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Friday, February 29, 2008

Aggies Win 8-5 with Three Runs in Eighth

Aggie third baseman Dane Carter doubled to lead off the bottom of the eighth and scored on a sharply hit ball by Blake Stouffer that sailed past OSU first baseman Ryan Meade. It would have taken an incredible play by Meade to prevent the ball from going deep into right field, which allowed Carter to score the go-ahead run, 6-5. It was an admirable scoring decision by the home scorer not to award Stouffer the hit and give the error to someone making his fourth career college start.

The Aggies scored twice more on their way to an 8-5 victory (box score). It was the first loss of the season for Ohio State, which is 3-1. Texas A&M is 5-2. Aggie release.

Designated hitter Michael Arp was 2-3 with two RBI. Meade and Cory Kovanda each added two hits as the Buckeyes collected 11 hits to A&M's nine. Senior Rory Meister took the loss allowing all three eight-inning runs (one earned) on two hits.

The Buckeyes return to the diamond against Louisiana Tech Saturday at 1:30 p.m., ET. I probably won't blog until after that game.

1 comment:

rockybuckeye said...

I'm following the La. Tech game, and Kennedy is really frustrating me with his play this season. 0-3 so far drops him to .211 4/19. Its not the batting average per say, its the inability for a 5th year senior to come through when needed. With runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, he can't advance them?

Rupert ths far has shown no signs of improvement, still a liability in the field, and his hitting appears weaker.

Hopefully DeLucia isn't seriously injuried so around the horn we can have DeLucia-Engle-Kovanda-Miller