Buckeyes Drop Back-and-Forth Game at Wright State

Tuesday, March 24

Dayton, Ohio

5:00 P.M.

Ohio State

10-13

Wright State

9-12

Ohio State

WRIGHT STATE

Buckeyes Drop Back-and-Forth Game at Wright State

3/24/2026 11:17:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

DAYTON, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (10-13) dropped a back-and-forth game to Wright State (9-12), 10-8, on Tuesday.

Game Recap

The Raiders took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning after an RBI groundout, an RBI double and two RBI singles.
Dane Harvey doubled to right field to lead off the second inning. Maddix Simpson walked and Steven Cavaco was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Miles Vandenheuvel was up next, and he singled up the middle to send in two runs and cut the Raider lead in half, 4-2. Cavaco scored on a sacrifice fly from Alex Bemis and Vandenheuvel scored on a wild pitch to even the score, 4-4.
The Raiders reclaimed the lead, 5-4, in the bottom of the second inning after groundout.
Noah Furcht singled through the left side to lead off the third inning. With one out, Furcht swiped second. A single to right field from Harvey sent Furcht home and tied the score once again, 5-5.
In the bottom of the third, Wright State once again got ahead, 6-5, on an RBI single.
With two outs in the top of the fourth, Bemis was walked. Henry Kaczmar then singled up the middle to put two runners on. A single from Furcht scored Bemis to knot the score once again, 6-6. Mason Eckelman singled up the middle, sending two runs in to give the Buckeyes their first lead of the day, 8-6.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, a two-RBI single for the Raiders tied the score, 8-8.
With one out in the top of the seventh, Harvey doubled to right center, followed by a walk for Simpson. With two outs, Vandenheuvel walked to load the bases, but all three runners were left stranded.
In the bottom of the eighth, runs scored for the Raiders on a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk to put them back ahead, 10-8.
Eckelman led off with a walk in the top of the ninth inning, but there was nothing else doing for the Buckeyes as they fell to the Raiders, 10-8.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Kaczmar and Harvey led the Buckeyes in hits with three each.
Eckelman and Vandenheuvel shared the team lead in RBIs with two each.
Bemis and Furchte each had one stolen base.
Ryan Zamora struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
Andrew Edrington (0-2) took the loss. He struck out one and gave up two runs on one hit in 1.0 inning pitched.

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