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Ohio State-Xavier 2017 final score: Buckeye baseball falls 3-2 to Xavier in 13 innings
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After spending the first month of the season on the road, the Ohio State baseball team wanted to play as much as possible on their home field at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes got their wish in the home opener on Saturday afternoon, hosting Xavier in ...


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Wrestling: Buckeyes Trail Penn State After Session V
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Ohio State quickly realized it wasn't going to win its second national title in program history, but the Buckeyes got back to work on Saturday morning in the medal rounds in an effort to close the gap on first place Penn State. Nathan Tomasello bounced ...
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Perfection: Auburn's Kaylee Carlson overpowers Buckeyes
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Carlson pitched a perfect game, retiring all 18 hitters she faced, as No. 8 Auburn run-ruled Ohio State 8-0 in six innings in the Clearwater Spring Break Classic. She needed just 66 pitches to get the job done against the Buckeyes, winners of seven ...

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Wolverines Shock Buckeyes in OT to Notch Program's First B1G Win
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With Michigan trailing Ohio State, 6-4, at halftime, the Buckeyes came out of the locker room and took a quick 7-4 lead just over a minute into the second half. Michigan regrouped and Oberlander scored her fourth goal of the day on an assist from ...


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Undisputed Champions book on 2014 champions still available
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In The Dean's Office
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How many 5-stars will the Buckeyes land from 2018 class? There are currently 25 five-star prospects in the 247Sports Composite. How many will the Buckeyes land. In this gallery Bucknuts looks at that question. Bill Kurelic - 87 seconds ago; 0; Tools.

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How many 5-stars will the Buckeyes land from 2018 class?
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There are currently 25 five-star recruits in the class of 2018 per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. The Buckeyes aren't recruiting all of them, but are involved with over half. Jackson Carman at Ohio State game. (Photo: Gary Housteau ...

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Ohio State baseball to host Xavier in home opener amid weather concerns
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Opening weekend at Bill Davis Stadium for the Buckeyes and Musketeers had a curveball thrown to it.

One month into the 2017 season, the Ohio State baseball team is finally coming home. After playing the first 16 games of the year on the road in the sunny locales of Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina, the Buckeyes will open their home schedule at Bill Davis Stadium on Saturday against Xavier.

Due to predicted inclement weather, the series, which was to begin on Friday evening and be played in its entirety in Columbus, will now feature a Sunday doubleheader at the Musketeers’ Hayden Field in Cincinnati.

Ohio State wrapped up what for all intents and purposes was a successful spring break trip to Fort Myers and Port Charlotte in the Sunshine State with a season-high three-game winning streak, claiming midweek victories over Lehigh and Bucknell at the Snowbird Classic after upsetting nationally-ranked Florida Gulf Coast in the final game of their series with the Eagles. With an 8-8 mark that also includes a win over a top-five Oregon State team, the Buckeyes have shown they can compete with anyone, but have lacked consistency game-to-game.

“We’ve been on the road four weeks now, and we are not where we want to be,” head coach Greg Beals said after Wednesday’s win. “But we are on a three-game win streak and we look forward to being back home and continue our winning ways.”

One player that has stood out in the early season has been leadoff man and center fielder Tre’ Gantt. The junior from Fishers, Indiana has reached base safely in all sixteen games, slashing .345/.451/.552 with four doubles, a triple, two home runs, eight runs batted in, and 13 runs scored. After batting .275 in 84 games his first two seasons in scarlet and gray, it’s the kind of jump that Beals and the coaching staff had hoped for.

Also producing are seniors Zach Ratcliff and Jalen Washington. Ratcliff leads the team with four homers, carries a slash line of .295/.333/.541, and shares the club’s RBI lead with Washington, having driven in 12. Washington, a co-captain for the second straight year, has a team-high five doubles and five stolen bases.

The pitching staff, believed to be the team’s strength coming into the season, has experienced the same ups and downs Ohio State has gone through as a whole. The weekend rotation of Jake Post, Ryan Feltner, and Adam Niemeyer have put together some quality outings, but have gotten knocked around their fair share as well. The trio is a combined 3-6, with a collective earned run average of 5.06, 1.57 WHIP, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of just barely 2-to-1.

Beals needs better from what is a veteran group, the three having combined to start 54 career games. Feltner in particular has struggled, lacking fastball command and leaving the ball up in the zone too often. The sophomore from Walsh Jesuit High School currently sports an ERA of 6.45, a 1.88 WHIP, and an opposition batting average of .326. Feltner has the stuff to be an ace in the future, but needs to execute pitches consistently to reach his potential.

