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Two Buckeyes named to Big Ten’s All-Freshmen baseball team

Congrats to this young duo for the OSU baseball team! #GoBucks

It wasn’t anywhere near the season the Ohio State baseball team hoped for, but 2023 did end on a positive note with the Buckeyes winning nine-straight games, including a three-game sweep of arch-rival Michigan to end the season. The finish provides a little hope for a potential turnaround in 2024, and if it’s going to happen, the Buckeyes will need its young core to be a big part of that.

Good thing then that two OSU baseball players were named to the Big Ten All-Freshmen team on Tuesday.

Both Catcher Matthew Graveline and shortstop Henry Kaczmar were honored with the announcement of the Big Ten baseball awards Wednesday.

Graveline did more than catch, he also spent time in the outfield. According to a release from Ohio State, “he started 49 of the 50 games he played in this season and finished with a .287 batting average. He led the Buckeyes in runs scored with 45 and his 56 hits and 12 stolen bases were the second-most on the team. Graveline added eight doubles, two triples, four home runs and 35 RBIs. He recorded 13 multi-hit games.”

As far as Kaczmar goes, he too had a season to remember. A release from the university highlighted his start in 55 games at shortstop and “a strong rookie campaign. He led the Buckeyes in hits with 61 and batted in a team-high 46 runs. Kaczmar had 17 multi-hit games and finished the season batting .293. Kaczmar scored 29 runs, had 10 doubles, seven home runs and seven stolen bases.” 

The Big Ten also announced the sportsmanship awards for each team in the conference, with infielder, and graduate student, Marcus Ernst, as the honoree for Ohio State.

Congrats to all three players on the notoriety from the Big Ten, and here’s to watching the two freshman help turn things around in 2024.

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Ohio State baseball wins the series finale 10-5 over UConn

The baseball Buckeyes even up their record

The[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] baseball team got a win early this afternoon over UConn, 10-5, to even their early season record at 2-2.

The Buckeyes got off to a shaky start. Starter [autotag]Gavin Bruni[/autotag] gave up two earned runs in the top of the first, three total. He would last just 3.1 innings but the OSU bats got going before Bruni left.

Four singles in the bottom of the third put Ohio State up 3-2, but Bruni’s unearned run would tie the game back up.

The Buckeye bats once again got going, this time in the bottom of the fifth, with the big hit being a double by [autotag]Matthew Graveline[/autotag], scoring two. OSU would put up a five-spot and add two more in the 8th to get to their final tally of 10.

It can be said that the opening series was a success, given the level of the opponent and the fact that they were able to check off multiple boxes over the course of the weekend.

First, head coach [autotag]Bill Mosiello[/autotag] got his first win, along with the team’s first of the season. Second, they got their first road trip out of the way.

The Buckeyes are back on the road Thursday evening, as they travel to Phoenix, Arizona, for two games each against Grand Canyon University and Gonzaga, alternating opponents each day.

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