Ohio State
22-22, 5-13
Illinois
19-21, 8-10
Buckeyes Win B1G Series Versus Illinois
4/30/2023 5:53:22 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State bats were hot as the Buckeye baseball team (22-22, 5-13 Big Ten) defeated Illinois (19-21, 8-10 Big Ten), 15-9, on Sunday afternoon to win the season series.
Game Recap
- The Illini got on the board first, taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
- The Buckeyes quickly answered. Trey Lipsey walked to lead off the bottom of the first and single from Kade Kern advanced Lipsey to third to put runners on the corners; Kern then swiped second to put runners in scoring position. A double from Matthew Graveline drove both runners in to tie the score, 2-2. An RBI single from Cole Andrews scored Graveline and put Ohio State in the lead, 3-2.
- Illinois reclaimed the lead, 5-4, in the top of the second inning.
- A sole homerun from Hunter Rosson, his second homer of the series, left the Buckeyes trailing by just one run, 5-4, going into the third inning.
BOTTOM 2?| @hunterrosson DOES IT AGAIN Rosson's second homerun of the weekend puts the Buckeyes within one, 5-4#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/epcj8jZW4g
— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) April 30, 2023
- Back-to-back doubles from Graveline and Mitchell Okuley worked to tie the score once again, 5-5, in the bottom of the third.
- Nick Erwin opened the home half of the fourth with a double to left center. A bunt single from Rosson put runners on the corners for the Buckeyes. Lipsey was next at the plate, and he singled to left field to drive in a run and put Ohio State back in the lead, 6-5. An RBI double from Marcus Ernst and an RBI groundout from Graveline gave OSU its largest lead of the game so far, 8-5. Okuley was next up and he came up big, blasting a homerun over the right field fence to send two runs across put the Buckeyes up by five, 10-5.
BOTTOM 4?| THAT BALL IS GONEEEEEE @okuley24 goes yard to send two runs across and extend the Ohio State lead to five, 10-5#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/qmntSYHBoo
— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) April 30, 2023
- With one out on the board in the bottom of the sixth, Graveline drew a walk and Okuley singled to left field. Andrews stepped up to the plate and went yard, extending Buckeyes’ lead, 13-5.
BOTTOM 6? | SEE YA BALL That's a three-run homerun for @cma1018 and the Buckeyes lead, 13-5#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/7u2YTJgu51
— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) April 30, 2023
- In the bottom of the seventh frame, an RBI single from Ernst gave Ohio State a commanding seven-run lead, 14-7.
- The Illini began to pick up some offensive momentum in the top of the eighth, scoring four times to cut the Ohio State lead to five, 14-9.
- Another homerun from Andrews in the bottom of the eighth put the run count for the Buckeyes at 15.
BOTTOM 8? | @cma1018's BAT IS TODAY Andrews hits his SECOND homerun of the game and Ohio State leads, 15-9#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/5uQTYq6RAT
— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) April 30, 2023
- Pitcher Jacob Gehring and the Buckeye defense kept the Illini scoreless in the ninth and clinched the 15-9 victory and series win.
Buckeyes by the Numbers
- Andrews and Okuley led the Buckeyes with three hits apiece. Ernst, Graveline and Rosson each added two hits.
- Andrews batted in a team-high five runs, while Graveline and Okuley each batted in three.
- Graveline and Lipsey each scored three runs for the Buckeyes.
- Landon Beidelschies notched his first career start on the mound. He struck out three and gave up five runs on four hits in a 1.1-inning no-decision.
- Josh Timmerman (2-1) earned the win. He fanned three in 2.1 hitless, scoreless frames pitched.
- Gehring struck out two in 1.2 innings to close out the game.
Up Next
- The Buckeyes play at Wright State on Tuesday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m.
#GoBucks
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Timmerman, Josh (2-1)
L: Glassey, Joseph (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Comia, Branden 2 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1 ; Hejza, Cal 1
HR: McDonald, Cam 1
RBI: Janik, Camden 1 ; McDonald, Cam 4 ; Moerman, Ryan 1 ; Schroeder, Jacob 2 ; Harding, Brody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Comia, Branden 2 ; McDonald, Cam 2 ; Westcott, Drake 1 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1 ; Doligale, Danny 1 ; Harding, Brody 2
HBP: Janik, Camden 1 ; Westcott, Drake 1 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1 ; Harding, Brody 1
Batting:
2B: Ernst, Marcus 1 ; Graveline, Matthew 2 ; Okuley, Mitchell 1 ; Erwin, Nick 1
HR: Okuley, Mitchell 1 ; Andrews, Cole 2 ; Rosson, Hunter 1
RBI: Lipsey, Trey 1 ; Ernst, Marcus 2 ; Graveline, Matthew 3 ; Okuley, Mitchell 3 ; Andrews, Cole 5 ; Rosson, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lipsey, Trey 3 ; Kern, Kade 1 ; Ernst, Marcus 1 ; Graveline, Matthew 3 ; Okuley, Mitchell 2 ; Andrews, Cole 2 ; Erwin, Nick 1 ; Rosson, Hunter 2
SB: Kern, Kade 1 ; Kaczmar, Henry 1
