Ohio State Shuts Out Bobcats, 4-0

Tuesday, April 10

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio State

21-10

Ohio

15-15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Ohio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	X	4	8	0

Ohio State Shuts Out Bobcats, 4-0

4/10/2018 2:26:15 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team defeated Ohio, 4-0, Tuesday night at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. Sophomore right-hander Jake Vance struck out a career-high six batters, while Noah McGowan, the Big Ten leader in RBI, drove in two runs in the win over the Bobcats. With the victory, the Buckeyes improve to 21-10 overall and Ohio drops to 15-15 overall in 2018.

GAME SUMMARY

Ohio State scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth on four hits vs. Ohio right-handed reliever Eddie Kutt. With the bases loaded on a 3-2 count, McGowan knocked a two-run single through the left side before Conner Pohl hit a RBI single to right center for the 3-0 lead.
The Buckeyes extended their lead to four in the bottom of the sixth with a RBI by Jacob Barnwell on a fielder’s choice.
Vance was strong for the Buckeyes on the mound tonight, keeping the Bobcats off the board for 5.2 innings and fanned a career-high six hitters. He scattered three hits with one walk to improve to 3-1.

GAME NOTES

Ohio State improved to 85-40 all-time vs. the Bobcats. This is the second straight year Ohio State has shut out Ohio. The team has won 11 straight games vs. Ohio dating back to 1990.
The Scarlet and Gray pick up their first shutout of the season tonight.
The Buckeyes improved to 12-4 when scoring first.
McGowan had two RBI tonight and now has 42 in 2018 (Big Ten leader).
Vance struck out a career-high six batters.
Foppe extended his reached base streak to 15 games. Pohl moved his reached base streak to 11 games and McGowan extended his streak to nine contests.
Pohl extended his team-high hit streak to 11 games and McGowan moved his to nine straight contests.

When @OhioState_BASE wins and it's time to go home and play Fortnite: pic.twitter.com/bWdBgqnMoo

— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) April 11, 2018

UP NEXT
Ohio State travels for a three-game series at Penn State Friday-Sunday at University Park, Pa. All three games will can be heard on the radio at AM 1460 ESPN.