Ohio State lost its second game of the season, 10-7, to Maine Saturday in Winter Haven, Fla. Coupled with a win earlier in the day over Northeastern, Ohio State is now 8-2 on the season. Maine evened its record at 5-5.
Against the Black Bears, Ohio State built a 4-1 lead behind a four-run third inning. Matt Streng had an RBI triple, Zach Hurley followed with an RBI double and Justin Miller contributed an RBI double for the big hits of the inning.
Another run in the fourth, on a Ryan Dew run-scoring single, extended the lead to 5-1.
But like its loss to Rhode Island on Friday, Ohio State could not hold onto the lead, or make enough a comeback later on to reclaim the lead. Maine took advantage of a walk and two hit batters to open its half of the fourth inning and when the damage was done, the Black Bears had scored seven runs – an one-inning season-high against Ohio State this year – off four hits to open up an 8-5 lead.
The Buckeyes could only manage a run in the fifth and another in the eighth, and Maine added two of its own in the eighth to make a winner out of starter Joe Miller (1-2), who went 6.0 innings. Alejandro Balsinde came on in the seventh inning and pitched 3.2 innings of effective relief to record his first save of the year.
Dean Wolosiansky (1-1) took the loss after giving up seven runs in 3.1 innings of work. Junior Theron Minium came on for “Wolo” in the fourth inning and pitched an effective 3.2 innings for his longest stint since the 2007 season (Theron red-shirted the 2008 campaign). He allowed only two runs while scattering five hits but, unfortunately on this day, Ohio State couldn’t come up with enough runs to support his effort. Jared Strayer came on and pitched the eighth.
Offensively, Michael Arp and Matt Streng had two hits and scored two runs while Justin Miller and Michael Stephens had a pair of hits each and an RBI apiece.
Stephens, who had five hits and five RBI in the two games Saturday, sparked the Buckeyes’ 11-8 win over Northeastern with three hits and four RBI. Arp also had three hits and two RBI and freshman Brad Hallberg had a couple of hits and two RBI as well.
Reliever Eric Best pitched 5.1 innings in relief against Northeastern to pick up his first win of the season against no defeats.
Recap and Game Notes
Northeastern Box Score
Maine Box Score
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Winter Haven up next on Buckeyes' Spring Swing
Nationally ranked and unbeaten Ohio State, 7-0 on the season and riding a wave of confidence and karma, travels to Winter Haven, Fla., this week for four single games against Rhode Island, Northeastern, Maine and Central Michigan.
The games are part of the RussMatt Baseball Central Florida Invitational and all four will be played at Chain of Lakes Field, the former spring training home of the Cleveland Indians, who have relocated their spring training to Phoenix this year.
For more information on the games, visit the RussMatt Baseball web site at www.russmattbaseball.com
THE SCHEDULE
Ohio State will play Rhode Island and Northeastern for the first time in baseball, at 3 p.m. Friday and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, respectively before renewing series’ with Maine at 4 p.m. Saturday and Central Michigan at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The team will depart Thursday afternoon via commercial airline and return home Sunday evening.
Ohio State probable weekend rotation:
Fri. vs. Rhode Island - LHP Andrew Armstrong (1-0; 3.27)
Sat. vs. Northeastern - RHP Ross Oltorik (0-0; 9.00)
Sat. vs. Maine - RHP Dean Wolosiansky (1-0; 9.90)
Sun. vs. Central Michigan - RHP Alex Wimmers (2-0; 0.77)
NEWS ON THE OPPONENTS
Rhode Island will be one “ram tough” opponent. The team is coming off the biggest win in program history: a 3-0 win at No. 8 Miami Tuesday night as Jr. Eric Smith threw eight shutout innings. The 5-2 Rams also have a win at NC State this year. Team BA is .339 and the ERA is 4.21. Four regulars are hitting over .400: Zoey Angulo is hitting .571 and is followed by Milan Adams (.500), Dan Rhault (.464) and Jeff Cammans (.429). The team has some power, too, with 10 home runs. RHP Tim Boyce (1-0 with a 6.30 ERA and 10 IP with two starts) is expected to go against the Buckeyes.
