Game 1 Linkage
Ohio State Takes Game One vs. Eastern Michigan 10-3
Jedidiah Stephen goes 2-for-2 with five RBI, including three-run homer
Jedidiah Stephen drove in a game-high 5 RBI and hit his 5th home run on the season.
April 27, 2005
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State scored three runs in the fourth and added six runs in the fifth as it cruised to a 10-3 victory over Eastern Michigan in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium. The win improved Ohio State to 19-14 overall.
Ohio State scored first when Steve Caravati (Sr., Dover, Ohio/Dover) crossed the plate in the bottom of the second on an infield single by Jedidiah Stephen (Jr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah). Eastern Michigan tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a two-out, solo home run by Ryan Arnett, who put a ball in the wind and over the right field fence.
The Buckeyes reclaimed the lead in the home half of the fourth inning taking benefit from a pair of walks and two hits. Ronnie Bourquin (So., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) led off the inning with a walk and then after a ground out by Caravati, Cody Caughenbaugh (Jr., Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) walked. Jason Zoeller (So., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) loaded the bases with a single to right. Stephen scored Bourquin with a sac fly to right and then Paul Farinacci (Sr., Westlake Village, Calif./Agoura) delivered two more runs with a double down the left-field line to give the Buckeyes a 4-1 lead.
Six runs crossed the plate in the fifth inning. Jacob Howell (So., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland, Ohio) got things started with his second triple of the season and the sixth of his career. Mike Rabin (Sr., West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) doubled him in to build a four-run lead. Reliever Tim Gray hit Bourquin and then a bunt-for-base hit by Caravati loaded the bases. Zoeller doubled down the left-field line to score two and then Stephen launched his fifth home run of the season off the scoreboard in right-center field to score three more. A fly out and a ground out ended the inning.
Eastern Michigan scored two more runs in the sixth getting four straight hits off OSU reliever Jeffrey Carroll (So., Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) to start the inning.
Cory Luebke (Fr., Maria Stein, Ohio/Marion Local) made the start for Ohio State and went three innings in the abbreviated start. He struck out two and gave up only one hit before yielding to Mike Madsen (Sr., Canfield, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin). Madsen pitched two innings and picked up the victory to move to 3-3 on the year. He gave up one run on two hits and struck out three batters. Carroll faced four batters in the sixth, giving up two runs on four hits and one walk before giving way to Rory Meister (Fr., Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Madison) who pitched the final two innings of the game.
George Biddle, a graduate of Newark Catholic, started the game for Eastern Michigan. He gave up the first Ohio State run, which was unearned and went only three innings in his short start. He gave way to Bob Lothian, who got the loss to fall to 2-1.
The Buckeye pounded out 11 hits to score 10 runs. Rabin was 3-for-3 in his second straight three-hit game and third in his last five games. Caravati and Zoeller each went 2-for-3, while Stephen was 2-for-2 with five RBI. Three different Eagles had two hits and Matt Moffett added the other.
Ohio State and Eastern Michigan play the second half of the twinbill immediately following this game.
Game 2 Linkage
Farinacci Walk Gives OSU 3-2 Win over Eastern Michigan in Game Two
Ohio State AD Gene Smith throws out ceremonial first pitch
Ohio State Director of Athletics Gene Smith threw out the first pitch before the game to reserve catcher Jamey Moore.
April 27, 2005
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State rallied from a two-run deficit to score the final three runs of the game, including the game winning run on a bases-loaded walk by Paul Farinacci, as the Buckeyes beat Eastern Michigan 3-2 to sweep a midweek doubleheader Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium.
With the score tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, Steve Caravati (Sr., Dover, Ohio/Dover) got things started with a base hit to left-center field. He went to second on a wild pitch before coach Bob Todd brought in Wes Schirtzinger (So., Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North) to pinch run. Schirtzinger went to third on a bunt single by pinch hitter Jacob Howell (So., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland).
Jeff Fischer, the fourth pitcher used by the Eagles in game two, intentionally walked Jason Zoeller (So., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) to load the bases and get to red-hot Jedidiah Stephen (Jr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah), who already had four hits and six RBI in the two games. Stephen popped up to second before Farinacci, the senior first baseman from Westlake Village, Calif. (Agoura), drew the game winning walk on a pitch above his chest to plate Schirtzinger and give the Buckeyes the second win in their last at bat this season.
Stephen led the Buckeyes in going 2-for-3 with one RBI. Ohio State had five hits to Eastern Michigan's four, but left 13 base runners in the game, taking benefit from eight walks and one hit batsman.
Trey Fausnaugh (So., Circleville, Ohio/Westfall) picked up the win (3-1) despite not entering the game until two were gone in the seventh. With one runner on base, he fanned Ben Jones, who had already delivered one of the two Eastern Michigan runs to get out of the inning.
