Greve Dominant as Ohio State Evens Series with Penn State
Senior tosses complete-game shutout in 7-0 win
Greg Greve
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Greg Greve tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout as the Ohio State baseball team topped Penn State 7-0 Saturday afternoon at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 20-15, 3-8 in the Big Ten, while the Nittany Lions drop to 17-15, 5-2 in conference play.
“This was very important for us after losing seven-straight conference games,” Ohio State head coach
Greg Beals said. “We need to get back in good ways and Greve, our senior co-captain, grabbed the bull by the horns and shut them out. It’s just what our ball club needed today.”
Ohio State threatened in the bottom of the first against Penn State starter T.J. Jann. After Jann retired
Nick Sergakis on a groundout to start the inning,
Ronnie Dawson reached on a bunt single before Jann issued a free pass to
Troy Kuhn. However, Jann bounced back to get
Pat Porter to fly out to deep center before
Ryan Leffel popped out to first to end the inning.
In the bottom of the second,
Josh Dezse reached on an error with one down and, after Jann struck out
Jacob Bosiokovic, was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a double to right by
Aaron Gretz to end the inning as the game remained scoreless after two innings.
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