Baseball Readies for Las Vegas College Baseball Classic
2/29/2024 1:31:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (4-4) will compete in the inaugural Las Vegas College Baseball Classic March 1-3, taking on Cal (7-1), Pitt (6-1) and Oklahoma (5-3).
Game 1 vs. Cal
Friday, March 1 | 9:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Cal – RHP Trey Newmann
Game 2 vs. Pitt
Saturday, March 2 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
Pitt – LHP Ryan Reed
Game 3 vs. Oklahoma
Sunday, March 3 | 2:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
Oklahoma – LHP James Hitt
Last Time Out
Game 1 vs. Cal
Friday, March 1 | 9:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Cal – RHP Trey Newmann
Game 2 vs. Pitt
Saturday, March 2 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
Pitt – LHP Ryan Reed
Game 3 vs. Oklahoma
Sunday, March 3 | 2:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
Oklahoma – LHP James Hitt
Last Time Out
- The Buckeyes split a four-game series at Arizona State Feb. 22-25.
- Ohio State took game one, 11-4, behind three home runs and a dominant performance from starting pitcher Landon Beidelschies. Beidelschies (1-1) fanned a career-high seven batters in a career-high 7.0 innings pitched, giving up just one run on three hits and now allowing any walks.
- Trey Lipsey, Josh Stevenson and Henry Kaczmar hit homers for the Buckeyes in the first game of the series.
- The Sun Devils won game two, 14-4, to even the series. Lipsey and Stevenson also hit home runs in the second game. Colin Purcell (1-1) took the loss on the mound; He struck out two and gave up five runs on six hits in 3.1 innings pitched.
- The Buckeyes took back the lead in the series, using five home runs to defeat the Sun Devils, 13-4.
- Matthew Graveline hit a career-high two home runs and Nick Giamarusti hit a grand slam. Also adding home runs were Joseph Mershon and Tyler Pettorini. The Buckeyes totaled a season-high 17 hits.
- Zach Brown (1-0) earned his first career win on the mound. He struck out one and allowed one run on four hits in 2.1 innings pitched.
- In the final game of the series, the Buckeyes fell to Arizona State, 10-8, in eight innings.
- Ryan Miller homered in the series finale, bringing Ohio State's total number of home runs on the weekend to 11.
- Hunter Shaw (0-1) took the loss. He allowed four runs on two hits in a third of an inning pitched.
- The Buckeyes went 2-1 at the MLB Desert Invitational to open the 2024 season. Ohio State fell to Boston College, 9-2, in the opening game of the tournament before bouncing back to defeat BYU, 7-2, and USC, 5-2.
- Landon Beidelschies (0-1) fanned a career-high six batters in the Buckeyes' Opening Day matchup with the Boston College Eagles.
- Colin Purcell (1-0) earned the win over BYU, striking out four and allowing one earned run on five hits in 5.0 innings pitched in his Ohio State debut.
- Hunter Shaw, also making his Buckeye debut, earned the save. He fanned six and gave up just one run on one hit in 4.0 innings tossed.
- In his first at-bat as a Buckeye, Nick Giamarusti hit a homerun against BYU.
- Henry Kaczmar and Tyler Pettorini led the Buckeyes at the plate versus the Cougars with three hits each.
- Gavin Bruni (1-0) earned the win on the mound versus the Trojans. He struck out six and allowed one earned run on three hits in 5.0 innings pitched.
- Trey Lipsey and Mitchell Okuley led the Buckeyes in hits with two each against USC.
- Justin Eckhardt earned the save. He struck out one.
- Mitchell Okuley leads the Buckeyes at the plate, batting a team-best .406. He leads the team in hits, with 13, including a team-best four doubles.
- Tyler Pettorini and Henry Kczmar lead Ohio State in RBIs with eight each. Each has also recorded 10 hits. Pettorini is batting .345 and Kaczmar is batting .303.
- Trey Lipsey has scored a team-high 10 runs for the Buckeyes.
- Lipsey and Joseph Mershon are each a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases.
- Landon Beidelschies (1-1) has the best ERA of the Buckeye starters with a 3.27. He has fanned 13 in 11.0 innings pitched.
- Gavin Bruni (1-0) has struck out 11 in 9.1 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 3.86.
- Colin Purcell (1-1) has tossed 8.1 innings for the Buckeyes and has fanned six. He has an ERA of 4.32.
- Justin Eckhardt and Hunter Shaw each have one save so far this season.
- Landon Beidelschies, Gavin Bruni and Henry Kaczmar were named Big Ten Players to Watch, announced by the conference prior to the start of the season.
- D1Baseball named Bruni, Trey Lipsey and Ryan Miller as top MLB Draft prospects from the Big Ten for 2024 and Beidelschies, Kaczmar and Matthew Graveline were named top prospects for 2025.
- D1Baseball named Kaczmar to their list of top 50 shortstops and Mason Eckleman was named one of the Big Ten's impact freshmen.
- Perfect Game selected Beidelschies and Kaczmar to its Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
- Colin Purcell was named one of the top 50 seniors by Perfect Game and Beidelshies was selected as one of the top 100 sophomores.
- Bruni, Lipsey, Miller and Josh Stevenson were named top 2024 MLB Draft prospects from the Big Ten by Perfect Game.
- Perfect Game listed Beidelschies, Kaczmar and Graveline as top prospects for 2025 and Eckelman and Jake Michalak as top prospects for 2026.
- The Buckeyes head to California to take on Cal Poly March 8-11 and Cal State Fullerton on March 13.
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