4/15/2021 6:54:28 AM | Baseball
Ohio State at Maryland
Game 1
Date: April 16, 2021 | Time: 6:30 p.m. | Watch: BTN Plus+ | Scoring
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – Garrett Burhenn (Jr. | RHP | 2-1 | 4.15 ERA | 34.2 IP | 36 K | 13 BB)
Maryland – Sean Burke (R-So. | RHP | 1-2 | 5.06 ERA | 32.0 IP | 53 K | 15 BB)
Game 2
Date: April 17, 2021 | Time: 2:00 p.m. | Watch: BTN Plus+ | Scoring
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – Seth Lonsway (R-Jr. | LHP | 1-4 | 4.45 ERA | 32.1 IP | 54 K | 21 BB
Maryland – Nick Dean (So. | RHP | 0-0 | 5.84 ERA | 12.1 IP | 9 K | 3 BB)
Game 3
Date: April 18, 2021 | Time: 1:00 p.m. | Watch: BTN Plus+ | Scoring
Probable Starters:
Ohio State – Jack Neely (Jr. | RHP | 1-0 | 3.63 ERA | 22.1 IP | 31 K | 13 BB)
Maryland – Jason Savacool (Fr. | RHP | 4-1 | 5.01 ERA | 32.1 IP | 18 K | 9 BB)
COLUMBUS, Ohio – We’re halfway through the 2021 Big Ten baseball season and Ohio State is near the top of the standings as it makes the turn. The second half starts with a trip to Maryland this weekend for a three-game set with the Terrapins. Friday night’s opener will start at 6:30 p.m. followed by a 2 p.m. game on Saturday and a 1 p.m. game on Sunday. The two teams met twice earlier this season in Columbus during Ohio State’s home opening weekend and they split those games.
The Opponent
- Maryland enters the weekend at 10-12 overall and is coming off a 1-2 weekend in Lincoln.
- The Terrapins scored five combined runs in the seventh and ninth innings in game two of the series to comeback and take a 10-7 decision. But they were then trounced 14-3 in the series finale on Sunday, registering just two hits.
- Ben Cowles leads the Big Ten in home runs with 10 and runs batted in with 29. He is also eighth in the league with a team-leading .360 batting average.
- On the mound, Friday night starter Sean Burke is third in the league with 53 strikeouts and he has walked just 15 batters in 32 innings.
Michigan Weekend Recap
- Ohio State won the opener on Friday night but then dropped the final two games of the three-game series in Ann Arbor last weekend.
- Patrick Murphy tossed two shutout innings in relief and the Buckeyes scored five unanswered runs to take the first game 7-4.
- Five different Buckeyes had multi-hit games in the opener, led by Kade Kern with three.
- Michigan got to Buckeye ace Seth Lonsway on Saturday and rolled to a 7-0 victory. In the finale on Sunday, a downpour in the third inning forced Buckeye starter Jack Neely out of a 1-0 game and then the proverbial flood gates opened for the Wolverines in a 16-7 victory.
- Scottie Seymour made his first two starts of the season last weekend vs. Michigan and collected four hits, including two triples and a double.
- Conner Pohl collected five hits and drove in four runs in the series.
- Catcher Brent Todys had a solid series, hitting .375 with three RBI and also threw out 4-of-6 would-be base-stealers.
Ohio State Quick Hitters
- Ohio State enters the weekend at 13-9 overall and in fourth place in the Big Ten standings.
- The Buckeye pitching staff leads the Big Ten in strikeouts per nine innings at 11.0.
- The OSU staff is also third in the Big Ten in hits allowed by batter per nine innings (8.15) and leads the conference in hit batters (40).
- Seth Lonsway is second in the conference and seventh nationally at 15.03 strikeouts per nine innings. He is also second in the Big Ten in hits allowed per nine innings at 5.01.
- Jack Neely is sixth in the conference in strikeouts per nine innings at 12.04 and leads the lead in hit batters with eight.
- TJ Brock has seven saves on the year which is tops in the Big Ten and tied for seventh nationally. He is two behind the national leaders.
- Freshman Kade Kern continues to lead the team in hitting at .333. He also tops the team with seven doubles, 18 RBI and OBP at .398. Kern has five multi-hit games on the season including a five-hit game in the opener.
- Zach Dezenzo has hit safely in nine of the last 12 games and is hitting .357 with three home runs and three doubles over that stretch.
- Scottie Seymour made his first two starts of the season last weekend vs. Michigan and collected four hits, including two triples and a double.
- Three different Buckeyes have chances to match their career-highs in consecutive games of reaching base this weekend. Zach Dezenzo (9), Kade Kern (6) and Scottie Seymour (2) all can match their highs on Friday night.
- Conner Pohl is currently riding a 12-game streak of reaching base safely.
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