2009 Ohio State Baseball (Official Thread)

[JCOSU86]

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Experience - seven position player starters along with six pitchers are a part of 21 returning lettermen - along with flexibility will be the cornerstone for the 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes in their pursuit to win a Big Ten championship and advance to the NCAA tournament for the 13th time under 22nd-year head coach Bob Todd.

The entire starting infield - C Dan Burkhart, 1B Justin Miller, 2B Cory Kovanda, 3B Cory Rupert and SS Tyler Engle – returns intact. Miller, a senior captain, and juniors Kovanda and Rupert have started for two years now and have 331 starts between them. Burkhart and Engle are sophomores.

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[JCOSU86]

Date Opponent Location Time (ET) Results Media
Big East/Big Ten Challenge

Fri, Feb 20 Notre Dame at Dunedin, FL 7:30 PM
Sat, Feb 21 Connecticut at St. Petersburg, FL 4:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 22 Cincinnati at St. Petersburg, FL 10:00 a.m.

North Florida Tournament at Harmon Stadium Fri, Feb 27 North Florida at Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Feb 28 George Mason at Jacksonville, Fla. 3:00 p.m.

Sat, Feb 28 North Florida at Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m.

Sun, Mar 01 Connecticut at Jacksonville, Fla. 11:00 a.m.

Winter Haven Tournament at Chain of Lakes Field Fri, Mar 06 Rhode Island at Winter Haven, Fla. 3:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 07 Northeastern at Winter Haven, Fla. 12:30 p.m.

Sat, Mar 07 Maine at Winter Haven, Fla. 4:00 p.m.

Sun, Mar 08 Central Michigan at Winter Haven, Fla. 12:30 p.m.

West Palm Beach Tournament at Santaluces Sports Complex Fri, Mar 13 Pittsburgh at West Palm Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 14 SIU Edwardsville at West Palm Beach, Fla. 12:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 14 Maryland Baltimore County at West Palm Beach, Fla. 3:30 p.m.

Sun, Mar 15 North Dakota State at West Palm Beach, Fla. 12:00 p.m.

Spring Break Trip at Chain of Lakes Field Fri, Mar 20 Indiana at Winter Haven, Fla. 10:00 a.m.

Sat, Mar 21 Army at Winter Haven, Fla. 1:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 21 Army at Winter Haven, Fla. 4:00 p.m.

Sun, Mar 22 Hartford at Winter Haven, Fla. 11:00 a.m.

Spring Break Trip Mon, Mar 23 Rollins at Orlando, Fla. 1:30 p.m.

Tue, Mar 24 Miami (Fla.) at Miami, Fla. 6:00 p.m.

Fri, Mar 27 Penn State * at State College, Penn. 6:35 p.m.

Sat, Mar 28 Penn State * at State College, Penn. 2:05 p.m.

Sun, Mar 29 Penn State * at State College, Penn. 1:05 p.m.

Tue, Mar 31 Xavier Columbus, Ohio 2:05 p.m.

Wed, Apr 01 Marshall Columbus, Ohio 2:05 p.m.

Fri, Apr 03 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn. 7:35 p.m.

Sat, Apr 04 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn. 3:05 p.m.

Sun, Apr 05 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn. 2:05 p.m.

Wed, Apr 08 Morehead State Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Fri, Apr 10 Michigan State * Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Sat, Apr 11 Michigan State * Columbus, Ohio 1:05 p.m.

Sun, Apr 12 Michigan State * Columbus, Ohio 1:05 p.m.

Wed, Apr 15 Kent State Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Fri, Apr 17 Purdue * at West Lafayette, Ind. 4:00 p.m.

Sat, Apr 18 Purdue * at West Lafayette, Ind. 12:00 p.m.

Sun, Apr 19 Purdue * at West Lafayette, Ind. 12:00 p.m.

Tue, Apr 21 Bowling Green Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Wed, Apr 22 Ball State Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Fri, Apr 24 Northwestern * Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Sat, Apr 25 Northwestern * Columbus, Ohio 1:05 p.m.

Sun, Apr 26 Northwestern * Columbus, Ohio 1:05 p.m.

Wed, Apr 29 Akron Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Fri, May 01 Michigan * Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m.

Sat, May 02 Michigan * Columbus, Ohio 1:00 p.m.

