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I aim to misbehave
I could say a million things about this series, but the release below speaks for itself....its gonna be tough. A split on the road against the Illini would be just fine with me.
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
(13-4; 0-0 Big Ten)
at
ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI
(10-5-1; 0-0 Big Ten)
April 1-3, 2005
Illinois Field (2,000), Champaign, Ill.
Fri., April 1 5:05 p.m. WebSat., April 2 1:05 p.m. (DH) Web/WebSun., April 3 2:05 p.m. Radio
SERIES HISTORY
Ohio State leads 89-79-2
last game: April 4, 2004, Illinois 12-4
OHIO STATE RADIO/INTERNET
NPR 820 (WOSU-AM)
www.wosu.org
GAMETRACKER
www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHINGG1 39 Trent Luyster, LHP 4-1, 4.98 ERA, 15K, 28.2IPG2 6 Mike Madsen, RHP 1-1, 6.00 ERA, 10K, 15.0IPG3 19 Cory Luebke, LHP 2-0, 1.57 ERA, 26K, 28.2IPG4 36 Dan DeLucia, LHP 1-1, 1.54 ERA, 21K, 23.1IP
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Riding a 10-game win streak after beating Toledo 12-4 Wednesday night in the home opener at Bill Davis Stadium, Ohio State returns the road again this weekend to open Big Ten play at Illinois.
Buckeye head coach Bob Todd will be going for his 700th win at Ohio State, needing only one victory. The 18th-year mentor enters the weekend series with a 699-359-2 record at Ohio State and is 823-430-2 in his 22nd year as a head coach. Last year in the series opener against Illinois at Bill Davis Stadium, Todd became the fastest coach and only the second ever to win 300 Big Ten games.
The series gets underway Friday with a single game at 5:05 p.m. and continues with a doubleheader Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The series concludes Sunday with a single game at 2:05 p.m. Game times on Friday and Saturday were moved up to accommodate the Illinois men's basketball team's appearance in the NCAA Final Four and differ from previously published schedules.
All four games of the series will be broadcast on the Internet at www.wosu.org and the final game will also be broadcast on NPR 820 (WOSU-AM). Neil Sika and Paul Barnes will describe the action.
ABOUT OHIO STATE
The Buckeyes improved to 13-4 on the year and ran its win streak to 10 games after beat Toledo 12-4 Wednesday night to open the ninth season at Bill Davis Stadium. Ohio State, which has not lost since falling to Bradley 4-3 on March 12, and followed that up with a win over Rider before winning all eight games on its spring break trip - Northern Iowa, Bucknell, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Illinois-Chicago, and two wins each against Cornell and Dartmouth - before the win Wednesday over Toledo.
Jason Zoeller leads Ohio State with a .417 batting average and 25 hits and has a hit in 13 straight games, during which he has batted .460. Zoeller, a sophomore from Verona, Pa., has three doubles, one triple, two home runs and 10 RBI. The Buckeyes have raised their team batting average from .261 prior to the win streak to .309 after the win over Toledo on Wednesday. Five other Buckeyes starters join Zoeller with averages better than .300. Cody Caughenbaugh is batting .367 with 18 hits (five doubles, one triple) and his batted in 14 runs. Matt Angle is batting .349 with 15 hits and four RBI. Jedidiah Stephen is batting .339 with a team-best four home runs and is second on the team with 18 RBI, one off the pace of Paul Farinacci, who has batted in 19 runs on 14 hits (seven doubles, one triple). Wes Schirtzinger and Ronnie Bourquin round out those batting at least .300. Each has 21 hits and is batting .304.
Dan DeLucia has the best ERA on the team at 1.54 and a record of 1-1 and 21 strikeouts in 23.1 innings. Cory Luebke has 25 strikeouts to lead the staff. He is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in 28.2 innings. Trent Luyster leads the team with a 4-1 record. He has a 4.08 ERA and 15 strikeouts through 28.2 innings. As a staff, Ohio State's ERA is 3.31, down from 3.97 before the 10-game win streak.
Against Illinois, Ohio State is expected to go with a starting rotation of Luyster in game one, and then Luebke and Mike Madsen in games two and three before tossing DeLucia in game four.
ABOUT ILLINOIS
The Fighting Illini improved to 10-5-1 after beating Indiana State 8-4 in its home opener Tuesday night at Illinois Field. Illinois has won six of its last eight games and has a .296 batting average as a team, averaging 6.1 runs per game on 10.3 hits per game and leads the conference in fielding with a .980 fielding percentage, just in front of Ohio State. On the mound, the Illini have a 2.87 team ERA.
Ryan Rogowski has played all 16 games and leads Illinois with a .400 batting average. He has a team best 26 hits and three doubles. J.R. Kyes is batting .395 in 11 games. Dusty Bensko leads the team with 15 RBI, while batting .356 on 21 hits, including a team-best five doubles and five of the team's 12 home runs. Chad Frk is batting .344, while Trevor Huisinga is batting .341. Brian Blomquiest has made five starts and leads the Illini with a 4-1 record and a 1.82 ERA in 34.2 innings. He has 21 strikeouts, second to Jimmy Conroy, who has fanned 25. Conroy is 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 29.1 innings. Matt Whitmore and Andy Sigerich each have made three starts. Whitmore is 1-1 with a 5.24 and eight strikeouts in 22.1 innings, while Sigerich is 0-1 with a 8.25 ERA and four strikeouts in 12.0 innings. Reliever Jake Toohey is 0-0 with two saves and 15 strikeouts in seven appearances totalling 15.0 innings. Six other pitchers have yet to allow an earned run in 20.1 innings. Illinois did not announce a pitching rotation for this weekend's Big Ten opener
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
(13-4; 0-0 Big Ten)
at
ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI
(10-5-1; 0-0 Big Ten)
April 1-3, 2005
Illinois Field (2,000), Champaign, Ill.
