Ohio State Travels to Minnesota for Three-Game B1G Series
5/2/2019 10:25:24 AM | Baseball
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| Site | Hawkins Field - Nashville, Tenn. |
| Date/Time | Friday, May 31, 2019 - 7 p.m. ET |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team travels to Minnesota for a three-game Big Ten Conference series Friday-Sunday at Siebert Field in Minneapolis, Minn. The series begins at 9 p.m. ET Friday live on FS1. Game two will be broadcasted live on BTN at 3 p.m. ET Saturday. The series concludes at 2 p.m. ET Sunday on BTN Plus. All three games can be heard on AM 1460 ESPN. Matt Andrews and Bob Spears will have the call.
ON THE MOUND
Friday: RHP Garrett Burhenn (5-2, 4.21 ERA) vs. RHP Max Meyer (4-3, 2.00 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Seth Lonsway (5-3, 4.83 ERA) vs. RHP Sam Thoresen (3-3, 5.79 ERA).
Sunday: LHP Griffan Smith (4-2, 3.75 ERA) vs. TBA
QUICK HITS
- The Buckeyes are currently tied for eighth in the Big Ten standings with a 7-8 mark, while the Golden Gophers are tied for fifth with an 8-7 record in league play. Ohio State has series wins over Rutgers, Michigan and Maryland this spring.
- This will be the 190th meeting between Ohio State and Minnesota. The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series, 96-92-1. Ohio State won two of three games at Minnesota during the 2016 campaign.
- Ohio State is 6-4 in its last 10 games. The Buckeyes fell in the first two games vs. Iowa at home last weekend before winning the final contest by a 5-1 score. Griffan Smith received the win in six innings of work with six strikeouts, while Andrew Magno claimed a three-inning save. Brent Todys led the Buckeyes at the plate with a .417 average (5-for-12) with three doubles and four RBI vs. the Hawkeyes.
- Ohio State head coach Greg Beals is in his ninth season with the Buckeyes and 26thth season in coaching collegiately. He holds a 285-223-1 record at Ohio State and a 528-425-1 career record. Beals has guided the Buckeyes to NCAA Regionals in two of the last three seasons.
- Ohio State is hitting .279 as a team. The Buckeyes rank second in hits (415) and third in homers (46), batting average (.279), slugging (.436), RBI (234) and fourth in runs scored (251).
- The Buckeye bats have powered 17 homers in the last 20 games.
- The OSU pitching staff has combined 4.85 ERA with 393 strikeouts in 387.0 innings of work. The pitching staff has combined to strike out at least eight hitters in each of the last 12 games.
- Ohio State is 8-8 on the road this year and 4-2 in B1G road games.
- Dominic Canzone leads the Big Ten in hits (66), runs scored (46) and total bases (118). He is second in average (.367) and slugging (.656) and fourth in on-base percentage (.450).
- Brady Cherry is second in the league with 56 hits and fifth in the Big Ten in RBI (38).
- Canzone is third in the league in homers (12), while Cherry follows in fourth with 11 long balls.
- Canzone is on a career-high 40-game reached base streak and 17-game hit streak. It’s the fifth-longest active reached base streak in the country.
- The team welcomed 15 newcomers to the spring roster. Eleven freshmen have made their collegiate debuts.
UP NEXT
Ohio State concludes the home schedule next week with four home contests at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes host Wright State Wednesday, May 8 live on BTN at 6:30 p.m. The Buckeyes host Penn State in the final home series of 2019 Friday-Sunday. All four games will be streamed on BTN Plus and can be heard on AM 1460 ESPN.
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