Buckeyes Set for Three-Game Series at West Virginia
3/14/2024 9:11:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (8-7) heads to Morgantown, W. Va. for a three-game series against the Mountaineers (10-7) Friday through Sunday.
Game 1
Friday, March 15 | 6:30 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
West Virginia – RHP Aidan Major
Game 2
Saturday, March 16 | 4:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
West Virginia – LHP Derek Clark
Game 3
Sunday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
West Virginia – LHP Tyler Switalski
Last Time Out
Game 1
Friday, March 15 | 6:30 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
West Virginia – RHP Aidan Major
Game 2
Saturday, March 16 | 4:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
West Virginia – LHP Derek Clark
Game 3
Sunday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
West Virginia – LHP Tyler Switalski
Last Time Out
- The Buckeyes erased a six-run deficit twice to earn a come-from-behind 13-10 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night.
- Mitchell Okuley, Matthew Graveline and Tyler Pettorini led the Buckeyes at the plate with three hits each. Henry Kaczmar, Zach Fjelstad and Josh Stevenson each added two hits.
- Okuley batted in a team-high and career-high five runs. Pettorini and Fjelstad each batted in two runs.
- Graveline and Pettorini each recorded two stolen bases.
- Jake Michalak struck out a career-high three batters in a 2.1-inning relief appearance.
- Jacob Morin (1-0) earned his first victory as a Buckeye. He struck out one and gave up just one hit in 2.1 innings tossed.
- Okuley leads the Buckeyes at the dish with a .375 batting average. He has recorded 21 hits, including a team-high seven doubles. He also leads the team in RBIs with 14.
- Kaczmar, who is on a 14-game hitting streak, shares the team lead in hits with 21. He is batting .350 with 11 RBIs and he leads the Buckeyes in runs scored with 14.
- Pettorini (17), Graveline (16), Joseph Mershon (13), Trey Lipsey (13) and Stevenson (10) have all recorded double-digit hits.
- Mershon is 6-for-7 in stolen bases and Lipsey and Graveline are both 5-for-6.
- On the mound, Landon Beidelschies (2-2) leads the pitching staff with 26 strikeouts and a 3.43 ERA through 21.0 innings pitched.
- Gavin Bruni (2-0) has fanned 15 in 17.0 innings tossed and has an ERA of 3.71.
- Colin Purcell (1-2) has struck out 11 in 16.1 innings pitched and has an ERA of 3.86.
- Eckhardt leads the Buckeye pitching staff in saves with three.
- The Mountaineers are 10-7 overall and 3-1 at home going into the series.
- Utility player Sam White and infielder Ellis Garcia lead West Virginia in hits with 20 each. White is batting a team-best .323 and Garcia is batting .303.
- White and infielder Benjamin Lumsden lead the team in RBIs with 14 apiece.
- Garcia is 6-for-6 in stolen bases.
- Aidan Major (3-0) has a 3.12 ERA. He leads the starting rotation with 29 strikeouts in 26.0 innings pitched.
- Derek Clark (1-0) has struck out seven in 5.0 innings pitched. He has not allowed a run yet this season.
- Tyler Switalski (1-0) has an ERA of 4.50. He has fanned 13 in 16.0 innings pitched.
- The Buckeyes open their home schedule next week, hosting Georgetown for a three-game series at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium March 22-24.
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