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    • The Purdue Boilermakers come to Columbus to battle the Buckeyes in a 4 game series commencing on Friday. A double-header is scheduled for Saturday witha a single game on Sunday to finish out the series. The Boilers are currently 22-15 (9-7 Big 10) on the season. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35PM. The games can be heard on WMNI 920AM in Columbus and at ohiostatebuckeyes.com (pay)
     
    A split would be good against Purdue. They arent playing very well of late, but they will prolly pick this weekend to put it all together.:smash:

    They have two of the best pitchers in the Big 10 & and a dominant closer. The Boilers also have a few guys who can really hit...including arguably the best player in the league in Mitch Hilligoss. On the bright side, they have been in a big time defensive slump of late, so maybe we can take advantage of that.

    They have the ability to sweep us if they are on their game, so a split would satisfy me.

    I still think Purdue is the team to beat for the Big 10 title.
     
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    Dispatch

    4/28/06

    Buckeyes getting off the road

    Well-traveled team reaches homestretch

    Friday, April 28, 2006

    Mark Znidar
    THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH




    Ohio State center fielder Matt Angle doesn’t have to act like a contortionist digging out luggage from an attic. The Buckeyes have been on the road so much this season that his suitcase might as well be a piece of furniture in his apartment.
    "I haven’t really unpacked," he said. "I keep it out. I’ll do laundry and I might add a few shirts, but the suitcase is in plain view all the time."
    The team’s schedule would make a travel agent dizzy. The first 16 games were in Florida, from Jacksonville to Clearwater. After the home opener against Toledo on March 29, 12 of the next 19 games were on the road. The trips were Big Ten series at Iowa, Michigan and Indiana.
    Ohio State (24-13, 9-7) will reconnect with its fans this weekend with a four-game series against Purdue. Game 1 is at 6:35 tonight in Bill Davis Stadium. Two of the final three conferences series against Minnesota and Penn State and midweek games against Eastern Michigan and Pittsburgh also are at home.
    The home games couldn’t come at a better time. The Buckeyes are two games behind Northwestern and Michigan with 16 conference games remaining.
    "This is going to be great," right fielder Wes Schirtzinger said. "We have huge fan support and we do appreciate being at home. Our parents, friends and girlfriends will be able to see every game if they want."
    The real road warrior, Schirtzinger said, is his fiance, Liz Kaufman. She has made most of the trips, including over spring break to Florida.
    "Liz really supports me and I appreciate that," Schirtzinger said. "It can be really hot or really cold and she’s in the stands. There are those long double-headers. Then the game ends and she has to put up with me."
    Second baseman Jason Zoeller said finding a good restaurant and having a good mattress in the hotel room are imperative.
    "When you’re at home, you control what you eat," he said. "On the road, the restaurant controls us. You want to eat right. If you eat poorly, you can play poorly. It’s always good to get back home and sleep in your own bed. We stay at really nice hotels, but it’s not your bed."
    Zoeller isn’t complaining.
    "Being able to get along on the road is all part of being a student-athlete," he said. "We’ll meet with our professors after classes so we can plan around trips. They’re good to us. All we have to do is get our work done."
    Angle has written several term papers on his laptop computer on the bus and plane.
    Coach Bob Todd tries to push camaraderie by pairing players with different roommates on each trip. He also watches what they’re eating in restaurants.
    "I’ve had my players have different roommates since I began coaching," he said. "We’ll have a senior with a freshman, juniors with juniors. Players who share apartments are never together on the road. It’s really important for the freshmen to get to know as many players as possible."
    The Buckeyes are a respectable 16-11 on the road. Four losses came from Michigan.
    "I think how well you play on the road should be a factor when the NCAA tournament committee gets together," Todd said. "When you look at it, the home team wins 65 percent to 70 percent of the games. We played so many games in Florida. When you look at it, what we’ve done is really amazing. You can play in some hostile environments."
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    Dispatch

    4/29/06

    OHIO STATE 10 PURDUE 5

    Buckeyes produce their own fireworks

    Saturday, April 29, 2006

    Mark Znidar
    THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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    </IMG> KYLE ROBERTSON DISPATCH Ohio State outfielder Wes Schirtzinger makes a diving catch during the Buckeyes’ 10-5 victory over the Boilermakers.


    It would seem a fireworks display and the most successful baseball team in the Big Ten since 1991 would be an explosive combination for a promoter.