Sun, May 03 Michigan * Columbus, Ohio 1:00 p.m.

Tue, May 05 Louisville at Louisville, Ky. 6:05 p.m.

Wed, May 06 Louisville at Louisville, Ky. 12:00 p.m.

Fri, May 08 Illinois * at Champaign, Ill. 7:05 p.m.

Sat, May 09 Illinois * at Champaign, Ill. 4:05 p.m.

Sun, May 10 Illinois * at Champaign, Ill. 2:05 p.m.

Tue, May 12 Eastern Michigan Columbus, Ohio 12:05 p.m.

Thu, May 14 Iowa * Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Fri, May 15 Iowa * Columbus, Ohio 6:35 p.m.

Sat, May 16 Iowa * Columbus, Ohio 1:05 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament Wed, May 20 -
Sun, May 24 Big Ten Tournament * at Huntington Park (Columbus, Ohio) TBA

* Conference Games

Official site

[buckeyemania11]

going to be interesting to see how the starting pitching staff works out after Wolosiansky with Hale projected as the closer

[CleveBucks]

It will be interesting to see what effect the 3-game weekends have on the rotation.

[coastalbuck]

Originally Posted by CleveBucks

It will be interesting to see what effect the 3-game weekends have on the rotation.

It has to make it somewhat easier on the staff, although when you get to conference tournaments and the Regionals, those long weekends still come into play.

[LitlBuck]

I have read where we are short on quality starting pitching because of guys either gradually or leaving early and that we do have many power hitters. I can't save this for sure but I don't think we will be contending for the Big 10 championship this year.

[osugrad21]

Lantern

Baseball: Bucks drop two of three

Nathan Schlabach

Issue date: 4/6/09 Section: Sports



ANDY GOTTESMAN/THE LANTERN
Ohio State junior Zach Hurley slides into home during Tuesday's game with Xavier and is tagged out. OSU won the game 9-7. Over the weekend the Buckeyes lost two out of three games to Minnesota.

The No. 18 Ohio State baseball team struggled this weekend, losing two out of three to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The series left the Buckeyes with an overall record of 22-7 and 3-3 in the Big Ten.

In their first game Friday night, the Buckeyes were defeated by a score of 7-5. It marked the first time all season the Buckeyes had recorded back-to-back losses.

The Buckeyes scored first on Zach Hurley's 34th RBI of the season in the third inning giving the Buckeyes a 1-0 lead. But that was the last lead that OSU would have. The Gophers stormed back scoring three runs in the bottom half of the third to take a 3-1 lead. They would add four more runs for the day. OSU tried to make it interesting by scoring a run in the seventh and adding three runs in the eighth. Ryan Dew hit a two-out two-run single scoring Michael Stephens and Dan Burkhart to cut the lead to 7-4. They added one more run on a line drive off the bat of Michael Arp, scoring Dew from first.
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[starBUCKS]

Willie Hale went pick 816 to the D-Backs, while Zach Hurley, 1358 to the Marlins.

[buckeyemania11]

Originally Posted by starBUCKS

Willie Hale went pick 816 to the D-Backs, while Zach Hurley, 1358 to the Marlins.

Hurley has a year of eligibility left, I imagine he comes back

[LitlBuck]

I guess I don't understand why Ohio State had so few players drafted by major league teams and Kent State had been leased 7. What does that baseball program have to offer that Ohio State doesn't because it certainly cannot be the facilities because ours are top notch.

[JCOSU86]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

I guess I don't understand why Ohio State had so few players drafted by major league teams and Kent State had been leased 7. What does that baseball program have to offer that Ohio State doesn't because it certainly cannot be the facilities because ours are top notch.

Don't get us started. Kent State is a better program right now.

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by JCOSU86

Don't get us started. Kent State is a better program right now.

go on because I want to know how it happened. Did they build a Field of Dreams up in Kent Ohio

[brodybuck21]

Originally Posted by JCOSU86

Don't get us started. Kent State is a better program right now.

[CleveBucks]

OSU only had three seniors, and Bob Todd is suffering from Russ Hellickson syndrome. We need to find another Tom Ryan.

[LitlBuck]

That has been happening for a couple years now and it is time for a new baseball coach at The Ohio State University. His older players like him and help get Bill Davis Stadium built but it sure would be nice to see a consistent winning baseball program in that nice stadium.