Likewise, the bullpen has been shaky, and at no time was that more apparent than in game one of the FGCU series, when the Buckeyes blew a five-run lead in the bottom of the ninth to lose. The back-end triumvirate of Kyle Michalik, Seth Kinker, and Yianni Pavlopoulos have made 17 appearances out of the pen already, and figure to be leaned on a great deal as the season continues.

Michalik has been particularly lights-out, having just had a 22.1 inning scoreless streak that dated back to last season snapped on Wednesday. The side-winding righty has limited opponents to a .231 batting average and has a WHIP of just 1.05.

So Ohio State is back in friendly territory, poised to play 10 of its next 12 games at home, and with a good idea of where improvement is required. Big Ten play is just a week away, so the time for the Buckeyes to start putting things together is now.

“We got ourselves back to .500,” Beals said. “That’s not to say we don’t have work to do.”

That work gets underway Saturday afternoon in Columbus against a club that’s limping in. Let’s take a look at why Xavier has had a rough opening month of the season.

Xavier Musketeers (7-10, Big East Conference)


Head coach Scott Googins, now in his 12th year at the helm for Xavier, guided the Musketeers to a Big East tournament title and the program’s first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in 2016, which included a win over national powerhouse Vanderbilt, but the first month of the 2017 season has not been kind to the team. Gone are last year’s conference player of the year Andre Jernigan and first-team All-Big East catcher Dan Rizzie, and Xavier has struggled momentously at the plate without them.

The Musketeers come in having lost three in a row and four of their last five, and were shutout in two of those games. As a team, Googins’ squad is slashing a paltry .233/.320./.363, averaging just over four runs per game. Junior third baseman Rylan Bannon, a first-team all-conference honoree last season as well, leads the charge offensively, but is only producing at a .284/.385/.567 clip, leading the team with five doubles and four home runs.

Beyond Bannon, Xavier has been waiting for someone, anyone else to get hot at the plate. Junior catcher Nate Soria, who was first-team All-Big East as a designated hitter in 2016, has really had his difficulties. The Homer Glen, Illinois product has a slash line of just .217/.319/.333 with two homers and four RBIs, and has struck out in more than 35 percent of his at-bats.

Similarly, senior right fielder Joe Gellenbeck, who in 2016 led the team and Big East with 51 RBI and racked up 13 home runs and 16 doubles, is hitting .254 in 17 games and has yet to find his groove. Gellenbeck has three doubles, two longballs, and leads the team with 12 RBIs.

The troubles for the Musketeers at the plate have put pressure on the pitching staff, and the arms for Googins have to this point been unable to thrive without run support. Xavier yields an average of more than five runs per game, an opposition batting average of .275, and more than three extra-base hits every time out.

At the top of the weekend rotation are a pair of quality junior arms in Zac Lowther and Garrett Schilling. Lowther, a lefty, is 2-2 in four starts, sporting a 2.61 ERA and limiting opposing hitters to a scant .171 batting average. With 25 strikeouts and a 1.06 WHIP in 20.2 innings of work, he will pose a tough test for Ohio State’s lineup.

Schilling has been nearly as good, putting up a 3.13 ERA with a 1.04 WHIP and .244 opponents’ average in his four starts. A right-hander with precise command, he has issued just four walks in his 23 innings pitched.

The third arm of the weekend, senior Greg Jacknewitz, rounds out the veteran trio. With a 5.00 ERA and WHIP of 1.39, the southpaw has lacked consistency. Jacknewitz has only allowed opposing hitters a .260 batting average, but has given up 13 extra-base hits in 18 innings of work, including a team-high five home runs.

The bullpen has been the question mark for the Musketeers, though two young arms have stood out in the early season. Sophomore Matt Kent has yet to allow a run in seven appearances covering 17.1 innings, while freshman Conor Grammes has given up just two in his 7.1 innings spread out over five outings.

The Buckeyes have yet to prove they can perform at a consistent level this season, but Xavier represents an excellent opportunity to win a series, and doing so could provide a real spark at the outset of their long homestand. Ohio State is still largely a club without an identity. Perhaps some home cooking will help the scarlet and gray begin to forge one.

Game times and probable pitching matchups


Saturday, March 18, 3 p.m. ET (streaming live on BuckeyeVision)

Post (1-1, 4.05 ERA) vs. Lowther (2-2, 2.61)

Sunday, March 19, 12 p.m. ET

Feltner (0-3, 6.75) vs. Schilling (1-2, 3.13)

Sunday, March 19, 3 p.m. ET

Niemeyer (2-2, 4.26) vs. Jacknewitz (0-2, 5.00)

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Beleaguered Buckeyes search for answers after down season
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Matta endured the worst season in his 17 years as a head coach, winning fewer than 20 games for the first time and failing to take an eligible team to the postseason. The Buckeyes finished 17-15 — their second consecutive underachieving season ...