    Any Ohio State coach, player or loyal season ticket-holder would point out that half of Fireworks Night in Bill Davis Stadium has been a dud.

    The Buckeyes held up their end of the bargain with 18 hits and eight runs in the sixth to defeat Purdue 10-5 before a crowd of 3,684.

    Ohio State (25-13, 10-7), which remained two games behind Northwestern and Michigan in the conference, got four hits from center fielder Matt Angle and three each from third baseman Ronnie Bourqin and catcher Eric Fryer.

    "We broke the curse," left fielder Jacob Howell said. "I think the year was 2003 the last time we won on a Fireworks Night."

    Just to make sure, director of baseball game operations Larry Romanoff reminded the players of the drought before the first pitch.

    Victory was in doubt entering the bottom of the sixth. The Buckeyes led 2-1 on singles by Bourquin in the first and Fryer in the second.

    Jason Zoeller drove in the first run in the sixth with a single to left field off starter Brent Coudron and Wes Schirtzinger the second on a bases-loaded walk off reliever Andrew Groves.

    Howell followed with a linedrive triple into the gap in right center to clear the bases. He looked bad swinging and missed at the previous pitch.

    "He threw me a curveball and I got out in front," Howell said. "It wasn’t a very good swing. Then I concentrated on keeping my weight back and he gave me an inside fastball."

    Angle also was a catalyst with four singles, three stolen bases, a run scored and one RBI. Eavesdropping helped get him out of a 2-for-23 slump.

    "We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley," Angle said. "What he said clicked in my head. All our bats finally woke up. It seemed like we were hit or miss the last five, six or seven games."

    Starter Dan DeLucia gave the offense time to figure things out by giving up one run and four hits the first six innings. With two men on in the second, he got a strikeout and groundout. With two men on in the third and a run in, he got two strikeouts and a lazy fly to right.

    "I thought the key to the ballgame was the fact that Dan competed out there," Todd said.

    The Boilermakers (22-16, 8-9) made DeLucia work for his conference-leading seventh victory. He threw 134 pitches but didn’t break until giving up four runs and four hits in the seventh.

    "Like coach says all the time, you have to bear down in situations like that," DeLucia said of the second and third innings. "The defense made plays behind me. They’re a good-hitting ballclub and I was able to hit spots (early in the count)."

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    Dispatch

    4/30/06

    COLLEGE BASEBALL

    Buckeyes click in field, on mound

    Sunday, April 30, 2006

    Mark Znidar
    THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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    </IMG> KYLE ROBERTSON DISPATCH Ohio State catcher Eric Fryer tags out Purdue’s John Hunter in the top of the fourth inning of the opener in Bill Davis Stadium.


    Ohio State baseball fans weren’t treated to a special giveaway yesterday upon entering the gates of Bill Davis Stadium.

    Just the same, it would have been fitting to call it Glove Day the way the Buckeyes played defense.

    Center fielder Matt Angle set the tone by making a leaping catch against the wall in the third inning of the first game of a double-header against Purdue.

    Shortstop Jedidiah Stephen applied the finishing touch with a diving grab of a line drive up the middle in the fifth inning of the second game.

    Throw in complete games by pitchers Cory Luebke and Jake Hale and some timely hitting and Ohio State dissected the Boilermakers 4-0 and 4-1 before 2,184 fans.

    "It was fundamental baseball," coach Bob Todd said. "In both games, the pitchers dominated but were helped greatly by good defense. They didn’t have to battle."

    OSU (27-13, 12-7) suddenly looks like the team that was second in the Big Ten in fielding last season. They have no errors in this series’ the first three games after making 22 in their prior 15 games.

    "Maybe they’re just settling down and relaxing," Todd said. "Baseball is a funny game. Didn’t Yogi Berra say that half of this game is 90 percent mental? "

    Luebke and Hale didn’t give Purdue (22-17, 8-10) much to hit, either.

    Luebke gave up five hits and no walks. The only hard hit was a twoout double by Ryne White in the second inning.

    "I was in the (strike) zone a lot and Purdue has a bunch of free swingers," Luebke said. "They don’t take many pitches. Me and Jake went out and threw strikes and let the defense make plays behind us."

    Hale, a 6-foot-7 right-hander, gave up three hits and struck out three. Todd did have reliever Josh Barrera warming up when Hale almost imploded in the third inning with a balk, wild pitch and three walks.

