Ohio State Vs Pittsburgh (Home Opener, Wednesday 2 EST)

buckeyemania11 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 02:08 AM

Baseball: Home Opener Wednesday at 2 p.m.; Penn State this Weekend! - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

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[COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State opens its 12th season of play at Bill Davis Stadium Wednesday, March 26 at 2 p.m. against the Pittsburgh Panthers. The team is coming off three weekends of games on the road and a six-games-in-seven-days spring trip to Bradenton, Fla. Ohio State enters the game with a 9-6 record. Pittsburgh is 6-11 and 0-3 in the BIG EAST Conference after dropping three at West Virginia last week.

Ohio State (9-6; 0-0 Big Ten)
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Pittsburgh Panthers (6-11, 0-3 Big East)</B>
Wednesday, March 26, 2 p.m. EDT
Bill Davis Stadium

RADIO/TV/WEB COVERAGE
Radio: None
Television: None
Webcast: Buckeye Vision on OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Leading Off...
1. The game opens the 12th season of action at Bill Davis Stadium (BDS).
2. This is the last radio-less game.
3. The rest of this season?s games will either be carried on WMNI-AM 920 or on http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/.
4. Ohio State leads the series, 15-1.
5. Pitt won the last meeting: 7-3 at BDS in 2006.

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Buckeye Notes & Numbers
? Ohio State held a lead in each of its first 13 games and in 14 of its first 15.
? Dan DeLucia has climbed to eighth on the career innings pitched chart with 285.2.
? Rory Meister has moved into third place in all-time appearances with 83.
? Four freshmen pitchers have multiple appearances: Alex Wimmers (8), Drew Rucinski (5), Dean Wolosiansky (5) and Andrew Armstrong (2). All but Wolosiansky are true freshmen.
? Cory Kovanda and J.B. Shuck lead the team with eight multi-hit games apiece.
? Cory Rupert and Justin Miller lead the team with eight and five multi-RBI games, respectively.
? Brian DeLucia (vs. Arkansas State), Shuck (vs. Louisiana Tech), Dan Burkhart (vs. Harvard), Ryan Meade (vs. Dartmouth) and Kovanda (vs. Kansas) each have four-hit games this season.
? Dan DeLucia struck out a career-high 10 batters in his win over Bradley.
? Tony Kennedy has thrown out two runners at home plate and he has three outfield assists total.
? Five Buckeyes who start every day, led by Rupert (17-for-30; .567 avg.) and Ryan Meade (16-of-36; .444), are hitting .400 or above with runners on base. Kovanda (.429), Kennedy (.414) and Justin Miller (.412) are the others.
? With runners in scoring position, Rupert?s average climbs to .632.

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And Some Quick Hitters
? The Buckeyes are hitting .342 as a team and have outhit their opponents by 60 hits: 191 to 131.
? Opponents are hitting just .255 off Ohio State?s pitching staff.
? Among Buckeyes with 10 or more starts: seven are hitting at least .300.
? Among Buckeyes with 10 or more starts: seven are hitting at least .300.
? Cory Rupert (18), Ryan Meade (13), Justin Miller (12) and Tony Kennedy (11) are leading the team in RBI.
? Drew Rucinski (1.80), Dean Wolosiansky (3.00) and Dan DeLucia (4.05) lead in ERA.

CleveBucks · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 07:32 PM

University of Pittsburgh Official Athletic Site

Pitt looks pretty average, although you never know who's going to play in the midweek games. OSU has been known to choke those away with reserves playing the majority of the game.

Jake · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 11:19 PM

I've never been to an OSU baseball game but I might have to be in C-bus next month and I noticed the team is playing at home. They play at the ballpark not far from the Schott, right?

How are we looking this year, anyway?

buckeyemania11 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jake

I've never been to an OSU baseball game but I might have to be in C-bus next month and I noticed the team is playing at home. They play at the ballpark not far from the Schott, right?

How are we looking this year, anyway?

yea bill davis isint too far from the Schott

heres a facilites map

Map of Ohio State Athletic Facilities - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Stadium info

Bill Davis Stadium - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Ticket Prices:
$10 - Reserved Box Seats
$5 - General Admission (Public)
$4 - General Admission (Seniors +65)
$3 - General Admission (Students)

team is looking alright this year for the most part, the bats have shown up, but the pitching has struggled (especially the bullpen)

buckeyemania11 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 04:42 PM

Ohio State wins 9-1

Andrew Armstrong gets the win

buckeyemania11 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 07:03 PM

Baseball: Buckeyes Win Home Opener, 9-1, over Pitt - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

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COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Ohio State supported the pitching of freshman Andrew Armstrong by scoring nine times against five Pitt pitchers to win their 2008 home opener, 9-1, Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium.

Armstrong, a southpaw from Bridgewater, Va., improved to 2-1 on the season by pitching 5.0 innings and allowing no earned runs. He struck out five and walked just two. He retired 10 consecutive batters at one point and those in relief ? Drew Rucinski and Eric Best ? extended that mastery to 15 of 16 Panther batters retired between the third and seventh innings. Alex Wimmers pitched the ninth inning to close the door.

continued.....

OSUBasketballJunkie · #7 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 09:19 AM

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