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.
FINAL | Root gets Garcia to fly out to right to end it! Buckeyes win, 10-6, in 10 innings! Murphy with his first win in a Buckeye uniform after Pohl's bases-clearing double.
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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.