Three-Game Series at Rutgers Next Up for Buckeye Baseball
4/22/2026 9:26:00 PM | Baseball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team (20-19, 9-9 Big Ten) heads to Piscataway, N.J. for a three-game series with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (20-21, 7-11 Big Ten) this weekend. Due to inclement weather on Saturday, the teams' will play a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 24 and Sunday's game has been moved up to a noon start.
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- The Buckeyes earned a 19-7 run-rule win over Akron at Bill Davis Stadium on Tuesday night. Grant Mangrum hit the walk-off three-run home run that secured the victory for Ohio State.
- Dane Harvey hit a grand slam in the game, marking his sixth straight game with a home run. He led the team with six RBIs, which tied his career-high.
- Lee Ellis and Mason Eckelman led the Buckeyes with three hits each. Two of Ellis' hits were triples.
- Maddix Simpson hit two home runs. It was the first two-home run game of his career.
- Sahil Patel (1-0) earned the win. He struck out a career-high seven batters and allowed three runs on six hits in 3.1 innings pitched.
- Kaczmar leads the Buckeyes at the plate, batting .354 and he has a team-high 57 hits, including 19 doubles. He also leads the team in runs scored with 39. Kaczmar has batted in 36 runs and is 6-for-7 in stolen bases.
- Harvey leads the Buckeyes with 13 home runs and has hit at least one home run in six straight games. He also leads the team in RBIs with 47 and he is batting .317.
- Eckelman is batting .304 with 42 hits and 35 RBIs.
- Lee Ellis leads the Buckeyes in stolen bases; he has swiped 14 bags on 16 attempts.
- On the mound, Gavin Kuzniewski (2-2) leads the pitching staff with 47 strikeouts in 49.1 innings pitched.
- Chris Domke (4-4) has fanned 44 in 44.0 innings tossed.
- Herrenbruck (4-2) has notched 39 strikeouts in 50.0 innings, and he leads the pitching staff with a 4.14 ERA.
- Kaczmar's 19 doubles are the most in the Big Ten and his 57 hits ranks 10th in the conference.
- Ellis is tied for first in triples with four. He is seventh in the conference in stolen bases (14).
- Harvey's 47 RBIs are tied for fourth-most and his 13 homers are tied for fourth-most in the conference.
- Kuzniewski is tied for 11th in looking strikeouts with 13.
- The Buckeyes host No. 20 Nebraska for a three-game series at Bill Davis Stadium May 1-3.
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