Baseball to Honor Kyle Brown, '99 Squad and Seniors this Weekend
5/9/2024 5:03:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (24-22, 8-10 Big Ten) hosts Northwestern (15-30, 2-16 Big Ten) this Friday through Sunday for its final home series of the regular season.
Prior to Friday's game, the Buckeyes will honor the late Kyle Brown. Brown, an Ohio State pitcher who helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten Championship in 2001 and an NCAA Regional Championship in 2003, unexpectedly passed away last year at the age of 42. After graduating from Ohio State, Brown worked at ESPN for 16 years and was a two-time Sports Emmy Award winner. He left behind wife, Megan, and children Makayla, Carson, Camden and Madyn. To honor Brown's kindness, generosity and passion for supporting the youth of the community and beyond, his family created the Kyle M. Brown Memorial Foundation in his honor. The Buckeyes have planted a tree and plaque in honor of Kyle at Bill Davis Stadium and a short ceremony will be held at 5:15 p.m. to dedicate those. Brown's family will throw out the ceremonial first pitches on Friday.
On Saturday, the 1999 team will be back in Columbus and will be honored on the field prior to the start of the game. The '99 squad went 50-14 overall and had a 25-3 Big Ten record. Justin Fry was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and Fry, Chad Ehrnsberger, Mike Lockwood, Tom Durant and E.J. Laratta all earned First Team All-Big Ten honors. Laratta was also the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Bob Todd was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. The team was chosen to host the first-ever NCAA Regional in Columbus and hosted the only Super Regional in program history.
On Sunday, Ohio State's nine graduating seniors will be honored. At 12:05 p.m., the graduates will add their names to the Letterman Wall. The on-field Senior Day ceremony will begin at 12:29 p.m. The nine student-athletes being recognized are: Tim Baird, Justin Eckhardt, Logan Jones, Joseph Mershon, Jacob Morin, Mitchell Okuley, Colin Purcell Hunter Rosson, and Hank Thomas.
Game 1
Friday, May 10 | 6:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Northwestern: RHP Jack Dyke
Game 2
Saturday, May 11 | 2:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
Northwestern – RHP Kyle Potthoff
Game 3
Sunday, May 12 | 1:00 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Gavin DeVooght
Northwestern - TBD
Ticket & Parking Info
Prior to Friday's game, the Buckeyes will honor the late Kyle Brown. Brown, an Ohio State pitcher who helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten Championship in 2001 and an NCAA Regional Championship in 2003, unexpectedly passed away last year at the age of 42. After graduating from Ohio State, Brown worked at ESPN for 16 years and was a two-time Sports Emmy Award winner. He left behind wife, Megan, and children Makayla, Carson, Camden and Madyn. To honor Brown's kindness, generosity and passion for supporting the youth of the community and beyond, his family created the Kyle M. Brown Memorial Foundation in his honor. The Buckeyes have planted a tree and plaque in honor of Kyle at Bill Davis Stadium and a short ceremony will be held at 5:15 p.m. to dedicate those. Brown's family will throw out the ceremonial first pitches on Friday.
On Saturday, the 1999 team will be back in Columbus and will be honored on the field prior to the start of the game. The '99 squad went 50-14 overall and had a 25-3 Big Ten record. Justin Fry was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and Fry, Chad Ehrnsberger, Mike Lockwood, Tom Durant and E.J. Laratta all earned First Team All-Big Ten honors. Laratta was also the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Bob Todd was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. The team was chosen to host the first-ever NCAA Regional in Columbus and hosted the only Super Regional in program history.
On Sunday, Ohio State's nine graduating seniors will be honored. At 12:05 p.m., the graduates will add their names to the Letterman Wall. The on-field Senior Day ceremony will begin at 12:29 p.m. The nine student-athletes being recognized are: Tim Baird, Justin Eckhardt, Logan Jones, Joseph Mershon, Jacob Morin, Mitchell Okuley, Colin Purcell Hunter Rosson, and Hank Thomas.
Game 1
Friday, May 10 | 6:00 p.m.
Live Stats | Watch | Listen
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – LHP Landon Beidelschies
Northwestern: RHP Jack Dyke
Game 2
Saturday, May 11 | 2:00 p.m.
Live Stats | Watch | Listen
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Colin Purcell
Northwestern – RHP Kyle Potthoff
Game 3
Sunday, May 12 | 1:00 p.m.
Live Stats | Watch | Listen
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – RHP Gavin DeVooght
Northwestern - TBD
Ticket & Parking Info
- Fans can purchase tickets online at ticketmaster.com or on the TicketMaster app. Tickets can also be purchased at the ticket office at the Schottenstein Center or at Bill Davis Stadium on gameday. The ticket office will open 90 minutes prior to the start of each game. Students can get in for free with their BuckID.
- Free parking will be available in the lots surrounding Bill Davis Stadium.
- The Buckeyes wrapped up non-conference play with a 13-9 win over Youngstown State on Wednesday.
- Henry Kaczmar led the Buckeyes in hits with three. Isaac Cadena, Mitchell Okuley and Josh Stevenson each added two hits.
- Cadena batted in a career-high four runs.
- Cadena and Hunter Rosson each had two stolen bases. It was a career-high for both players.
- Hunter Shaw (2-2) earned the win on the mound. He fanned four and gave up two earned runs on three hits in 3.0 innings pitched.
- Henry Kaczmar is batting a team-best .344 and leads the Buckeyes in hits (64) and runs scored (47). He has batted in 33 runs.
- Tyler Pettorini is hitting .324 and has a team-high 43 RBIs and nine home runs. He has 59 total hits on the season, which is second on the team.
- Joseph Mershon and Mitchell Okuley are also batting over .300. Mershon has a .306 average. He has 44 hits and 24 RBIs and leads the Buckeyes with 14 stolen bases. Okuley is batting .304 with 51 hits and 40 RBIs.
- Landon Beidelschies (4-7) leads the pitching staff in strikeouts with 71 in 65.2 innings pitched. He has an ERA of 4.66.
- Gavin Bruni (3-3) has fanned 51 in 48.2 innings pitched and has a 6.10 ERA.
- Gavin DeVooght (2-2) has struck out 30 in 37.2 inning pitched and has an ERA of 4.06
- Colin Purcell (2-4) has a 7.17 ERA. He has struck out 36 in 42.2 innings pitched.
- Justin Eckhardt (0-2) leads the staff in saves with six. He has struck out 14 in 18.0 innings tossed and has an ERA of 3.50.
- The Wildcats are 15-30 overall entering the weekend and 2-16 in conference play.
- Catcher Bennett Markinson is batting a team-best .328. He leads the Wildcats with 58 hits.
- Infielder Owen McElfatrick has a team-high 10 home runs and and 34 RBIs. He is batting .295 with 54 hits.
- Outfielder Griffin Arnone has a team-high five stolen bases. He is 5-for-8 overall.
- On the mound, Garrett Shearer (2-9) leads thr pitching staff in strikeouts with 52 in 51.0 innings pitched. He has a 6.25 ERA and two saves.
- Kyle Potthoff (3-4) has fanned 30 in 62.0 innings tossed and has an ERA of 4.35.
- Jack Dyke (1-1) has struck out 26 in 41.1 innings tossed. He has a 6.31 ERA and has recorded two saves.
- Ohio State wraps up the regular season with a three-game series at Rutgers May 16-18.
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