Ohio State Defeated by Xavier

Wednesday, March 4

Columbus, Ohio

3:00 P.M.

Ohio State

5-6

Xavier

5-7

Xavier

Ohio State

Ohio State Defeated by Xavier

3/4/2026 7:39:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (5-6) fell to Xavier (5-7), 13-4, in its home opener at Bill Davis Stadium on Wednesday.

Game Recap

Miles Vandenheuvel walked to lead off the bottom of the first inning, but he was left stranded.
In the bottom of the second, Henry Kaczmar sent a double to the right center field gap and advanced to third on a stolen base. Maddix Simpson singled to right field, scoring Kaczmar and giving the Buckeyes the first lead. Steven Cavaco singled and advanced to second on a Xavier balk and was sent home from a single to right field by Alex Bemis, putting Ohio State up, 2-0.
The Musketeers recorded their first runner of the game on a walk with two outs in the third inning. The next batter smacked a double down the third-base line, cutting the Ohio State lead to one. A hit-by-pitch put runners on first and second before a three-run home run gave Xavier their first lead of the game, 4-2.
With one out in the bottom of the third, Mason Eckelman worked a walk and was sent around by a screaming double to left center field by Noah Furcht to cut the Musketeers' lead to one, 4-3.
Xavier scored one run off of a walk and two singles in the fourth inning to extend its lead to two, 5-3.
In the bottom of the fourth, Bemis worked a full count walk and advanced to third after Dane Harvey hit a double down the left field line. Vandenheuvel loaded the bases on the second full count walk in the inning/ Lee Ellis was hit by the pitch to send Bemis home and leave the Buckeyes trailing by one, 5-4.
The Musketeers extended their lead to 8-4 in the fifth inning after a walk, a two-run home run, a single, a walk, another single and a score on a Buckeye error.
Ohio State stranded two in the bottom of the fifth inning after a single from Simpson and a Musketeer error.
In the top of the sixth, Xavier added to its lead with a walk, a single, an RBI double and a sacrifice fly, putting the Musketeers up. 10-4.
A triple and an RBI groundout gave Xavier another run in the top of the seventh to give the Musketeers an 11-4 lead.
The Musketeers grabbed two more in the top of the eighth off of a walk, single, an RBI single and a Buckeye throwing error.
Furcht and Kaczmar walked to start the bottom of the ninth, but were left stranded as Xavier came away with the 13-4 win.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Simpson led the Buckeyes with two hits.
Jude Fisher (1-2) took the loss. He gave up five runs on two hits in 3.1 innings pitched.
Nick Sawyer struck out three in 2.0 innings of relief.

Up Next

The Buckeyes start Big Ten competition against No. 1 UCLA this weekend at Bill Davis Stadium. Friday's match is set for 4 p.m., Saturday's contest is at 2 p.m. and the series concludes on Sunday at 11 a.m.

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