Ball State Midweek game thread

[JCOSU86]

The Buckeyes battle the Cardinals from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana Wednesday night at Bill Davis Stadium. The Cardinals are currently sport a 24-23 record, but are 15-6 and alone in first place in the MAC.

Schedule:

Wednesday, May 12th, 6:35 PM

The Ball State Cardinals

The Ball State Cardinals Official Baseball Site

The Buckeyes are 24-19 overall (9-9 Big Ten) and hope to reverse their mid week losing skid. The Buckeyes have only won 2 games in midweek with 4 losses.

 

[JCOSU86]

The Bucks upend Ball State 8-4

From the Official Site

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State scored three unearned runs in the eighth inning and won its second consecutive game, 8-4, over Mid American Conference leader Ball State Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium. Ohio State improves to 26-19 heading into its Big Ten series at Iowa while Ball State's record is evened at 24-24.
Dan Burkhart led a 12-hit Ohio state attack with three hits and an RBI. Cory Kovanda and Cory Rupert had two hits apiece with Kovanda's two-run single in the eighth the big hit of that inning.
It was a game of one-run innings through seven innings, and Ohio State led in that statistical category, 5-2.
Dan Burkhart doubled home Cory Kovanda with the first run of the game to give the Buckeyes an early 1-0 lead after one.
Ian Nielsen tied it in the top half of the second with a towering, leadoff home run to left field, his eighth home run of the season.

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[CHU]

Hopefully the "Major League" Pedro Cerrano (Chicken, Jobu, whatever) thing works for the remainder of the season and the team can string a few wins together.