Buckeyes Head to Purdue for Three-Game Series
4/16/2026 4:45:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (19-16, 9-6 Big Ten) heads to West Lafayette, Ind. for a three-game series at Purdue (25-11, 12-6 Big Ten) Friday, April 17-Sunday, April 19.
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- The Buckeyes dropped a midweek matchup to Marshall, 11-7, on Wednesday night at Bill Davis Stadium.
- Dane Harvey and Henry Kaczmar each hit a long ball during the game.
- Harvey and Grant Mangrum led the team in hits with three each. Mangrum was three-for-three on the day.
- Kaczmar, Harvey and Mangrum each batted in two runs.
- Nick Sawyer (0-2) took the loss. He struck out one and gave up three earned runs on three hits in 0.1 of an inning pitched.
- Sahil Patel tossed 3.0 scoreless innings. He struck out one and allowed just two hits.
- Kaczmar leads the Buckeyes at the plate, batting .333 and he has a team-high 48 hits. He has batted in 33 runs and is 6-for-7 in stolen bases.
- Harvey and Noah Furcht are also batting over .300 for the Buckeyes. Harvey is hitting .308 with 32 hits and Furcht is batting .305 with 40 hits.
- Harvey leads the team in home runs with eight and in RBIs with 35.
- Lee Ellis leads the Buckeyes in stolen bases; he has swiped 13 bags on 14 attempts.
- On the mound, Gavin Kuzniewski (2-1) leads the pitching staff with 46 strikeouts in 45.1 innings pitched.
- Chris Domke (4-3) has fanned 43 in 43.2 innings tossed.
- Herrenbruck (4-1) has notched 35 strikeouts in 43.1 innings, and he leads the pitching staff with a 4.36 ERA.
- Purdue is 12-6 in conference play entering the weekend.
- Infielder/outfielder Aaron Manias leads the Boilermakers in batting with a .371 average.
- Infielder Sam Flores has a team-high 53 hits and 39 RBIs. He is batting .366.
- Outfielder Eli Anderson leads the team in stolen bases with 13.
- Zach Erdman (3-0) leads the pitching staff with 38 strikeouts in 45.0 innings pitched.
- Jake Kramer (4-3) leads the Boilermakers in saves with five.
- The Buckeyes return to Bill Davis Stadium to host Akron on Tuesday, April 21 at 6 p.m.
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