Buckeyes Conclude Regular Season at Indiana
Game one will be televised live on BTN at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Bloomington, Ind.
May 13, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State baseball team, winners of its last eight road games, concludes the 2015 regular season with a three-game Big Ten series at Indiana Thursday-Saturday at Bert Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind. The opener is set for 8 p.m. ET live on BTN. The middle and final game will be at 6:35 p.m. ET Friday and 1:05 p.m. ET Saturday.
The Buckeyes (35-15, 13-8 Big Ten) are tied for third in the Big Ten standings heading into the final weekend of league play, while the Hoosiers (29-20, 9-10 Big Ten) are in seventh place.
ON THE BUMP
Thu.: RHP Adam Niemeyer (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. RHP Luke Harrison (4-0, 0.90 ERA)
Fri.: RHP Travis Lakins (4-3, 3.84 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (3-0, 2.45 ERA)
Sat.: LHP Ryan Riga (5-3, 2.86 ERA) vs. TBA
QUICK HITS
Senior Pat Porter has reached base safely in 30 straight games
SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
Game one will be televised live on BTN at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Bloomington, Ind.
May 13, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State baseball team, winners of its last eight road games, concludes the 2015 regular season with a three-game Big Ten series at Indiana Thursday-Saturday at Bert Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind. The opener is set for 8 p.m. ET live on BTN. The middle and final game will be at 6:35 p.m. ET Friday and 1:05 p.m. ET Saturday.
The Buckeyes (35-15, 13-8 Big Ten) are tied for third in the Big Ten standings heading into the final weekend of league play, while the Hoosiers (29-20, 9-10 Big Ten) are in seventh place.
ON THE BUMP
Thu.: RHP Adam Niemeyer (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs. RHP Luke Harrison (4-0, 0.90 ERA)
Fri.: RHP Travis Lakins (4-3, 3.84 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (3-0, 2.45 ERA)
Sat.: LHP Ryan Riga (5-3, 2.86 ERA) vs. TBA
QUICK HITS
Senior Pat Porter has reached base safely in 30 straight games
- The Buckeyes are tied for third place with Maryland and Michigan State headed into the last week of the regular season with 13-8 records.
- Ohio State is No. 25 in the latest NCAA RPI. Seven Big Ten teams sit in the Top 50.
- The Buckeyes finished off midweek play with a 12-0 record after shutting out YSU, 7-0, on Tuesday night.
- Ohio State fell out of the national rankings two weeks ago after being ranked for the first time since 2010.
- The Buckeyes hold a 13-6 road record and are 7-2 in Big Ten road games.
- Ohio State is first in the conference in stolen bases (84). The Buckeyes have 11 more steals than Iowa and Rutgers who are tied for second with 73.
- Overall, the Buckeyes are hitting .282 as a team led by Pat Porter (.332), while Troy Montgomery is batting .316 with a B1G-best 32 stolen bases. He is three shy of tying the OSU single-season record (35).
- Porter is on a career-best 30-game reached base streak followed by Montgomery (27).
- Aaron Gretz is on a seven-game hit streak followed by Tre' Gantt (6) and Porter (5).
- In Big Ten play, Ohio State is fifth in batting average (.273), slugging percentage (.416) and HRs (14).
- Adam Niemeyer will be making his fourth start of the year on Thursday night vs. the Hoosiers. He threw five scoreless innings in his first collegiate start vs. No. 4 Louisville in the team's BTN game earlier this season in Columbus.
- The Ohio State pitching staff has collected 22 quality starts, while the offense has claimed seven walkoff wins.
SCOUTING THE HOOSIERS
- Indiana is 29-20 overall and 9-10 in Big Ten games. The Hoosiers are currently in seventh place heading into the final weekend of league play.
- IU is hitting .276 as a team with 84 doubles, 14 triples and 25 home runs. Scott Donley is eighth in the conference in batting average (.344) with nine doubles, two home runs and 32 RBI. Craig Dedelow is hitting .312 with 32 runs scored, 12 doubles, three triples and four home runs. Casey Rodrigue leads the squad with 43 runs scored and 12 stolen bases.
- IU has a 3.57 team ERA with 405 strikeouts to 120 walks in 443.2 innings pitched.
- Last time out, the Hoosiers defeated Ball State 14-9 on the road in Muncie, Ind.
- The Hoosiers have swept a three-game series six times at Bart Kaufman Field, including five in Big Ten play.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series vs. the Hoosiers, 159-111. Indiana won the series last year in Columbus.