Buckeyes Face Michigan State This Weekend

Sport 1

Date: April 7 | Time: 6:05 PM

Possible Starters:

Ohio State: LHP Isaiah Coupet

Michigan State: LHP Joseph Dzierwa

Sport 2

Date: April 8 | Time: 1:05 PM

Possible Starters:

Ohio State: LHP Gavin Bruni

Michigan State: RHP Harrison Prepare dinner

Sport 3

Date: April 8 | Time: 4:35 PM

Possible Starters:

Ohio State: TBD

Michigan State: LHP Nick Powers

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes (14-13, 1-5 Massive Ten) head to Michigan for a three-game sequence in opposition to the Michigan State Spartans (16-9. 4-2 Massive Ten) this weekend. Attributable to flooding on Michigan State’s campus, the groups will play their video games at Jackson Subject, the house of the Lansing Lugnuts. The Buckeyes and Spartans will play a single sport at 6:05 p.m. on Friday and a doubleheader beginning at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday.

Final Time Out

• The Buckeyes obtained again within the win column with a 7-6 victory over Kent State at Invoice Davis Stadium on Tuesday night time.
• It was a back-and-forth sport, with the lead altering 4 instances. Within the backside of the seventh inning, with the Golden Flashes forward, 6-5, Henry Kaczmar hit a two-run go-ahead homerun, which in the end earned Ohio State the win.
• Kaczmar, Mitchell Okuley, who additionally had a homerun, and Nick Erwin led the Buckeyes in hits with two every.
• Okuley batted in a team-high three runs, whereas Kaczmar batted in two.
• Josh Timmerman began on the mound, making his first look since February. He fanned three and gave up only one hit in 2.0 scoreless innings.
• Justin Eckhardt (2-3) earned the win. He struck out two and allowed one run on one hit in 1.0 inning pitched.
• Landon Beidelschies notched his fourth save of the season. He struck out two and gave up two hits in 2.0 scoreless innings.

Ohio State Fast Hitters

• Catcher Cole Andrews leads the Buckeyes on the plate with a .338 batting common. He additionally leads the group in RBIs with 20.
• Matthew Graveline is batting .333 with 27 hits and 14 RBIs.
• Kade Kern leads the Buckeyes in runs scored (24), hits (32) and doubles (six). He’s batting .305 on the season up to now and has additionally added 5 homeruns and 18 RBIs.
• Marcus Ernst leads the group in homeruns with six.
• Isaiah Coupet (3-2) has fanned 52 in 36.0 innings pitched. He has an ERA of three.25. He’s second within the Massive Ten in trying strikeouts with 16, third in total strikeouts, seventh in ERA and ninth in opposing batting common (.208).
• Justin Eckhardt (2-3) has given up simply 5 walks this season, which is the fewest within the Massive Ten. Eckhardt has struck out 18 in 27.1 innings tossed and has an ERA of 8.23.
• Landon Beidelschies is fourth within the Massive Ten in saves with 4. He has made 13 appearances on the mound and has struck out 27 in 19.0 innings pitched. His ERA is 2.85.
• Jonah Jenkins (3-2) has an ERA of two.55 by 10 aid appearances. He has fanned 26 in 24.2 innings thrown.

The Opponent

• Michigan State enters the weekend 16-9 total and 4-2 in convention play. The Spartans have confronted Purdue and Rutgers up to now in Massive Ten play, successful every sequence, 2-1.
• Infielder Brock Vradenburg leads the Spartans with a .442 common, 33 runs scored, 46 hits, seven homeruns and 34 RBIs. He ranks within the top-five within the Massive Ten in all 5 classes.
• Projected starters Joseph Dzierwa and Harrison Prepare dinner have each compiled information of 3-1. Dzierwa has fanned 31 in 36.2 innings pitched and Prepare dinner has struck out 18 in 26.2 innings pitched.

Up Subsequent

• The Buckeyes are again at Invoice Davis Stadium for 2 midweek matchups; they’ll host Akron on Tuesday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. and Bowling Inexperienced on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:00 p.m.

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