Buckeyes Take On No. 23 Nebraska This Weekend
4/4/2024 10:12:00 AM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (12-12, 2-1 Big Ten) takes its first conference road trip of the season this weekend, heading to Lincoln for a three-game series against No.23 Nebraska (20-6, 3-0 Big Ten) April 5-7.
Game 1
Friday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Nebraska – RHP Brett Sears
Game 2
Saturday, April 6 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
Nebraska – RHP Mason McConnaughey
Game 3
Sunday, April 7 | 1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Gavin DeVooght
Nebraska – RHP Drew Christo
Last Time Out
Game 1
Friday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Nebraska – RHP Brett Sears
Game 2
Saturday, April 6 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Gavin Bruni
Nebraska – RHP Mason McConnaughey
Game 3
Sunday, April 7 | 1:00 p.m. ET
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Gavin DeVooght
Nebraska – RHP Drew Christo
Last Time Out
- The Buckeyes opened Big Ten play last weekend, winning two out of three games against the Purdue Boilermakers.
- Ohio State won game one, 8-2. Nick Giamarusti was a triple short of hitting for the cycle. He led the Buckeyes with a career-high four hits, going 4-for-5 at the plate.
- Landon Beidelschies (3-4) earned the win on the mound. He struck out seven in 7.0 innings pitched and allowed two runs on five hits.
- The Buckeyes won game two, 12-10, thanks to a three-run walk-off home run from Trey Lipsey in the bottom of the ninth inning.
- Tyler Pettorini led the Buckeyes in hits with four; he went 4-for-5 at the plate in game two. Lipsey batted in a team-high four runs.
- On the mound, Jacob Morin (2-0) earned the win. He struck out two and did not allow any hits in 1.1 innings tossed.
- Purdue took the final game of the series, 7-1.
- Matthew Graveline, Lipsey and Isaac Cadena each had one hit in the game and Graveline had on RBI.
- Hunter Shaw (0-2) took the loss. He gave up five runs on four hits in 0.1 inning pitched.
- Matthew Graveline leads the Buckeyes at the plate, batting .330. He has a team-high 31 hits. He has also added 13 RBIs and 20 runs scored. He is 8-for-9 in stolen bases.
- Henry Kaczmar is batting .319 with 30 hits, 14 RBIs and a team-high 22 runs scored.
- Tyler Pettorini leads the Buckeyes in RBIs with 23. He is batting .298 with 28 hits.
- Pettorini, Trey Lipsey and Nick Giamarusti lead the Buckeyes in home runs with three each.
- Joseph Mershon is 8-for-10 in stolen bases on the season so far.
- Landon Beidelschies (3-4) leads the pitching staff in strikeouts with 50 in 40.1 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 3.35.
- Gavin Bruni (2-0) has an ERA of 5.34. He has fanned 28 in 28.2 innings tossed.
- Gavin DeVooght (2-1), who made his first career start against Purdue, has struck out 13 in 15.2 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 1.15.
- Justin Eckhardt (0-1) leads the pitching staff in saves with four. He has tossed 10.0 innings and has fanned seven.
- Kaczmar, Beidelschies and Mershon all made D1Baseball's midseason player position rankings lists for their respective positions; Kaczmar is 36th best shortstop in the country, Mershon is the 41st-best second baseman and Beidelschies is the 84th-best starting pitcher.
- No. 23 Nebraska is the first ranked team the Buckeyes will face this season.
- The Cornhuskers are 20-6 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten entering the weekend. Nebraska has a 9-1 home record.
- Cayden Brumbaugh leads Nebraska at the plate, batting .353. He has 24 hits and eight RBIs.
- Josh Caron has a team-high 28 hits, including a team-best six home runs. He also leads the team in RBIs with 32. Caron is batting .289.
- Riley Silva is 17-for-18 in stolen bases, which is a team-best.
- On the mound, right Brett Sears has a perfect 5-0 record and a 1.36 ERA. He has fanned 47 in 46.1 innings pitched.
- Mason McConnaughey (2-2) has struck out 31 in 22.0 inngs tossed and has an ERA of 2.86.
- Drew Christo (1-1) has an ERA of 4.09. He has struck out 23 in 33.0 innings pitched.
- Casey Daiss (0-1) leads the pitching staff in saves with four. He has fanned five in 8.1 innings tossed.
- Kyle Perry (1-0) has three saves and has struck out 10 in 10.0 innings pitched.
- The Buckeyes return to Bill Davis Stadium to host Bowling Green on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00 p.m. and Morehead State on Wednesday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m.
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