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Ohio State baseball bounces back, smokes Harvard 13-1

The Ohio State baseball team got a big bounce-back win against Harvard Saturday.

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.

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.

Ohio State baseball beats Indiana State in ten innings

The Ohio State baseball team had a flair for the dramatic Sunday, needing ten innings to dispose of Indiana State.

The Ohio State baseball team didn’t get off to the start it wanted this year — dropping the first game of the opening weekend, but it made up for it with two-straight wins to elevate its record to 2-1.

The latest of the pair came on a ten-inning 10-6 win over the Indiana State Sycamores in Port Charlotte, Florida Sunday.

The Buckeyes struck first in the top of the 1st inning when Connor Pohl singled to drive in a run for a 1-0 lead. OSU threatened in the inning but left runners on the corner. The Buckeyes were able to add another run, but the Sycamores closed to 2-1 after a solo homer in the 3rd inning.

Ohio State answered right back in the top of the 4th inning to regain the two-run advantage when Brent Todys hit a flare to single in another run. But that’s when defensive miscues cost the Buckeyes.

Indiana State was able to plate three unearned runs on two errors by the OSU fielders in the bottom of the 6th inning and just like that, Ohio State founds itself down 4-3 with just three innings to go.

But the Buckeyes weren’t done. Nolan Clegg tied it at four runs apiece in the top of the eighth with a solo shot, followed by two more runs on three hits, and OSU looked prime for the win up 6-4. However, the Sycamores got two-runs on three hits and an error and it was off to extra innings with the game knotted at 6-6.

That’s when Pohl stepped up again to be the hero. With the bases loaded, he drove the ball into left-center to clear the bases and put the Buckeyes up by three. They would get one more, and that’s all Bayden Root would need to nail down the 10-6 victory.

The Buckeyes will next head to Atlanta for a three-game set against Georgia Tech next weekend.