Northeastern, which lost to Ohio State, 8-3, in 1991 in the only meeting between the two schools, is off to a 4-1 start, including 6-4 and 4-3 wins over Northwestern earlier this week in Winter Haven, Fla. Huskies RF Matt Miller is CAA Rookie of the Week after going 7-14 over the week with a .650 on-base percentage. LHP Ryan Quiqley (0-0; 2.08 ERA; 4.1 IP) is the scheduled starter. Matt Miller (.526) and Mike Tamson (.450) have combined for 19 of the team's 47 hits. Northeastern is hitting .272 as a team with a team ERA of 2.80. The staff has 49 strikeouts and only 17 walks in 45.0 IP.
Maine and Ohio State have also met just once: an 8-7 Black Bear win last year in West Palm Beach. Maine is 3-4 heading into two games against Fairfield before the Ohio State game. The Black Bears have not indicated a starter against Ohio State, but the staff has a 5.82 ERA. Myckie Lugbauer (.448 with 10 RBI) and Danny Menendez (.409 and 5-6 in SBs) lead the team's offense.
Central Michigan, which owns a 3-2 series edge over Ohio State, is 3-4 this season and owns a win over nationally-ranked Wichita State already. Matt Faiman, Scott PHillion and Casey Ingle are all hitting better than .400 to lead the Chippewas. CMU has also not declared a starter for the Ohio State game.
CLIMBING IN THE RANKINGS
On the strength of its 7-0 start, Ohio State is ranked in two of the four major polls with the highest ranking No. 25 by Collegiate Baseball. Ohio State is also ranked No. 27 this week by PingBaseball.
FOLLOW THE ACTION via LIVE STATS
Track the action through Live Stats, available on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Click on the Live Stats link on the main home page in the upper right hand corner or through the baseball schedule page to access.
Full weekend release courtesy Ohiostatebuckeyes.com
The games are part of the RussMatt Baseball Central Florida Invitational and all four will be played at Chain of Lakes Field, the former spring training home of the Cleveland Indians, who have relocated their spring training to Phoenix this year.
For more information on the games, visit the RussMatt Baseball web site at www.russmattbaseball.com
THE SCHEDULE
Ohio State will play Rhode Island and Northeastern for the first time in baseball, at 3 p.m. Friday and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, respectively before renewing series’ with Maine at 4 p.m. Saturday and Central Michigan at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The team will depart Thursday afternoon via commercial airline and return home Sunday evening.
Ohio State probable weekend rotation:
Fri. vs. Rhode Island - LHP Andrew Armstrong (1-0; 3.27)
Sat. vs. Northeastern - RHP Ross Oltorik (0-0; 9.00)
Sat. vs. Maine - RHP Dean Wolosiansky (1-0; 9.90)
Sun. vs. Central Michigan - RHP Alex Wimmers (2-0; 0.77)
NEWS ON THE OPPONENTS
Rhode Island will be one “ram tough” opponent. The team is coming off the biggest win in program history: a 3-0 win at No. 8 Miami Tuesday night as Jr. Eric Smith threw eight shutout innings. The 5-2 Rams also have a win at NC State this year. Team BA is .339 and the ERA is 4.21. Four regulars are hitting over .400: Zoey Angulo is hitting .571 and is followed by Milan Adams (.500), Dan Rhault (.464) and Jeff Cammans (.429). The team has some power, too, with 10 home runs. RHP Tim Boyce (1-0 with a 6.30 ERA and 10 IP with two starts) is expected to go against the Buckeyes.
Northeastern, which lost to Ohio State, 8-3, in 1991 in the only meeting between the two schools, is off to a 4-1 start, including 6-4 and 4-3 wins over Northwestern earlier this week in Winter Haven, Fla. Huskies RF Matt Miller is CAA Rookie of the Week after going 7-14 over the week with a .650 on-base percentage. LHP Ryan Quiqley (0-0; 2.08 ERA; 4.1 IP) is the scheduled starter. Matt Miller (.526) and Mike Tamson (.450) have combined for 19 of the team's 47 hits. Northeastern is hitting .272 as a team with a team ERA of 2.80. The staff has 49 strikeouts and only 17 walks in 45.0 IP.
Maine and Ohio State have also met just once: an 8-7 Black Bear win last year in West Palm Beach. Maine is 3-4 heading into two games against Fairfield before the Ohio State game. The Black Bears have not indicated a starter against Ohio State, but the staff has a 5.82 ERA. Myckie Lugbauer (.448 with 10 RBI) and Danny Menendez (.409 and 5-6 in SBs) lead the team's offense.
