TEXAS A&M: Ohio State opens the Dominos Pizza Classic against tournament host Texas A&M Friday at 7:30 p.m., ET. The Aggies had a disappointing opening weekend, splitting four home games vs. Northern Colorado. They took two wins from McNeese State Tuesday and Wednesday and enter the tournament with a 4-2 record. Brian Ruggiano leads the Aggies with a .529 batting average while Dane Carter backs him up with a .438 average. The two A&M home runs have come off their bats. The Ags are hitting .286 as a squad. A&M has not announced who will throw against the Buckeyes, but left-hander Kirkland Rivers (0-0, 7.20) got the ball on opening day in the 9-5 victory over the Bears. Three righties – Kyle Thebeau (0-1, 1.69), Barret Loux (0-0, 3.60) and Scott Migl (0-0, 2.84) – started the other three games against Northern Colorado. A&M returns six starters and 13 pitchers from last year’s team that finished 48-19 overall, won the Big 12 Championship and advanced to an NCAA Super Regional.
LOUISIANA TECH: The Buckeyes and Bulldogs play Saturday at 1:30 p.m., ET. Louisiana Tech is 6-0 after following a Tuesday sweep of Texas-Arlington with a win Wednesday at Louisiana-Monroe. Last weekend, the team swept three games from McNeese State. Rightfielder Jericho Jones and third baseman Chris Kersten pace the Bulldogs with batting averages of .478 and .476, respectively. Through six games the team is batting .342 and is outscoring opponents 71-18. La Tech started three righties last weekend in the series with McNeese State, including Luke Burnett (0-0, 9.00), Jones (1-0, 4.32) and Dylan Moseley (1-0, 0.00), in that order. Burnett and Moseley lasted only 4.0 innings and Jones went 8.1. Jones, who allowed four runs on four hits and struck out 10, is expected to start against Ohio State. The pitching staff has a collective 2.33 ERA. Louisiana Tech just missed making the NCAA tourney last season, finishing 35-24 overall and 14-10 in the WAC.
ARKANSAS: Ohio State and Arkansas meet Sunday at noon, ET. The Razorbacks are 4-0 entering play this weekend after sweeping a three-game set vs. Wright State at the beautiful Charlie Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. They also added a 2-1 win Wednesday vs. Kansas. A game against Southeast Missouri State was cancelled because of freezing temps. Three Hogs are batting better than .400, including Andy Wilkins (.462), Aaron Murphree (.462) and Logan Forsythe (.429). The squad is batting .260 collectively. The entire starting rotation is gone from a team that finished 43-21 and won the SEC West a season ago. James Mahler (0-0, 7.71), Shaun Seibert (0-0, 11.57) and Kendall Korbal (0-0, 2.25), all right-handers, started in that order last week in the sweep of the Raiders.
Ohio State posted its official release for this weekend. See you in College Station. Go Bucks!
1 comment:
Nice blog!
Arkansas rotation has changed a little since last weekend.
The Hogs will throw sophomore Dallas Keuchel today against La Tech. Freshman Kendal Korbal will start tomorrow against the Aggies. Junior Shaun Seibert will get the start against the Buckeyes.
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