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Hawai'i Series from Nick Swisher Field @ Bill Davis Stadium Columbus, OH (FIRE BEALS)

MARCH 20, 2019
OHIO STATE HOSTS HAWAI’I IN A FOUR-GAME SERIES THIS WEEKEND

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team continues its nine-game homestand with a four-game series vs. Hawai’i Thursday-Sunday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The series opens at 5 p.m. Thursday. Game two is slated for 5 p.m. Friday. The third contest will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday with the series finale starting at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Buckeyes (10-10) have won three of their last for games to begin their home schedule. The Rainbow Warriors (9-11) are making their first trip to Columbus this weekend.

PARKING
This weekend, in addition to a full slate of Buckeye home slates, the OHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament will be taking place at the Schottenstein Center. Events begin on Thursday and go through Saturday evening. Traffic and parking in and around this area will be altered and visitors are encouraged to allow extra time to get around. Click HERE for more info and parking diagram.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
Links to live stats are available on the Ohio State baseball schedule page. All Buckeye Baseball home games will be streamed on BTN Plus ($). There will be no OSU radio, however, a Hawai’i radio broadcast will be available this weekend.

ON THE BUMP
Thursday: RHP Garrett Burhenn (3-1, 3.26 ERA) vs. LHP Jeremey Wu-Yelland (1-1, 4.13 ERA)
Friday: LHP Griffan Smith (3-1, 4.67 ERA) vs. RHP Li’i Pontes (1-1, 3.18 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Seth Lonsway (2-2, 5.79 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Davenport (0-1, 3.93 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. TBA

SCOUTING HAWAI’I
The Rainbow Warriors are hitting .256 as a team with 29 doubles, eight homers and 102 RBI. Scotty Scott is hitting .325 with five steals on the year. Alex Baeza has a .319 average with a team-high high four homers and 20 RBI. The pitching staff has combined for a 4.20 ERA with 167 strikeouts in 182 innings of work. Dylan Thomas was named a NCBWA Preseason Season Second Team All-American after tying the single-season school record with 14 saves in 2018. He has fanned 30 hitters in 24.0 innings of work with one save this spring. UH was picked to finish sixth in the Big West preseason poll.

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MARCH 21, 2019
OHIO STATE DEFEATS HAWAI’I, 6-4, THURSDAY NIGHT

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team defeated Hawai’i, 6-4, Thursday night at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. Freshman right-handed pitcher Garrett Burhenn worked seven innings in a quality start to improve to 4-1 on the year, while junior left-handed reliever Andrew Magno picked up his third save of the season. Sophomore Dillon Dingler and redshirt sophomore Brent Todys each had multi-hit games. With their third straight win, the Buckeyes improve to 11-10 overall, while the Rainbow Warriors drop to 9-12.

QUOTE FROM COACH
“It’s huge to get Dillon back in the lineup with his presence and production,” head coach Greg Beals said. “It’s awfully nice to write Dillon Dingler on the lineup card. Garrett was up in the zone a little bit, but threw strikes. Our defense played well behind him and it was good to see that with Nick Erwin at third base with our adjusted defensive lineup. It was big to have Magno put up a zero in the eighth for us.”

QUALITY START
After allowing three runs in the opening three frames, Burhenn settled down on the mound, retiring nine straight hitters before a two-out single by the Rainbow Warriors in the top of the seventh. He left two stranded in the seventh on a fly out to Nolan Clegg in centerfield. He worked seven innings and scattered eight hits on three runs, three earned, one walk and three strikeouts.

TIED AT 3 AFTER 3
The Rainbow Warriors plated two runs on three hits in the top of the first. Ethan Lopez doubled down the right field line and a RBI ground out made it 2-0. Ohio State answered quickly with three runs on four hits in the bottom. Dominic Canzone worked a nine-pitch at-bat before lining a single to right center. Matt Carpenter ripped a RBI triple down the right field line to score Canzone. Brady Cherry continued to swing a hot bat when he rocketed a RBI double off the wall in right to plate Carpenter. A sac fly by Dingler gave the Scarlet and Gray a 3-2 lead. A RBI single by Alex Baeza knotted the score at 3-all in the top of the third.

MEMORABLE HIT FOR THE ROOKIE
Freshman third baseman Nick Erwin came up with a clutch two-out RBI single vs. Hawai’i left-handed starter Jeremy Wu-Yelland in the bottom of the fourth to score Dingler to give the Buckeyes the 4-3 advantage.

BIG INSURANCE RUNS
The Buckeyes came up with two runs in the bottom of the eighth with two outs. Dingler singled to right field to start it off. Todys then hit an opposite field triple down the right field line to make it 5-3. A RBI single by Nolan Clegg pushed the lead to three runs.

BULLPEN TALK
Right-handed reliever TJ Brock allowed two walks to begin the eighth and was relieved by left-handed reliever Andrew Mango. He left two on base with a pop-up to Pohl and one strikeout.

Right-handed reliever TJ Brock allowed two walks to begin the eighth and was relieved by left-handed reliever Andrew Mango. He left two on base with a pop-up to Pohl and one strikeout. Magno tossed two innings on one run, two hits, one walk and one strikeout.

UP NEXT
Ohio State and Hawai’i are back on the diamond at 5:05 p.m. Friday at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium. The game will be streamed on BTN Plus ($).

GAME NOTES

  • Today was the first meeting between Ohio State and Hawai’i.
  • Dillon Dingler started behind the plate for the Buckeyes for the first time since Opening Day.
  • Zach Dezenzo made his first start at shortstop and Nick Erwin made his first start at third base.
  • Dominic Canzone led off for first time this season. Brent Todys started as the designated hitter for the first time.
  • Carpenter knocked his first career triple.
  • Erwin collected his first career hit today.
  • Cherry has a team-best nine doubles.
  • Canzone extended his reached base streak to 17 games (career-high).
  • Other reached base streaks extended: Pohl (9), Cherry (8), Todys (5), Carpenter (3),
  • Hit streaks extended: Cherry (8), Carpenter (3) and Todys (3).
  • Pohl’s team-high eight-game hit streak was snapped today.
  • Multi-hit games: Todys (6) and Dingler (1).
  • Magno leads the team with three saves.
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