Fri., April 1 5:05 p.m. WebSat., April 2 1:05 p.m. (DH) Web/WebSun., April 3 2:05 p.m. Radio
SERIES HISTORY
Ohio State leads 89-79-2
last game: April 4, 2004, Illinois 12-4
OHIO STATE RADIO/INTERNET
NPR 820 (WOSU-AM)
www.wosu.org
GAMETRACKER
www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHINGG1 39 Trent Luyster, LHP 4-1, 4.98 ERA, 15K, 28.2IPG2 6 Mike Madsen, RHP 1-1, 6.00 ERA, 10K, 15.0IPG3 19 Cory Luebke, LHP 2-0, 1.57 ERA, 26K, 28.2IPG4 36 Dan DeLucia, LHP 1-1, 1.54 ERA, 21K, 23.1IP
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Riding a 10-game win streak after beating Toledo 12-4 Wednesday night in the home opener at Bill Davis Stadium, Ohio State returns the road again this weekend to open Big Ten play at Illinois.
Buckeye head coach Bob Todd will be going for his 700th win at Ohio State, needing only one victory. The 18th-year mentor enters the weekend series with a 699-359-2 record at Ohio State and is 823-430-2 in his 22nd year as a head coach. Last year in the series opener against Illinois at Bill Davis Stadium, Todd became the fastest coach and only the second ever to win 300 Big Ten games.
The series gets underway Friday with a single game at 5:05 p.m. and continues with a doubleheader Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The series concludes Sunday with a single game at 2:05 p.m. Game times on Friday and Saturday were moved up to accommodate the Illinois men's basketball team's appearance in the NCAA Final Four and differ from previously published schedules.
All four games of the series will be broadcast on the Internet at www.wosu.org and the final game will also be broadcast on NPR 820 (WOSU-AM). Neil Sika and Paul Barnes will describe the action.
ABOUT OHIO STATE
The Buckeyes improved to 13-4 on the year and ran its win streak to 10 games after beat Toledo 12-4 Wednesday night to open the ninth season at Bill Davis Stadium. Ohio State, which has not lost since falling to Bradley 4-3 on March 12, and followed that up with a win over Rider before winning all eight games on its spring break trip - Northern Iowa, Bucknell, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Illinois-Chicago, and two wins each against Cornell and Dartmouth - before the win Wednesday over Toledo.
Jason Zoeller leads Ohio State with a .417 batting average and 25 hits and has a hit in 13 straight games, during which he has batted .460. Zoeller, a sophomore from Verona, Pa., has three doubles, one triple, two home runs and 10 RBI. The Buckeyes have raised their team batting average from .261 prior to the win streak to .309 after the win over Toledo on Wednesday. Five other Buckeyes starters join Zoeller with averages better than .300. Cody Caughenbaugh is batting .367 with 18 hits (five doubles, one triple) and his batted in 14 runs. Matt Angle is batting .349 with 15 hits and four RBI. Jedidiah Stephen is batting .339 with a team-best four home runs and is second on the team with 18 RBI, one off the pace of Paul Farinacci, who has batted in 19 runs on 14 hits (seven doubles, one triple). Wes Schirtzinger and Ronnie Bourquin round out those batting at least .300. Each has 21 hits and is batting .304.
Dan DeLucia has the best ERA on the team at 1.54 and a record of 1-1 and 21 strikeouts in 23.1 innings. Cory Luebke has 25 strikeouts to lead the staff. He is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in 28.2 innings. Trent Luyster leads the team with a 4-1 record. He has a 4.08 ERA and 15 strikeouts through 28.2 innings. As a staff, Ohio State's ERA is 3.31, down from 3.97 before the 10-game win streak.
Against Illinois, Ohio State is expected to go with a starting rotation of Luyster in game one, and then Luebke and Mike Madsen in games two and three before tossing DeLucia in game four.
ABOUT ILLINOIS
The Fighting Illini improved to 10-5-1 after beating Indiana State 8-4 in its home opener Tuesday night at Illinois Field. Illinois has won six of its last eight games and has a .296 batting average as a team, averaging 6.1 runs per game on 10.3 hits per game and leads the conference in fielding with a .980 fielding percentage, just in front of Ohio State. On the mound, the Illini have a 2.87 team ERA.
Ryan Rogowski has played all 16 games and leads Illinois with a .400 batting average. He has a team best 26 hits and three doubles. J.R. Kyes is batting .395 in 11 games. Dusty Bensko leads the team with 15 RBI, while batting .356 on 21 hits, including a team-best five doubles and five of the team's 12 home runs. Chad Frk is batting .344, while Trevor Huisinga is batting .341. Brian Blomquiest has made five starts and leads the Illini with a 4-1 record and a 1.82 ERA in 34.2 innings. He has 21 strikeouts, second to Jimmy Conroy, who has fanned 25. Conroy is 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 29.1 innings. Matt Whitmore and Andy Sigerich each have made three starts. Whitmore is 1-1 with a 5.24 and eight strikeouts in 22.1 innings, while Sigerich is 0-1 with a 8.25 ERA and four strikeouts in 12.0 innings. Reliever Jake Toohey is 0-0 with two saves and 15 strikeouts in seven appearances totalling 15.0 innings. Six other pitchers have yet to allow an earned run in 20.1 innings. Illinois did not announce a pitching rotation for this weekend's Big Ten opener
