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B1G Opening series vs Minnesota (Fire Beals)

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REIGNING B1G CHAMPS SQUARE OFF IN COLUMBUS THIS WEEKEND
Buckeyes (9-11) and Golden Gophers (11-8) begin series at 5:05 p.m. ET Friday at Bill Davis Stadium

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team is set to open its conference schedule this weekend against Minnesota at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes (9-11, 0-0 B1G), the defending Big Ten tournament champions, host the Golden Gophers (11-8, 0-0 B1G), the reigning conference regular season champions, for the first time in five years in Columbus. The series opens at 5:05 p.m. ET Friday. Game two begins at 3:05 p.m. ET Saturday. The finale stats at Noon ET Sunday live on BTN.

THE BASICS
Game 21 | vs. Minnesota | Friday, March 24 | 5:05 p.m. ET
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Game 22 | vs. Minnesota | Saturday, March 25 | 3:05 p.m. ET
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Game 23 | vs. Minnesota | Sunday, March 26 | Noon ET
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FOLLOW THE ACTION
BTN Plus ($) will stream game one and game two vs. the Golden Gophers. Game three will be broadcasted live on BTN with Dean Linke (play-by-play) and Scott Pose on the call. Fans can also listen to each of the three games vs. the Golden Gophers on AM 1460 ESPN with Paul Keels (play-by-play) and Bob Spears calling the game. With NCAA women’s basketball and NCAA men’s hockey also in action this weekend, all three games can be heard online at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. A link to live stats links can be found by going to the schedule page of Ohio State Baseball on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Fans should follow the action on Twitter via @OhioState_BASE.

ZACH FARMER MEMORIAL GAME
The Zach Farmer Memorial Game will be on Saturday in game two vs. the Golden Gophers. In the summer of 2015, the Buckeyes lost their teammate and friend Zach Farmer after his battle with leukemia. During his fight, Zach helped raise awareness for the bone marrow registry through Be The Match, starting a campus drive with help from his Buckeye teammates. The organization provides marrow transplants in the United States from volunteer unrelated donors to leukemia patients. Last May, Minnesota’s pitching coach Todd Oakes passed away after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia. Oakes spent 18 years with the Maroon and Gold. On Saturday, the two teams will honor both Farmer and Oakes.

PARKING INFO
It's a busy weekend on the campus of The Ohio State University. With the OHSAA Boys Basketball Championships and numerous home Buckeye events taking place during the weekend, please take note of the following parking guidelines. Click here for details.

ON THE HILL
Fri: RHP Jake Post (1-1, 3.96 ERA) vs. LHP Lucas Gilbreath (1-0, 3.13 ERA)
Sat: LHP Connor Curlis (2-0, 2.70 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Schulze (2-2, 3.20 ERA)
Sun: RHP Ryan Feltner (0-3, 6.43 ERA) vs. RHP Toby Anderson (2-2, 8.62 ERA)

