Buckeyes Close Opening Weekend with 9-3 Setback to Maryland

Monday, March 29

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Buckeyes Close Opening Weekend with 9-3 Setback to Maryland

3/29/2021 6:55:03 PM | Baseball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Maryland was 0-3 on the weekend coming into Monday’s finale and the Terrapins took out their frustrations in a 9-3 victory over Ohio State on Monday afternoon at Bill Davis Stadium.

The Buckeyes (8-7) got a home run from senior captain Conner Pohl to grab a 3-1 lead in the third inning. But then Maryland scored eight unanswered runs over the next four innings to come away with the victory.

In addition to Pohl, Mitchell Okuley and Kade Kern each had two hits in the game.

Starter Will Pfennig went 4.1 innings, allowing five runs on three hits but walked four. Joe Gahm came on in relief of Pfennig in the fifth and got the final twos outs to keep the Buckeyes in the game at 5-3. Nate Haberthier, Mitch Milheim, Wyatt Loncar and Ethan Hammerberg all worked an inning out of the pen.

The Buckeyes dented the scoreboard in the first inning as Okuley led off with a double and later scored on Pohl’s fielder’s choice. After Kern singled and Marcus Ernst walked, a wild pitch scored Pohl and the Buckeyes were in front 2-0.

Buckeyes score twice in the bottom of the 1st to take a 2-0.

MD 0
OSU 2
End 1st pic.twitter.com/O0TbPwtrU6

— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) March 29, 2021

Maryland got a solo home run in the top of the third to cut the lead in half. Conner Pohl then answered with his fourth home run of the season on a no-doubt-about it shot to right.

Conner Pohl leads off the Buckeye 5th. His last at-bat……BOOM! pic.twitter.com/Ynz5OaLsaG

— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) March 29, 2021

After the first batter flew out, Maryland scored four times with one out in the fifth on a two-run homer and a two-run single. The Terrapins also added two-run singles in both the sixth and seventh innings to provide the final margin.

Ohio State will continue the homestand next weekend when it welcomes Big Ten leading Indiana to town. The four-game series starts on Friday afternoon at 4:05. The teams will then play a double-header on Saturday followed by one game on Easter Sunday.

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