Buckeyes drop game 1 to Mercer.
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SARASOTA, Fla. ? The Ohio State baseball team fell to Mercer, 6-5, in 10 innings in the Buckeyes? 2013 season opener Friday evening at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla.
After Mercer scored a run to take the lead in the top of the 10th, Ryan Cypret drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a foul out down the right-field line by Brad Hallberg before Mercer brought in Grant Papelian to face Mike Carroll with two down. Carroll singled up the middle but Mercer centerfielder Sasha Lagarde threw out a sliding Cypret at the plate to end the game.
?I thought we played a pretty good game of baseball, especially with our defense,? Ohio State head coach Greg Beals said. ?We had a couple of chances to make plays and we did that. I thought we had scrappy at-bats but we needed to take care of business late in the game and we didn?t but we need to move on and get ready for Notre Dame tomorrow.?
After a perfect top of the first from Ohio State starter Jaron Long, the Buckeyes took the lead in the bottom of the first when Kirby Pellant walked, stole second and third and scored on a one-out RBI groundout from Hallberg.
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Bucks crushed by ND
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SARASOTA, Fla. ? The Ohio State baseball team lost to Notre Dame, 13-3, Saturday evening at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota. With the loss, the Buckeyes drop to 0-2 on the season while the Irish improve to 2-0.
Notre Dame jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first against Ohio State starter Brian King. Frank DeSico doubled down the left-field line to lead off the game and, after a soft lineout to second by Charlie Markson, three straight singles and a hit batter brought home DeSico and Eric Jagielo for the 2-0 advantage.
The Irish doubled their lead in the top of the second when Forrest Johnson singled to lead off the frame and DeSico followed with a two-run home run to left to push the Notre Dame lead to 4-0.
Ohio State cut the advantage in half with a pair of runs of Notre Dame starter Adam Norton in the bottom of the third. With two down, Tim Wetzel singled through the right side and was driven home on an RBI double to left-center by Brad Hallberg. Mike Carroll then doubled to deep right to plate Hallberg and make it a 4-2 game after three innings.
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Buckeyes defeat St. John's
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Behind strong pitching from starter Brad Goldberg and timely hitting, the Ohio State baseball team earned its first win of 2013, 3-1, over St. John's Sunday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 1-2 while the Red Storm drops to 0-3.
"It was a tough weekend but I was pleased with how our guys responded," Ohio State head coach Greg Beals said. "It was great to see Brad out on the mound and he set the tempo for our ball club today. We had a great start, a couple key hits when we needed them and we played a good, clean game of baseball. St. John's is in the same boat we are right now. They're getting acclimated and will definitely win their share of games so this is a quality win for our team."
After Tim Wetzel led off the bottom of the first with a single and advanced to third before the Buckeyes were retired, both pitchers cruised until St. John's starter Ryan McCormick ran into a little bit of trouble in the bottom of the fifth. Jacob Bosiokovic reached on an error by Dustin Breshears and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Aaron Gretz. However, after a walk by Ryan Cypret but runners on first and second with one down, McCormick struck out Greg Solomon swinging and got Craig Nennig to pop out to short to end the threat.
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SARASOTA, Fla. ? The Ohio State baseball team fell to Mercer, 6-5, in 10 innings in the Buckeyes? 2013 season opener Friday evening at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla.
After Mercer scored a run to take the lead in the top of the 10th, Ryan Cypret drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a foul out down the right-field line by Brad Hallberg before Mercer brought in Grant Papelian to face Mike Carroll with two down. Carroll singled up the middle but Mercer centerfielder Sasha Lagarde threw out a sliding Cypret at the plate to end the game.
?I thought we played a pretty good game of baseball, especially with our defense,? Ohio State head coach Greg Beals said. ?We had a couple of chances to make plays and we did that. I thought we had scrappy at-bats but we needed to take care of business late in the game and we didn?t but we need to move on and get ready for Notre Dame tomorrow.?
After a perfect top of the first from Ohio State starter Jaron Long, the Buckeyes took the lead in the bottom of the first when Kirby Pellant walked, stole second and third and scored on a one-out RBI groundout from Hallberg.
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Bucks crushed by ND
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SARASOTA, Fla. ? The Ohio State baseball team lost to Notre Dame, 13-3, Saturday evening at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota. With the loss, the Buckeyes drop to 0-2 on the season while the Irish improve to 2-0.
Notre Dame jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first against Ohio State starter Brian King. Frank DeSico doubled down the left-field line to lead off the game and, after a soft lineout to second by Charlie Markson, three straight singles and a hit batter brought home DeSico and Eric Jagielo for the 2-0 advantage.
The Irish doubled their lead in the top of the second when Forrest Johnson singled to lead off the frame and DeSico followed with a two-run home run to left to push the Notre Dame lead to 4-0.
Ohio State cut the advantage in half with a pair of runs of Notre Dame starter Adam Norton in the bottom of the third. With two down, Tim Wetzel singled through the right side and was driven home on an RBI double to left-center by Brad Hallberg. Mike Carroll then doubled to deep right to plate Hallberg and make it a 4-2 game after three innings.
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Buckeyes defeat St. John's
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Behind strong pitching from starter Brad Goldberg and timely hitting, the Ohio State baseball team earned its first win of 2013, 3-1, over St. John's Sunday afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 1-2 while the Red Storm drops to 0-3.
"It was a tough weekend but I was pleased with how our guys responded," Ohio State head coach Greg Beals said. "It was great to see Brad out on the mound and he set the tempo for our ball club today. We had a great start, a couple key hits when we needed them and we played a good, clean game of baseball. St. John's is in the same boat we are right now. They're getting acclimated and will definitely win their share of games so this is a quality win for our team."
After Tim Wetzel led off the bottom of the first with a single and advanced to third before the Buckeyes were retired, both pitchers cruised until St. John's starter Ryan McCormick ran into a little bit of trouble in the bottom of the fifth. Jacob Bosiokovic reached on an error by Dustin Breshears and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Aaron Gretz. However, after a walk by Ryan Cypret but runners on first and second with one down, McCormick struck out Greg Solomon swinging and got Craig Nennig to pop out to short to end the threat.
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