2008 Buckeye Baseball (official thread)

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Baseball: Purdue 8 Ohio State 0
Buckeyes gladly accept delay in series
Purdue rolls before rain takes over
Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:31 AM
By Mark Znidar


The Columbus Dispatch
There might have some people disappointed that a cold, hard rain wiped out the second game of the Purdue-Ohio State baseball doubleheader yesterday.

Don't count Buckeyes players among them.
After losing 8-0 to Purdue, OSU players fled Bill Davis Stadium as if it were a jailbreak. They needed time to regroup.
For the second straight day, the Boilermakers looked every bit like the second-best team in the Big Ten, making diving, running and leaping defensive plays and hitting the long ball.
"There's a reason they're in second place," Ohio State coach Bob Todd said.
Purdue (19-16, 11-3), which trails only Michigan in the conference standings, scored five runs in the third inning off Dan DeLucia.


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Baseball: OSU falls to Purdue on homer in ninth

Monday, April 21, 2008 2:48 AM

Ryne White hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and Purdue beat Ohio State 7-5 in the second game of a Big Ten baseball doubleheader yesterday at Bill Davis Stadium. Justin Miller drove in three runs in the first game as Ohio State won 8-4.
Purdue won three of the four games in the weekend series.
In the second game, Cory Kovanda had two RBI, including a solo homer, as Ohio State built a 5-1 lead through seven innings.
Purdue scored three runs in the eighth to draw to 5-4 and went ahead in the ninth on White's homer to right field off Alex Wimmers (0-1).
In the first game, Zach Hurley singled in a run, and Miller and Ryan Meade had sacrifice flies to give Ohio State (19-15, 8-7) a 3-0 lead.



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Ohio State roundup: Michigan's seven-run second staggers OSU

Monday, May 5, 2008 2:51 AM

Ohio State gave up seven runs in the second inning yesterday on the way to a 15-1 loss to Michigan in a Big Ten baseball game in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Wolverines (34-11, 20-4) had five hits and drew three walks in the inning, all against starter B.J. Shuck.
Shuck continued into the fifth but allowed four more runs and was pulled after 4 2/3 innings.
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Ohio State roundup
Baseball team lands tournament spot

Sunday, May 18, 2008 3:46 AM




The time for summer television reruns is near, and yesterday the Ohio State baseball team marked the occasion by following a script from last year to qualify for the Big Ten tournament. The Buckeyes needed to win their final game to clinch a spot -- just like in 2007 when they went on to win the Big Ten tournament -- and they did it with a 9-7 victory over Iowa in Iowa City.
Ohio State finished 15-15 in the conference for the second straight year and 30-24 overall, and will take on Illinois in the first round of the tournament at Michigan. It's the 12th consecutive year the Buckeyes were among the top six in the conference to qualify for the tournament.
In the first inning, Ohio State's Justin Miller extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a run-scoring single. Ryan Dew followed with an RBI double and Cory Rupert hit a two-run double to give the Buckeyes a 4-0 lead.



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