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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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Ohio State Set for Three-Game Series vs. UNLV
First pitch vs. the Rebels at 6:35 p.m. ET Friday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium

April 9, 2015

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State baseball team will take a break from conference play this weekend, hosting UNLV in a three-game non-conference series Friday-Sunday Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. All three games will be streamed on BTN Plus ($) and will be broadcasted on AM 1460 ESPN.

Game one vs. the Rebels is at 6:35 p.m. Friday followed by game two at 3:05 p.m. ET Saturday. The series finale will begin at 12:05 p.m. ET Sunday.

The Buckeyes are 22-7 overall and 7-2 in Big Ten play and have won five straight games, including three contests in walk-off fashion. The Rebels are 13-18 overall and snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 7-6 home win over fifth-ranked Arizona State on Tuesday.
PROMOTIONS
Friday: Military Appreciation Night, Buckeye Bingo, Postgame Fireworks
Saturday: Triple Play Package
Sunday: Family Day, Kids Run the Bases

ON THE BUMP
Fri.: LHP Tanner Tully (3-1, 2.33) vs. RHP Ben Wright (0-1, 2.00)
Sat.: RHP Travis Lakins (1-2, 4.02) vs. RHP D.J. Meyers (2-2, 4.37)
Sun.: LHP Ryan Riga (5-1, 1.40) vs. RHP Blaze Bohall (3-2, 3.57)
QUICK HITS
· Ohio State has won five-consecutive games and holds a 9-1 mark in its last 10 contests. Three of the last five games have ended by a walk-off hit.
· The Buckeyes are 13-2 at home in 2015. It's the second-most home victories by a B1G program (Nebraska; 15).
· Ohio State is ranked No. 22 in the first official NCAA RPI, announced Tuesday. Five Big Ten schools are in the Top 30, including No. 17 Nebraska, No. 18 Maryland, No. 25 Illinois and No. 27 Iowa.
· The Scarlet and Gray are tied for third in the conference with Maryland at 7-2 ledgers. Iowa leads the way at 6-0 followed by Illinois at 5-1.
· Sophomore Tanner Tully was named Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday after tossing seven scoreless innings vs. Penn State last Saturday.
· Last time out, the Buckeyes claimed their first conference sweep since 2013, taking three games at home vs. Penn State. Troy Montgomery batted .462 (6-for-13) with two doubles, two triples, one RBI and six runs scored and stolen bases, while Connor Sabanosh had six RBI in the series, including a career-high four in game one.
· Montgomery and Troy Kuhn each had walk-off doubles in games two and three vs. the `Lions.
· Pat Porter leads the team in batting average (.321), hits (34), triples (4), RBI (28) and slugging percentage (.585), while Ronnie Dawson has a team-best six home runs. Montgomery has swiped a season-high 17 stolen bases.
· Ohio State is hitting .271 as a team and has collected 88 extra base hits with 20 homers. The OSU pitching staff has combined for a 2.76 ERA, which is fourth-best in the Big Ten.

SCOUTING UNLV
· UNLV is 13-18 overall and are coming off a 7-6 win over fifth-ranked Arizona State last Tuesday at home in Las Vegas. It was the Rebels first victory over a top-five team since 2003 and also ended a seven-game losing streak.
· The Rebels are hitting .270 as a team with 10 home runs and 35 stolen bases, while the pitching staff has collected a team ERA of 4.73 with 223 strikeouts and 95 walks in 277.2 innings pitched.
· Freshman Payton Squier is hitting .315 and leads the team with 40 hits, while classmate Erik VanMeetren has notched a team-best four home runs and is hitting .301 on the year with 17 RBI.
· UNLV is tied for the most outfield assists in the country with 14. Armstrong has recorded seven, which is tied for the most in the country.
· Right-hander Ben Wright will be making his first start of the season Friday night vs. the Buckeyes, posting an 0-1 mark with a 2.00 ERA in 18.0 innings of work out of the bullpen.


http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/040915aaa.html
 
OSU drops the last 2 in the series to UNLV

Game 2

Ohio State Edged by UNLV, 3-2
Senior co-captain Aaron Gretz hit his first career home run in loss vs. Rebels Saturday



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Aaron Gretz belted his first career home run in loss vs. Rebels Saturday

April 11, 2015

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State baseball team fell short, 3-2, against UNLV Saturday afternoon in game two of a three-game series at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The loss snap's a six-game win streak for the Buckeyes (23-8). The Scarlet and Gray rallied to tie the contest at 2-all in the seventh, but the Rebels (14-19) plated a run in the eighth to help claim the Pat Porter extended his hit streak to 11-consecutive games.
road win in Columbus.

"It was a well-played ball game and we fell short by a run tonight," head coach Greg Beals said. "We had an unfortunate error to allow them to get the go-ahead run and Pat Porter barely misses a ball that would have given us the lead in the previous inning too. Their pitchers did a really good job of pitching ahead in the count. The great thing about baseball is that we are playing a three-game series and we have chance to win a series tomorrow."

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Game 3

Ohio State Falls to UNLV in Series Finale, 7-4
Buckeyes drop to 23-9 overall in 2015



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Senior co-captain Aaron Gretz

April 12, 2015

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A ninth-inning rally fell short as UNLV held on to defeat the Ohio State baseball team, 7-4, in the final contest of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. Down three runs, the Buckeyes had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, but failed to push them around home plate against UNLV closer Brayden Torres. With the loss, the Buckeyes fall to 23-9 overall, while the Rebels improve to 15-19.


"It was a costly lost today and we had an opportunity to put ourselves in good position this weekend and we lost ground on that," head coach Greg Beals said. "UNLV pitched the ball pretty well against us, but I also think our hitters need to stay more offensive. They weren't ready to hit the pitches they wanted to hit all the time. Give them credit. They got all seven runs with two outs against us today."
The Buckeyes will now prepare to host No. 5 Louisville at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The contest will be broadcasted on BTN. Postgame fireworks will follow the game vs. the `Cards in Columbus. The team will then head for a key three-game series at Nebraska next weekend.

"I told the guys after the game in the outfield this is the point where we want to be in the season," Beals said. "This is a great opportunity for us against Louisville and show that we are ready to play at the national level and we are going to get that chance for the rest of the season coming up."
The first four frames went scoreless until the Rebels plated five runs -- all with two outs -- against Ohio State left-hander Ryan Riga. Payton Squier broke the zeros on the board when he sent a single to right field to plate two runs. Two more scored when a liner down the line went off the glove of a leaping Nick Sergakis. A hard slide at third base on throw back kicked out of the glove of Craig Nennig to allow the second run to score. A fourth hit vs. Riga then made it 5-1.

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