NOTES ON THE BUCKEYES



  • The 2017 campaign marks the 134th season of Ohio State baseball and 21st at Bill Davis Stadium.
  • The team is led by seventh-year head coach Greg Beals, who led the Buckeyes to a Big Ten tournament championship and NCAA Regional in 2016.
  • The Buckeyes are in the midst of a nine-game homestand after going 8-8 overall following the first four weeks on the road to start the year.
  • The team is led by a five-member senior class that includes four fifth-year seniors: Jake Post, Shea Murray, Joe Stoll and Zach Ratcliff.
  • Senior infielder Jalen Washington and redshirt junior pitcher Adam Niemeyer were both named captains for the Scarlet and Gray.
  • Seth Kinker was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.
  • Yianni Pavlopoulos joined Washington and Kinker on the B1G Players to Watch List.
  • Ohio State welcomed 15 newcomers to the 35-man roster, including seven junior college transfers.
  • The Buckeyes went 3-3 in road games and 5-5 in neutral site contests to begin the season. Highlighting the early part of the schedule were ranked wins over then-No. 5 and No. 1 Oregon State (6-1; Feb. 24) and No. 24 FGCU (5-4, March 12).
  • Last time out, Ohio State defeated Youngstown State, 12-8, on Tuesday for its first home win of the season.
  • Tre’ Gantt leads the team with a .365 batting average, collecting six doubles, two triples and two home runs. He has reached base safely in 19 of 20 games this season.
  • The OSU pitching staff has seen 15 different arms on the mound so far this year. Kinker is 1-0 with a 2.95 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 18.1 innings pitched in nine relief appearances.
  • Ohio State is tied for the Big Ten lead in home runs (19) and third in doubles (35) and triples (6).
  • Gantt is third in the league in on-base percentage (.467), fourth in hits (27) and fifth in slugging percentage (.581).
  • Noah McGowan is tied for the conference lead in home runs (5), while Ratcliff has homered four times.
  • Ohio State is 1-1 at home this year. Last season, the Buckeyes went 23-4 at Bill Davis Stadium.
21st SEASON AT BILL DAVIS STADIUM
Ohio State is 338-166 all-time at Bill Davis Stadium for a fine .671 winning percentage. Ohio State is 177-102 vs. the Big Ten Conference at home. The Buckeyes went 23-4 at home last year for fifth-most home wins in school history.

SCOUTING MINNESOTA
The Golden Gophers head into the weekend with an 11-8 overall record after going 2-2 during their California road trip, playing California, Berkeley and Sacramento State. Minnesota is hitting .275 as a team and hold a .983 fielding percentage. Luke Pettersen is batting .379 (25-for-66) with 10 runs scored and nine RBI, while Micah Coffey is hitting .303 with four doubles, one triple and three home runs. The Gophers as a staff have collected a 4.40 ERA in 172.0 innings pitched. Left-hander Lucas Gilbreath is 1-0 with a 3.13 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 23.0 innings pitched.

LAST TIME VS. THE GOPHERS
Ohio State concluded the 2016 regular season winning two of three games in Minneapolis, Minn., May 19-21. The Buckeyes won game one, 3-2, scoring a run in the top of the ninth by Troy Kuhn. Tanner Tully tossed six scoreless innings in the opener. The Gophers claimed the outright Big Ten regular season championship in game one winning, 4-3. Ohio State answered with a 6-5 win in 10 innings in game three highlighted by two late-inning home runs by Ronnie Dawson.



OTHER NOTES



  • Ohio State is 9-3 when scoring first and 9-1 when leading after eight innings.
  • The Buckeyes are 5-2 when outhitting their opponents.
  • Tre’ Gantt leads the team with eight multi-hit games.
  • Jalen Washington has the team lead in multi-RBI performances with five this year.
  • Noah West is on a four-game hit streak. West, Shea Murray and Tyler Cowles has each reached base in four straight games.
  • Seth Kinker has made 64 career appearances, which is tied for 20th in the OSU career appearances list.
  • Jacob Barnwell is hitting .371 (13-for-35) in his last 10 games.
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It's going to be a long damned season.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State baseball team fell in its 2017 Big Ten opener, 5-2, against Minnesota Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,341 fans at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. With the loss, the Buckeyes fall to 9-12 overall and 0-1 in Big Ten play, while the Golden Gophers improve to 12-8 overall and 1-0 in conference action. Minnesota starter Lucas Gilbreath limited the Buckeye bats to two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts in 6.2 innings to improve to 2-0, while Ohio State starter Jake Post allowed just two runs in six innings of work with five strikeouts in a no decision performance. Left-handed reliever Joe Stoll received the loss to fall 0-1. Tied at 2-all, the Golden Gophers scored two runs in the top of the seventh and another in the ninth to claim the league victory.

"Gilbreath did a good job and commanded both sides of the plate with his fastball," head coach Greg Beals said. "He did a good job of keeping our hitters off-balanced on both sides of the plate. A quality start for their guy. The critical part of the game was when we tied it up and went to our bullpen. We thought we had good matchups set up for that inning, but gave it right back. We lost that momentum in the top of the seventh. Offensively, we needed to barrel up balls at a higher rate than what we did tonight."
 
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