The Ohio State baseball team is having a rough start to the season. To be fair, it’s had some pretty tough competition, but after a 5-2 loss to a No. 21 ranked Georgia Tech because of some defensive miscues, the Buckeyes record now stands at 2-3.
Ohio State did strike first when a groundout sacrifice score the first run of the game in the top of the 2nd inning. Things stayed that way until the bottom of the 4th inning when the Buckeyes gave the Yellow Jackets some help. With the bases loaded and two outs, OSU misplayed a line drive to center for an error and two unearned runs. A wild pitch then followed before Ohio State got out of the inning down 3-1.
Tech then got another run in the bottom of the 5th inning on a two-out single to make it a 4-1 ball game. Ohio State got one back on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 7th, followed by another unearned run from the Yellow Jackets in the bottom of the inning to cap off the scoring.
Starting pitcher Seth Lonsway had a decent day on the mound, giving up just one earned run on three hits in 5.0 innings of work. He struck out twelve batters but was doomed by his defense.
FINAL | Bauer's down swinging and we fall to No. 21 Georgia Tech, 5-2. Finale of the three-game set slated for 1 p.m. Sunday in Atlanta.#GoBucks
— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) February 22, 2020
Ohio State will now try to salvage one game of the three-game series when it plays Georgia Tech again Sunday at 1 PM. Griffan Smith will be on the mound for the Buckeyes.