The Ohio State baseball team got a much-needed win on Saturday, crushing Harvard 13-1 and will look to win the weekend tomorrow.
It didn’t take long for the Buckeyes to get on the board. Connor Pohl slammed a two-run shot in the bottom of the 1st inning to open the scoring. More runs followed in the 2nd inning for Ohio State when the flood gates opened with five more runs. Nate Karaffa singled home two runs, followed by a two-run double by Dillon Dingler and another RBI single by Brent Todys, and just like that, the Buckeyes opened up a 7-0 advantage after just two innings of play.
Harvard would get its only run of the game in the bottom of the 2nd inning when it doubled home a run to make it 7-1. But this day would belong to the scarlet and gray.
The Buckeyes would plate six more runs with the big blow coming on a two-run homer by Dingler in the top of the 4th inning.
FINAL | Hammerberg strikes out the side and the Buckeyes win it 13-3! Pohl and Dingler each with a two-run bomb and Burhenn strikes out a career-best 13 while allowing one earned in seven.
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— Ohio State Baseball (@OhioStateBASE) March 7, 2020
Meanwhile starting pitcher Garrett Burhenn had a career game on the mound. He pitched seven innings of five-hit, one-run ball — setting a career-best in strikeouts with thirteen.
With the win, Ohio State improves its record to 4-7 and will be back in action tomorrow against Fairfield at 7PM.