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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Ohio State Rolls Past Iowa 13-4



Photo courtesy the-ozone.net

Wimmers has eight consecutive Ks at one point, 12 total and improves to 9-1

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State hitters supported the 12-strikeout, no-run performance of Alex Wimmers with a nine-run second inning and the Buckeyes cruised to a 13-4 win over Iowa in the first game of a three-game, regular season-closing set at Bill Davis Stadium. Game 2 will be Friday at 6:35 p.m.

The win was the 400th Big Ten win for 22nd–year Ohio State coach Bob Todd, and it improved the team’s records to 37-15 overall and to 16-6 in the Big Ten Conference. Iowa is now 16-33 and 4-17.

The Buckeyes, who have scored 10, 12 and 13 runs in their current three-game Big Ten winning streak, sent 13 batters to the plate in the second and scored its nine runs off six hits and one error. Tyler Engle opened the inning with a triple, Michael Stephens had a three-run home run, his team-high 11th of the season, and Justin Miller continued his tear with a two-run single to spark the Buckeyes.

Three more runs in the third inning, two of them on leading hitter Ryan Dew’s second double of the game, increased the lead to 13-0 and at this point, with Wimmers on the mound, there was no doubt about the outcome of this game.

That’s because Wimmers was good, again. He fought through stiffness from the long inning and pitched 6.0 innings, gave up just five hits, walked two and struck out 12 Hawkeyes to increase his Big Ten-leading total to 122 on the season. He struck out the side in the first inning and he struck out eight consecutive batters between the fourth and sixth innings. He improved to 9-1 on the year and lowered his ERA to a Big Ten-best 2.58.

Josh Barrera came into the game in the seventh and struck out the side. He followed with a scoreless eighth inning as well in his best outing of the season.

Kurtis Muller hit a two-out, ninth inning grand slam home run for Iowa’s runs. It was the second consecutive year Muller has hit a grand slam against Ohio State.

Zach Hurley led four Buckeyes with multiple hits with three hits and two RBI. Stephens had two hits, two runs and three RBI.


Miller, the team captain and Big Ten player of the week who is on a six-game hitting streak, had two hits and three RBI. In the process, he moved into sole possession of second-place in career hits with 263, passing Mark Carek (1995-98).

2 comments:

4 of the last 6 said...

Minn scores winning run on PSU error. Someone made the point that OSU is in the better position because they play Iowa. Iowa 4-17 PSU 7-15. Like what's the difference between the worst player on the '62 Mets and the 2nd worst. Much ado about nothing. Both terrible. Neither Iowa or PSU capable of winning a game this weekend on their own. The faves will have to blow one for their to be a change at the top of the heap (and watch out for Ind.!!)

BaseballBucks33 said...

Yeah i don't think PSU will give us any help either but we will see. If we had won a couple Sunday games this would be in our hands only. Wimmers was awesome again and i was happy to see Coach Todd take him out early so he can rest up for the tourny.