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Wrestling: Two Buckeyes Advance to NCAA Finals, Team Sits in Distant 2nd
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Badgers beat Buckeyes to move on to finals
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Ohio State Football: Will One of These Buckeyes Become a Patriot?
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Saturday’s Big Ten hockey tournament final is set
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No. 2 Wisconsin defeated No. 3 Ohio State 2-1, and No. 4 Penn State beat No. 1 Minnesota 4-3 in 2OT in the Big Ten semifinals to set up Saturday's tournament final between the Badgers and Nittany Lions.

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Badgers beat Buckeyes to move on to finals
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Three Big Ten teams advance to second round of NCAA women’s tournament
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Four Big Ten teams earned NCAA women's basketball tournament bids, and all four were in first round action Friday. Three of them (Maryland, Ohio State, Purdue) advanced to the Round of 32.

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Badgers beat Buckeyes to move on to finals
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No. 13 Ohio State stumbles against Wisconsin, loses 2-1
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Ohio State failed in its chance to almost clinch a tournament spot

Well, things just got a whole lot more interesting.

No. 13 Ohio State had a chance to knock out any reasonable chance Wisconsin had to get to the NCAA Tournament with a win in Detroit versus the Big Ten’s number two seeded Badgers, but fell 2-1. This gives Wisconsin a trip to the Big Ten Tournament final and a chance to defeat the winner of Penn State-Minnesota and steal an autobid to the tournament.

That is not good for Ohio State. It’s highly unlikely, to put it kindly, that all three of Penn State, OSU and Wisconsin would get in should the Badgers steal that bid. And Penn State came into today ahead of Ohio State in the pairwise rankings. A loss to No. 5 Minnesota, their worst case scenario, is probably not going to drop them as far as a loss to Wisconsin does.

Penn State is still sitting pretty and Ohio State now is in trouble. Anything can happen in one game and Wisconsin now has that one game chance to likely erase any goodwill generated by the Buckeyes this season. Bring on the Big Ten final.

OSU just couldn’t generate the offense necessary this afternoon at Joe Louis Arena. Matt Tomkins only allowed two goals on 26 shots against, but it just wasn’t enough. The Buckeyes generated 24 shots on goal before Josh Healey, in possibly his last game in Columbus took an illegal contact to the head penalty and received a game misconduct with 2:28 left, killing any chance Ohio State had of coming back.

That is probably the worst possible time to commit one of the worst possible penalties, but OSU still doesn’t have any excuses. Nick Schilkey and Mason Jobst both had three shots on goal. Dakota Joshua had one and a goal. David Gust had three. But only Joshua, on a pretty pass before a deke in front of the net, could get one home.

Wisconsin freshman Jack Berry stopped 23 out of 24 shots and put Wisconsin on his back en route to a possible NCAA Tournament berth. He got just enough help on a goal at 17:18 of the first from Luke Kunin and the winner from Will Johnson just 1:30 into the third period after Joshua tied it up at one each at 13:48 of the second.

Ohio State found a way to put pressure on Wisconsin midway through the third but just couldn’t find a way to get one past Berry. Tomkins made a breakaway save to keep Ohio State within one, but Luke Stork’s interference penalty with under five minutes left in regulation, followed by Healey’s five minute major did in any chance OSU had and did away with any of their momentum they had from that pressure and an earlier powerplay.

OSU just simply let a chance to control their own destiny slip through their fingers. They swept this team (in Madison!) just a week ago. They’ve been the better team through most of this year, especially recently. They blew out Michigan State when they needed to yesterday. But when you do things like take the penalty Healey did or take a penalty just a couple minutes after the tying goal to give away any momentum, like Miguel Fidler did, you have to look at yourselves in the mirror. These are the games you have to win and the opportunities you have to take advantage of.

The No. 13 Buckeyes may have played their last game of the year, and almost certainly have if Wisconsin wins tomorrow, but if they don’t get into the NCAA Tournament, they have nobody to blame but themselves, unfortunately. They let this one get away despite a performance they don’t often get from their goaltending. But for once this year, the offense let the team down when it was needed most.

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Wrestling: Buckeyes Put Four in NCAA Semifinals and Sit in Second Place in Team Race
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The NCAA Tournament team Ohio State basketball needs to copy: Doug Lesmerises
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Myles Martin, 2017 NCAAs
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Kollin More, 2017 NCAA Qtrs
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Kyle Snyder, NCAA 2017 Qtrs
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Ohio State wins opener despite tough shooting day from Kelsey Mitchell
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