Eastern Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after Jeff Hehr drew a two-out walk. He went to third on a single through the left side by Derek Lehrman and then scored on a base knock through the right side by Ryan Arnett. The Eagles added a second run in the second when Trumaine Riley scored on an infield single by Ben Jones. Riley reached on a single to center, went to second on a ground out and to third on a wild pitch by OSU starter Trent Luyster (Sr., Flushing, Ohio/Harrison Central) before scoring on the Jones base hit.
Ohio State answered with one run in the bottom of the second to cut the game to a one-run deficit. Zoeller led off the inning beating out an infield single to short and then went to second on a single up the middle by Stephen. A balk moved both runners into scoring position and then a sacrifice fly by Kelly Houser (Jr., New Holland, Ohio/Adena) score Stepehen to make it a 2-1 game.
The Buckeyes tied the game, 2-2, in the bottom of the fifth frame, capitalizing on a one-out walk by Zoeller. Zoeller stole second and scored on a single to right-center field by Stephen, who recorded his fourth hit of the day and delivered his sixth RBI of the doubleheader.
Luyster went three innings in the shortened midweek start. He gave up both runs on four hits before giving way to Rory Meister (Fr., Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Madison) to start the fourth. Meister, who had pitched the final two innings in the first game, pitched 3.2 innings of relief and did not allow a hit or run in striking out a season best five batters against two walks.
Prior to the second game of the doubleheader, Gene Smith, the new Ohio State athletics director, threw out the first pitch. The eighth athletics director in school history delivered a slider to reserve catcher Jamey Moore (So., Senecaville, Ohio/Ohio Valley College/Shenandoah H.S.) in the ceremonial first pitch. Smith, who was the athletics director at Eastern Michigan from 1985-93, began his Ohio State tenure April 15.
Ohio State, which won its 20th game of the season (20-14 overall and 4-9 in the Big Ten) will welcome Indiana to Bill Davis Stadium this weekend for a four-game Big Ten series. The teams will play a single game Friday at 6:35 p.m. before playing a doubleheader Saturday at 4:05 p.m. The series concludes Sunday with a single game at 1:05 p.m. The first and fourth games of the series will be broadcasted by NPR 820 (WOSU-AM) while all four games will be available on the Internet at www.wosu.org. The Saturday doubleheader is available only on the OSU campus on Buckeye TV.
Ohio State Takes Game One vs. Eastern Michigan 10-3
Jedidiah Stephen goes 2-for-2 with five RBI, including three-run homer
Jedidiah Stephen drove in a game-high 5 RBI and hit his 5th home run on the season.
April 27, 2005
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State scored three runs in the fourth and added six runs in the fifth as it cruised to a 10-3 victory over Eastern Michigan in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium. The win improved Ohio State to 19-14 overall.
Ohio State scored first when Steve Caravati (Sr., Dover, Ohio/Dover) crossed the plate in the bottom of the second on an infield single by Jedidiah Stephen (Jr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah). Eastern Michigan tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a two-out, solo home run by Ryan Arnett, who put a ball in the wind and over the right field fence.
The Buckeyes reclaimed the lead in the home half of the fourth inning taking benefit from a pair of walks and two hits. Ronnie Bourquin (So., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) led off the inning with a walk and then after a ground out by Caravati, Cody Caughenbaugh (Jr., Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) walked. Jason Zoeller (So., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) loaded the bases with a single to right. Stephen scored Bourquin with a sac fly to right and then Paul Farinacci (Sr., Westlake Village, Calif./Agoura) delivered two more runs with a double down the left-field line to give the Buckeyes a 4-1 lead.
Six runs crossed the plate in the fifth inning. Jacob Howell (So., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland, Ohio) got things started with his second triple of the season and the sixth of his career. Mike Rabin (Sr., West Chester, Ohio/Lakota East) doubled him in to build a four-run lead. Reliever Tim Gray hit Bourquin and then a bunt-for-base hit by Caravati loaded the bases. Zoeller doubled down the left-field line to score two and then Stephen launched his fifth home run of the season off the scoreboard in right-center field to score three more. A fly out and a ground out ended the inning.
Eastern Michigan scored two more runs in the sixth getting four straight hits off OSU reliever Jeffrey Carroll (So., Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) to start the inning.
Cory Luebke (Fr., Maria Stein, Ohio/Marion Local) made the start for Ohio State and went three innings in the abbreviated start. He struck out two and gave up only one hit before yielding to Mike Madsen (Sr., Canfield, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin). Madsen pitched two innings and picked up the victory to move to 3-3 on the year. He gave up one run on two hits and struck out three batters. Carroll faced four batters in the sixth, giving up two runs on four hits and one walk before giving way to Rory Meister (Fr., Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Madison) who pitched the final two innings of the game.