Central Michigan, which owns a 3-2 series edge over Ohio State, is 3-4 this season and owns a win over nationally-ranked Wichita State already. Matt Faiman, Scott PHillion and Casey Ingle are all hitting better than .400 to lead the Chippewas. CMU has also not declared a starter for the Ohio State game.
CLIMBING IN THE RANKINGS
On the strength of its 7-0 start, Ohio State is ranked in two of the four major polls with the highest ranking No. 25 by Collegiate Baseball. Ohio State is also ranked No. 27 this week by PingBaseball.
FOLLOW THE ACTION via LIVE STATS
Track the action through Live Stats, available on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Click on the Live Stats link on the main home page in the upper right hand corner or through the baseball schedule page to access.
Full weekend release courtesy Ohiostatebuckeyes.com
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Buckeyes Lose Thrid Straight
If the loss Friday to Air Force was bad, an 8-7 loss Saturday to Maine was even worse (box score). To be honest, the game wasn't even that close since Ohio State scored three runs in the home half of the ninth. Ohio State issued eight walks, including five in six innings by starter Dean Wolosianski, and committed four errors. Wolo allowed six runs, four earned, on five hits and struck out two before handing the reins over to Josh Edgin for an inning. Alex Wimmers pitched the last two innings. Each allowed a run.
The Buckeyes' offense failed to score early like they had in most of the other games this season. Despite no runs by either team in the first four innings, Ohio State led 3-1 after the fifth, but Maine tied the score in the top of the six before exploding for four runs in the seventh. I am guessing the coaching staff wanted to see how long Wolo could get them based on how the bullpen had been performing recently.
The losing streak is now three, but this weekend was where the Buckeyes were supposed to start adding wins against northern/cold weather teams. Maine has a great baseball history, but Ohio State should not have struggled against them this year. The Bucks take on Connecticut Sunday. The Huskies earned their first win of the season downing Air Force 10-6. They had lost their first seven games. 1-2 this weekend is a huge disappointment, but hopefully they can start a win streak against UConn stretching next weekend when the team begins its annual spring break trip to Bradenton.
The Buckeyes' offense failed to score early like they had in most of the other games this season. Despite no runs by either team in the first four innings, Ohio State led 3-1 after the fifth, but Maine tied the score in the top of the six before exploding for four runs in the seventh. I am guessing the coaching staff wanted to see how long Wolo could get them based on how the bullpen had been performing recently.
The losing streak is now three, but this weekend was where the Buckeyes were supposed to start adding wins against northern/cold weather teams. Maine has a great baseball history, but Ohio State should not have struggled against them this year. The Bucks take on Connecticut Sunday. The Huskies earned their first win of the season downing Air Force 10-6. They had lost their first seven games. 1-2 this weekend is a huge disappointment, but hopefully they can start a win streak against UConn stretching next weekend when the team begins its annual spring break trip to Bradenton.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Scouting the Opposition
Air Force: The Falcons took a 2-5 record with them to West Palm Beach for the Papa John's Palm Beach Challenge. They were slated to open play Thursday against Maine, but the game was rained out. The team is batting .247 and is led by Nathan Carter’s .417 batting average. Of his 10 hits, he has three doubles and a triple while driving in five runs. Matt Alexander has a .385 batting average and has the team’s only home run. He paces the team with nine RBI and also has 10 hits, including a pair of doubles and a triple. The pitching staff has a 6.20 ERA. Alex Truesdale has made two starts and is 0-1 with 10 strikeouts and a 2.81 ERA in 16.0 innings. Michael Ruvolo has made four appearances and has a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings. Jake Petro leads the team with three starts, but has pitched 10.1 innings and shares the team lead with 10 strikeouts though has a 10.97 ERA. Air Force was 8-44 overall in 2007 and went winless in 23 Mountain West Conference games.
MAINE: The Black Bears are 4-5 and have lost five straight games after claiming a pair of doubleheaders at Delaware State to open the season. The team was swept in a three-game series at UNLV and is 0-2 on its current spring trip in south Florida, losing to Notre Dame and Florida International. A game vs. Air Force on Thursday was rained out. The team is batting .335 and is led by Curt Smith’s .487 average (19-for-39) and four home runs. He also has 10 RBI. Myckie Lugbauer is batting .474 and paces the squad with five doubles and 12 RBI. Joe Miller has made two starts and is 1-0 with an 0.75 ERA in 12.0 innings though has walked seven against six strikeouts. No other starter has an ERA lower than 4.91 on a staff that has a 7.07 collective ERA entering a split doubleheader between Air Force and Ohio State on Saturday. Maine compiled a 22-31 record for the 2007 season and went 12-11 to earn a fourth-place finish in the American East Conference.
