The Buckeyes travel to Evanston, IL to take on the Wildcats in a 4 game weekend series this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In honor of EvanstonCat, I present the following
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - It has been three seasons since Ohio State and Northwestern last met in a Big Ten Conference series. The two teams will renew their rivalry Friday thru Sunday, April 25-27 at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston in what is shaping up to be a hard fought and competitive series. Consider:
-The Buckeyes are in fourth place in the Big Ten at 8-7 and only one-half game up on Northwestern and Penn State (both are 8-8).
-Ohio State sits one-half game behind Illinois.
-Northwestern is on a roll with nine wins in its last 12 games, including a 7-3 record in its last 10 Big Ten games after last weekend?s 3-1 series win over Iowa.
-The Buckeyes have lost four of their last five Big Ten games.
-The two teams are hitting an identical .292 in Big Ten play.
-Ohio State has posted a team ERA of 3.85 in Big Ten games (2nd in the league) and Northwestern is 6th with a 5.88 ERA.
-The Buckeyes play three of their final four Big Ten series on the road (at NU; at Michigan; home vs. Illinois and at Iowa) so making the Big Ten tournament is going to require the team to be road warriors.
-Northwestern's schedule is also tough: it travels to Illinois next week, hosts Indiana and closes the season at Michigan.
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