    Did Hale see the activity in the bullpen?

    "As a pitcher, you always see them out of the corner of your eye," he said. "I said, ‘Hey, you’ve got to make an adjustment and get going.’ I found that adjustment and started throwing pop flies and ground balls. I started following through."

    In the first game, Ohio State scored four runs in the fifth inning on a two-run double off the centerfield wall by Angle and singles by Ronnie Bourquin and Stephen.

    The Buckeyes scored two runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth in the second game.

    Wes Schirtzinger, who was 3 for 23 in his previous seven games, figured prominently in both games. He was 2 for 3 with a sacrifice bunt in the opener and 2 for 3 with an RBI and stolen base in the nightcap.

    "It has been a long time coming," he said of his hitting. "I thank Chris Macke. I used his bat. .... It’s the same weight and length, but I started to feel better (at the plate)."
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    Game 1 wrap up

    Buckeyes Take 2-0 Series Lead with 4-0 Shutout of Purdue

    Ohio State scores four times in fifth inning to record second shutout of the season

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    April 29, 2006
    Box Score
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State tallied the game's only runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on its way to a 4-0 shutout victory of Purdue in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday at Bill Davis Stadium.
    After getting a runner to third base in the third, fourth and fifth innings, the Buckeyes finally plated the runner in the fifth and added three more runs to take a 4-0 lead.
    Jason Zoeller (Jr., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) reached on the third fielding error of the game by third baseman John Hunter and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Wes Schirtzinger (Jr., Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North). A wild pitch moved him to third with just one out. Justin Miller (Fr., Dayton, Va./Turner Ashby) drew a walk to put runners at the corners.
    Ohio State was looking for the sacrifice, but J.B. Shuck (Fr., Galion, Ohio/Galion) did not send the ball deep enough to left and the runners had to stay put. Matt Angle (So., Whitehall, Ohio/Whitehall-Yearling) followed with a two-run double to the wall in centerfield to give Ohio State a 2-0 lead. Purdue starter Dan Sattler hit Eric Fryer (So., Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) before a single to right-center field by Ronnie Bourquin (Jr., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) drove home Angle. Jedidiah Stephen capped the scoring when he plated Fryer with a single to left-center field.
    Buckeye starting pitcher Cory Luebke (So., Maria Stein, Ohio/Marion Local) hurled his fourth complete game of the season and pitched his first shutout of the year to improve to 5-4. Luebke allowed five hits, but did not walk or strikeout a batter. The shutout was the second this season by the Buckeyes. Ohio State also shutout Cornell (6-0) on March 21. In that game, Dan DeLucia (Jr., Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) and Shuck combined for the shutout effort.

    Sattler pitched all six innings against Ohio State and allowed four runs (none earned) on six hits. He walked two and struck out three to fall to 3-6 this year. His defense committed three errors.
    Bourquin and Schirtzinger each had two hits to lead the Buckeyes. Bourquin was 2-for-3 with one RBI, while Schirtzinger was 2-for-2.
    The series continues with the second game of the doubleheader immediately after this game and will conclude Sunday with a single game at 1:05 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on AM 920 WMNI and on ohiostatebuckeyes.com.



    Game 2 wrap up

    Buckeye Nine Clinches Series with 4-1 Win vs. Purdue

    Ohio State wins first three games of series, which concludes Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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    April 29, 2006
    Box Score
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State scored a pair of runs in each the fourth and fifth innings as it clinched the series against Purdue with a 4-1 triumph in the nightcap of a Big Ten doubleheader in front of 2,184 fans Saturday at Bill Davis Stadium. The Buckeyes have won the first three games of the series with the final game to be played Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
    Purdue scored it only run in the top of the second inning, turning a lead off walk by Ryne White into a score without the aid of a hit. He went to second on a balk and to third on a wild pitch. A sacrifice bunt by Eric Nielsen gave the Boilermakers a 1-0 lead.
    The Buckeyes moved in front with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. Ronnie Bourquin (Jr., Canton, Ohio/Canton South) drew a one-out walk and went to second on a balk. A base hit by Jedidiah Stephen (Sr., Caldwell, Ohio/Shenandoah) moved Bourquin over to third and then an errant throw by Purdue second baseman Kyle Reesing past first base allowed him to score to tie the game.
    Stephen stole second and was awarded third base when Reesing was called for interference when he attempted to field the throw from catcher Eric Nielsen. Jason Zoeller (Jr., Verona, Pa./Shady Side Academy) drew a two-out walk to put runners at the corners for Wes Schirtzinger (Jr., Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North), who singled through the right side to plate Stephen.
    The Buckeyes plated two more runs in the fifth to take a 4-1 advantage. Matt Angle (So., Whitehall, Ohio/Whitehall-Yearling) singled through the right side and then went to second on a base hit through the left side by Eric Fryer (So., Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg). Bourquin followed with a single to right that scored Angle from second and set Fryer to third. He scored on Stephen's sacrifice fly to right to extend the lead to three runs.