CONNECTICUT: UConn has started its season 0-6 with losses to Missouri, Stetson, Michigan State and three to UNC-Greensboro. The Huskies will face Air Force on Saturday before squaring off against the Buckeyes on Sunday. Mike Oly leads the Huskies with a .409 average though the team is batting just .201. The team’s ERA is 6.75. The Huskies went 34-27 overall in 2007 and finished eighth in the Big East with a 10-14 record.
Check out the official Ohio State release entering the weekend.
MAINE: The Black Bears are 4-5 and have lost five straight games after claiming a pair of doubleheaders at Delaware State to open the season. The team was swept in a three-game series at UNLV and is 0-2 on its current spring trip in south Florida, losing to Notre Dame and Florida International. A game vs. Air Force on Thursday was rained out. The team is batting .335 and is led by Curt Smith’s .487 average (19-for-39) and four home runs. He also has 10 RBI. Myckie Lugbauer is batting .474 and paces the squad with five doubles and 12 RBI. Joe Miller has made two starts and is 1-0 with an 0.75 ERA in 12.0 innings though has walked seven against six strikeouts. No other starter has an ERA lower than 4.91 on a staff that has a 7.07 collective ERA entering a split doubleheader between Air Force and Ohio State on Saturday. Maine compiled a 22-31 record for the 2007 season and went 12-11 to earn a fourth-place finish in the American East Conference.
CONNECTICUT: UConn has started its season 0-6 with losses to Missouri, Stetson, Michigan State and three to UNC-Greensboro. The Huskies will face Air Force on Saturday before squaring off against the Buckeyes on Sunday. Mike Oly leads the Huskies with a .409 average though the team is batting just .201. The team’s ERA is 6.75. The Huskies went 34-27 overall in 2007 and finished eighth in the Big East with a 10-14 record.
Check out the official Ohio State release entering the weekend.
Against the Opposition
Ohio State heads to West Palm Beach, Fla., this weekend for three games against Air Force, Maine and Connecticut. All three games will be played at the Santaluces Sports Complex. The Buckeyes will take on Air Force Friday at 7 p.m., ET, before meeting the Black Bears Saturday at 5 p.m. The team closes out the weekend vs. UConn Sunday at noon. Let The Buckeye Nine know if you’ll be going to the games. If so, email the blog a few photos at BuckeyeNine@gmail.com.
Air Force: Buckeyes lead series 1-0
This will be just the second ever meeting between Air Force and Ohio State. The Buckeyes claimed the first meeting 5-4 in 2000 at the Service Academies Spring Classic in Millington, Tenn., the same locale where both teams opened the 2008 season.
Maine: First meeting between programs
The Buckeyes and Black Bears have never met on the baseball diamond.
Connecticut: Buckeyes lead series 3-2
Ohio State has won two consecutive games in this series and took a one-game lead in the five previous games between the schools with a 2-1 victory last season in Jacksonville, Fla., at the Kennel Club Classic. OSU coach Bob Todd is 3-1 against the Huskies at Ohio State. UConn downed the Buckeyes 1-0 in the first-ever meeting between the programs in 1970. Three of the five games in the series have been decided by one run and another was a two-run game.
Air Force: Buckeyes lead series 1-0
This will be just the second ever meeting between Air Force and Ohio State. The Buckeyes claimed the first meeting 5-4 in 2000 at the Service Academies Spring Classic in Millington, Tenn., the same locale where both teams opened the 2008 season.
Maine: First meeting between programs
The Buckeyes and Black Bears have never met on the baseball diamond.
Connecticut: Buckeyes lead series 3-2
Ohio State has won two consecutive games in this series and took a one-game lead in the five previous games between the schools with a 2-1 victory last season in Jacksonville, Fla., at the Kennel Club Classic. OSU coach Bob Todd is 3-1 against the Huskies at Ohio State. UConn downed the Buckeyes 1-0 in the first-ever meeting between the programs in 1970. Three of the five games in the series have been decided by one run and another was a two-run game.
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