No. 7 Buckeyes Face No. 2 Nebraska in First Round of Big Ten Tournament
5/20/2024 2:38:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 7 Ohio State baseball team (28-24, 12-12 Big Ten) faces No. 2 Nebraska (34-19, 16-8 Big Ten) in the first round of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament Presented by IFS.ai on Tuesday afternoon in Omaha, Neb. The game will air live on Big Ten Network.
No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Nebraska
Tuesday, May 21 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Big Ten Tournament History
No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Nebraska
Tuesday, May 21 | 3:00 p.m. ET
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Big Ten Tournament History
- The Buckeyes have competed in 31 Big Ten Tournaments in program history and have one 10 Big Ten Tournament titles (1991, 94, 95, 97, 2002, 03, 05, 07, 16, 19), which is tied with Michigan and Minnesota for most titles among Big Ten programs.
- Ohio State last competed in the Big Ten Tournament in 2019 and won the title that same year, defeating Nebraska, 8-6, in the championship game. The Buckeyes were also the No. 7 seed in 2019 and were the lowest-seeded team to ever win the tournament.
- The Buckeyes have an overall record 64-47 at the tournament, which is a winning percentage of 57.7%.
- Tyler Pettorini is batting a team-best .320 and leads the Buckeyes in home runs with nine and in RBIs with 47. He has 66 hits and has scored 37 runs.
- Henry Kaczmar leads the team in hits with 67. He is batting .318 with 34 RBIs and a team-high 50 runs scored.
- Mitchell Okuley is also batting over .300 with a .314 average. He has 58 hits, including a team-best 16 doubles, 41 RBIs and 39 runs scored.
- Joseph Mershon leads the Buckeyes with 15 stolen bases. He is 15-for-17 overall.
- On the mound, Landon Beidelschies (5-7) leads the pitching staff with 83 strikeouts in 79.2 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 4.29.
- Gavin Bruni (3-3) has fanned 51 in 48.2 innings tossed and has a 6.10 ERA.
- Gavin DeVooght (2-3) has compiled 36 strikeouts over42.2 innings thrown and has an ERA of 4.22.
- Justin Eckhardt (0-3) leads the pitching staff in saves with six. In 19.1 innings pitched, he has struck out 12 and has a 5.12 ERA.
- Blaine Wynk (2-0) has two saves and has fanned 36 in 36.1 innings tossed. Wynk has a 2.97 ERA.
- Jacob Morin (4-1) has struck out 32 in 28.0 innings of relief. He has an ERA of 5.79.
- The Cornhuskers finished the regular season with an overall record o 34-19 and a Big Ten record of 16-8.
- Infielder Case Sanderson is batting a team-best .373 for Nebraska. He has 44 hits and 21 RBIs.
- Catcher Josh Caron leads the team in hits with 64 and in RBIs with 54. He is batting .311 and also has a team-high 10 home runs.
- Outfielder Riley Silva in 31-for-34 in stolen bases.
- On the mound, Brett Sears (8-0) has struck out 87 in 92.0 innings pitched. He has a 2.05 ERA.
- Mason McConnaughey (7-3) has a 3.10 ERA and has fanned 70 in 61.0 innings pitched.
- Casey Daiss (0-2) leads the pitching staff in saves with five. He has struck out 16 in 20.2 innings pitched and has an ERA of 3.48.
- Jalen Worthley (3-0) has four saves. He has a 3.64 ERA and has fanned 28 in 29.2 innings pitched.
- The winner/loser of the Ohio State-Nebraska game will take on the winner/loser of the Indiana-Purdue game. The winners will play Thursday, May 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET and the losers will play in an elimination game on Wednesday, May 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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