
20-11-1
Morehead State
19-14
Buckeyes Shut Out Eagles, 1-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 12, 2016
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team claimed its first shutout of the season with a 1-0 victory over Morehead State Tuesday night at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 20-11-1, while the Eagles drop to 19-14 in 2016. The contest is set to re-air on Big Ten Network at Noon ET Thursday.
“It was a big midweek game for us to get back on the horse and that was the battle cry to the team today,” head coach Greg Beals said. “We got a great start from Woody [Woodby]. All of the pitchers did well. It was great to get Pav [Pavlopoulos] back out there and get his confidence going again. We went right back at it tonight.”
Redshirt sophomore right-hander Austin Woodby tossed a career-high five scoreless innings on four hits to improve to 4-1 in 2016. Redshirt sophomore right-hander Yianni Pavlopoulos claimed his seventh save of the year. Senior Ryan Leffel scored the lone run of the game with a RBI double in the bottom of the second inning, while redshirt junior Jacob Bosiokovic went 2-for-4.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Ohio State scored the lone run of the evening in the bottom of the second. Leffel pulled a 3-1 pitch down the line for a RBI double to score Troy Kuhn. That’s all the OSU pitching staff would need to help the Buckeyes pick up their seventh straight win in Columbus.
WOODBY SOLID, STRONG DEFENSE TOO
Woodby pitched a career-high five scoreless innings, scattering six hits with one walk and one strikeout vs. the Eagles. He stranded a runner on base in the first, fourth and fifth behind a strong defensive Buckeye unit. L Grant Davis caught a hard liner up the middle and pumped a throw to first base for a key double play after a lead-off single in the fifth. He tossed 57 pitches on the night with 35 strikes.
TO THE BULLPEN…
Sophomore Right-hander Seth Kinker pitched the next 2.2 frames and limited the Eagle bats to no runs on two hits with one strikeout. Senior left-hander Michael Horejsei came in with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and fielded a ground ball to retire the side. In the ninth, Pavlopoulos put Morehead State down in order with a strikeout to end the game.
UP NEXT
Ohio State and Morehead State conclude the two-game set at 6:35 p.m. ET Wednesday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The game will be streamed on BTN Plus ($).
GAME NOTES
- Ohio State improves to 5-0 all-time vs. Morehead State.
- The Buckeyes are now 4-1 in midweek games and 11-1 at home. Ohio State has won seven-consecutive home games.
- Woodby pitched a career-high five innings in his second career start.
- Seven different Buckeyes had a hit.
- Leffel made his fifth start of the year and registered his third double of the season and 13th of his career.
- Dawson stole two bases to take the team lead in steals with 12 swipes on the year.
- Kinker made his team-high 17th appearance of the year, tying his rookie season total in 2016.
- Pavlopoulos notched his team-high seventh save of the year
- A pair of Buckeyes extended their reached base streaks: Nennig (10) and Dawson (9).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Woodby, Austin (4-1)
L: WILSON, C. (0-4)
S: Pavlopoulos, Yianni (7)
Batting:
2B: NIEMANN, T. 1
Base Running:
CS: WRIGHT, J. 1
Batting:
2B: Leffel, Ryan 1
RBI: Leffel, Ryan 1
SH: Washington, Jalen 1 ; Leffel, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuhn, Troy 1
SB: Dawson, Ronnie 2
HBP: Washington, Jalen 1 ; Davis, L 2
PO: Washington, Jalen 1
