Baseball Takes on Kent State Tuesday Night
4/3/2023 4:36:11 PM | Baseball
Ohio State vs. Kent State
Date: April 4 | Time: 6:00 PM
Probable Starters:
Ohio State: RHP Josh Timmerman
Kent State: RHP Jack Kartsonas
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes (13-13) look to get back in the win column when they host Kent State (18-9) on Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. at Bill Davis Stadium.
Ticket & Parking Info
- Fans can purchase tickets online at ticketmaster.com or on the TicketMaster app. Tickets can also be purchased at the ticket office at the Schottenstein Center or at Bill Davis Stadium on gameday. The ticket office will open one hour prior to the start of each game. Students can get in free with their BuckID.
- Parking can be found at Bill Davis Stadium and is free of charge.
Last Time Out
- The Buckeyes hosted Minnesota for three games this past weekend. The Golden Gophers won the series, 2-1.
- Ohio State fell to Minnesota, 3-2, in game one. Isaiah Coupet (3-2) was dominant on the mound. He fanned 10 batters, just one short of his season-high, in a 7.0-inning no-decision.
- The Buckeyes were victorious in game two of the series, defeating the Golden Gophers, 6-2, for their first Big Ten win of 2023.
- Gavin Bruni (1-0) picked up his first collegiate win, striking out a career-high 11 in 6.0 innings pitched.
- Jonah Jenkins tossed 3.0 scoreless relief innings and fanned a season-high six batters.
- Minnesota took the final game of the series, 6-2.
Ohio State Quick Hitters
- Catcher Cole Andrews leads Ohio State at the plate, batting .343. He also leads the team in RBIs with 20 and has a team-best .465 on-base percentage.
- Kade Kern leads the Buckeyes in hits with 32 and in runs scored with 24. He is batting .317.
- Isaiah Coupet (3-2) has the best ERA of the Buckeyes’ starting pitchers with a 3.25. He has fanned 52 in 36.0 innings pitched. He ranks in the top-10 in the Big Ten in ERA, strikeouts, wins, opposing batting average (.208) and looking strikeouts (16).
- Starter Gavin Bruni (1-0) has struck out 33 in 26.1 innings tossed. He has an ERA of 4.44.
- Justin Eckhardt’s (1-3) has issued the fewest walks in the conference this season, giving up only five.
- Jonah Jenkins (3-2) and Landon Beidelschies (0-1) are two of the top relievers for the Buckeyes. Jenkins has made 10 appearances and has struck out 26 in 24.2 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 2.55. Beidelschies has made 12 appearances and leads the pitching staff in saves with three. He has fanned 25 in 17.0 innings pitched and has an ERA of 3.18.
The Opponent
- First baseman Aidan Longwell leads the Golden Flashes at the plate with a .375 average. He has a team-high 42 hits and 40 RBIs.
- Outfielder Collin Mathews has scored a team-high 31 runs and leads Kent State in homeruns with five.
- Outfielder Josh Johnson is 13-for-14 in stolen bases, which is a team-best.
- On the mound, probable starter Jack Kartsonas (0-0) has made just one appearance on the season so far. He struck out two in 1.2 innings pitched and has an ERA of 16.20.
Up Next
- Ohio State heads to East Lansing for a three-game series at Michigan State April 7-9.
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