    Jake Hale (Fr., Albany, Ohio/Alexander) pitched the second complete game of the day by Buckeye pitching, allowing the lone run on just three hits in the seven-inning outing. He evened his record to 3-3 with his second complete game as a Buckeye. Ricky Heines, who entered the game with a sterling 4-0 record was sent out of the game in the fifth and saddled with his first loss. He allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits. He walked four and struck out three before handing the game over to Chris Toneguzzi, who did not allow a run, but surrendered three hits in 1.2 innings.
    Angle finished 2-for-2 in the game and Schirtzinger was 2-for-3, though it was Bourquin, Stephen and Schirtzinger who batted in runs for the Buckeyes. Mitch Hilligoss, John Cummins and Dane Wolfe accounted for the Boilermakers' three hits. Purdue had two errors, while Ohio State played error-free for the third straight game.
    Ohio State (27-13 overall, 12-7 in the Big Ten) and Purdue (22-18, 8-11) will close the series with a single game Sunday at 1:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast on AM 920 WMNI and on ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
     
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    Dispatch

    5/1/06

    COLLEGE BASEBALL

    Purdue avoids being swept away by Ohio State

    Monday, May 01, 2006

    Mark Znidar
    THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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    </IMG> KYLE ROBERTSON DISPATCH Ohio State’s Matt Angle runs into the outfield fence while trying to catch a long fly during the Buckeyes’ 7-6 loss.


    Ohio State players had an empty feeling yesterday knowing some bad luck and inconsistency prevented a sweep of Purdue.
    "We wanted to finish the weekend off with a sweep and we battled back," third baseman Ronnie Bourquin said. "It wasn’t meant to be. Any time you win three of four in a series it’s a good weekend, not a great weekend."
    The Buckeyes (27-14, 12-8) came back from five runs down in the last two innings but lost to the Boilermakers 7-6 before 2,332 in Bill Davis Stadium. They remain two games behind Northwestern and Michigan in the Big Ten with three series remaining.
    In losing the first three games 10-5, 4-0 and 4-1, the Boilermakers seemed resigned that they weren’t good enough to beat the Buckeyes. Two runs in the first inning yesterday, on errors by first baseman Justin Miller and left fielder Jonathan Zizzo, gave them hope.
    "We just didn’t come to play early," shortstop Jedidiah Stephen said. "We gave them their one big inning like we’ve been giving a lot of people this season."
    Stephens’ two-run double to the wall in center field made it 2-2 in the fourth, then came some gut-twisting frustration for Ohio State.
    The leadoff man reached base in the fifth, sixth and seventh without scoring.
    "We hit the ball hard but right at people," coach Bob Todd said. "Other times, we’d get momentum and shoot ourselves in the foot."
    In the eighth, Purdue scored two runs off tiring starter J.B. Shuck and two off reliever Rory Meister to lead 7-2.
    Ohio State scored three runs in the eighth on a double by Bourquin and a two-run homer by Stephen to make the Boilermakers sweat.
    The Buckeyes applied more pressure in the ninth when Mike Arp and Matt Angle singled with one out and Bourquin delivered an RBI single with two out.
    Second baseman Eric Osborn’s diving catch of Tony Kennedy’s popup to short center field ended the game with runners on second and third.
    "Let me just say that when the score was 7-2, our players competed, especially our hitters," Todd said. "I was glad to see that at the end."
    It was apparent Ohio State missed left fielder Jacob Howell, who has missed 14 of the past 20 games because of a pulled hamstring. He is batting .421 and is leader and catalyst as a leadoff man.
    "A tremendous difference," Bourquin said. "It’s obvious watching him play what he does for our team." [email protected]
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