George Biddle, a graduate of Newark Catholic, started the game for Eastern Michigan. He gave up the first Ohio State run, which was unearned and went only three innings in his short start. He gave way to Bob Lothian, who got the loss to fall to 2-1.
The Buckeye pounded out 11 hits to score 10 runs. Rabin was 3-for-3 in his second straight three-hit game and third in his last five games. Caravati and Zoeller each went 2-for-3, while Stephen was 2-for-2 with five RBI. Three different Eagles had two hits and Matt Moffett added the other.
Ohio State and Eastern Michigan play the second half of the twinbill immediately following this game.
Game 2 Linkage
Farinacci Walk Gives OSU 3-2 Win over Eastern Michigan in Game Two
Ohio State AD Gene Smith throws out ceremonial first pitch
Ohio State Director of Athletics Gene Smith threw out the first pitch before the game to reserve catcher Jamey Moore.
April 27, 2005
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State rallied from a two-run deficit to score the final three runs of the game, including the game winning run on a bases-loaded walk by Paul Farinacci, as the Buckeyes beat Eastern Michigan 3-2 to sweep a midweek doubleheader Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium.
With the score tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, Steve Caravati (Sr., Dover, Ohio/Dover) got things started with a base hit to left-center field. He went to second on a wild pitch before coach Bob Todd brought in Wes Schirtzinger (So., Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North) to pinch run. Schirtzinger went to third on a bunt single by pinch hitter Jacob Howell (So., Ashland, Ohio/Ashland).
Jeff Fischer, the fourth pitcher used by the Eagles in game two, intentionally walked Jason Zoeller (So., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) to load the bases and get to red-hot Jedidiah Stephen (Jr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah), who already had four hits and six RBI in the two games. Stephen popped up to second before Farinacci, the senior first baseman from Westlake Village, Calif. (Agoura), drew the game winning walk on a pitch above his chest to plate Schirtzinger and give the Buckeyes the second win in their last at bat this season.
Stephen led the Buckeyes in going 2-for-3 with one RBI. Ohio State had five hits to Eastern Michigan's four, but left 13 base runners in the game, taking benefit from eight walks and one hit batsman.
Trey Fausnaugh (So., Circleville, Ohio/Westfall) picked up the win (3-1) despite not entering the game until two were gone in the seventh. With one runner on base, he fanned Ben Jones, who had already delivered one of the two Eastern Michigan runs to get out of the inning.
Eastern Michigan took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after Jeff Hehr drew a two-out walk. He went to third on a single through the left side by Derek Lehrman and then scored on a base knock through the right side by Ryan Arnett. The Eagles added a second run in the second when Trumaine Riley scored on an infield single by Ben Jones. Riley reached on a single to center, went to second on a ground out and to third on a wild pitch by OSU starter Trent Luyster (Sr., Flushing, Ohio/Harrison Central) before scoring on the Jones base hit.
Ohio State answered with one run in the bottom of the second to cut the game to a one-run deficit. Zoeller led off the inning beating out an infield single to short and then went to second on a single up the middle by Stephen. A balk moved both runners into scoring position and then a sacrifice fly by Kelly Houser (Jr., New Holland, Ohio/Adena) score Stepehen to make it a 2-1 game.
The Buckeyes tied the game, 2-2, in the bottom of the fifth frame, capitalizing on a one-out walk by Zoeller. Zoeller stole second and scored on a single to right-center field by Stephen, who recorded his fourth hit of the day and delivered his sixth RBI of the doubleheader.
Luyster went three innings in the shortened midweek start. He gave up both runs on four hits before giving way to Rory Meister (Fr., Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Madison) to start the fourth. Meister, who had pitched the final two innings in the first game, pitched 3.2 innings of relief and did not allow a hit or run in striking out a season best five batters against two walks.
Prior to the second game of the doubleheader, Gene Smith, the new Ohio State athletics director, threw out the first pitch. The eighth athletics director in school history delivered a slider to reserve catcher Jamey Moore (So., Senecaville, Ohio/Ohio Valley College/Shenandoah H.S.) in the ceremonial first pitch. Smith, who was the athletics director at Eastern Michigan from 1985-93, began his Ohio State tenure April 15.
Ohio State, which won its 20th game of the season (20-14 overall and 4-9 in the Big Ten) will welcome Indiana to Bill Davis Stadium this weekend for a four-game Big Ten series. The teams will play a single game Friday at 6:35 p.m. before playing a doubleheader Saturday at 4:05 p.m. The series concludes Sunday with a single game at 1:05 p.m. The first and fourth games of the series will be broadcasted by NPR 820 (WOSU-AM) while all four games will be available on the Internet at www.wosu.org. The Saturday doubleheader is available only on the OSU campus on Buckeye TV.