Ohio State Baseball Season Opening Series

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The Buckeyes open the 2017 schedule with 4 games in Oseola, Florida at the Dodgertown Classic with the first game scheduled for noon Friday, Feb 17. Their opponents will be the Big 12's Kansas State Wildcats (x2), the Delaware Blue Hens, and the Pitt Panthers. They will play single games vs KSU on Friday and Sunday wrapped around a double-header vs Delaware and Pitt on Saturday.

Game times:

vs.

Kansas State Osceola, Fla. - Osceola County Stadium 12:00 p.m. ET

Sat., Feb. 18 vs.

Delaware Osceola, Fla. - Osceola County Stadium 2:00 p.m. ET
vs.

Pittsburgh Osceola, Fla. - Osceola County Stadium 5:00 p.m. ET
Sun., Feb. 19 vs.

Kansas State Osceola, Fla. - Osceola County Stadium 11:00 a.m. ET

 

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Kansas State preview - Quck Facts

The Wildcats had an off year in 2016, finishing with an overall record of 26-31 (.456) and 8-16 in the Big 12 (good for 8th place). They do return 5 positional starters (3 of whom batted over .300) and 6 pitchers. K-State also welcomed a sizable number of new faces with 21 players in their first year with the program. 12 of those are Freshmen.

2016 Overall Record
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26-31 (.456)

2016 Big 12 Record
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8-16 (.333)

2016 Postseason Play
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Big 12 Baseball Championship (0-2)

2016 Final Ranking
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N /A

Conference Finish
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8th

Letterwinners Returning/Lost
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15/18

Position Starters Returning/Lost
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4+DH/4

Pitchers Returning/Lost
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6/10

Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost
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3/5
Newcomers
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21 (12 Freshmen)

 

[brodybuck21]

wooooo cannot wait!

 

[brodybuck21]

Bucks up 6-0 top of 5 vs Kansas State

 

[brodybuck21]

Bucks up 6-1 top 8

 

[brodybuck21]

Bucks defeat Kansas St 6-3. Play 2 tomm vs Delaware and Pitt

 

[JCOSU86]

YES! GO BUCKEYES!!!!

 

[buckeyemania11]

Always nice to win the opener, let's keep it going tomorrow!

 

[brodybuck21]

strong start by Niemeyer. 6 ip 1 run

 

[Bestbuck36]

Thank God for good baseball start. Something needs to stop this hoops bleeding

 

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Buckeyes split double header

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Ohio State baseball team split a doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Fla. The Buckeyes (2-1) rallied with 11 runs in the final two innings to win 15-10 over Delaware in game one before dropping game two to Pitt, 7-2.

“It was a tale of two opportunities today,” Beals said. “The first game today, it looked grim. They scored some runs and got up on us big, but our guys fought back. I loved the fight with our guys and was very proud on how we competed in the first game. The second game was the exact opposite. We came out flat. Give Pitt’s pitcher credit, he kept the ball in the bottom of the zone on us. We gave up too many free bases to win a ball game. The beautiful thing about baseball is we have another one tomorrow. We have to get some rest and respond tomorrow to go for three out of four on the weekend.”

 

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OSU drop rematch with K-State

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Fifth-year senior right-hander Jake Post scattered two runs on five hits in six innings of work, but the Ohio State baseball team was edged by Kansas State, 3-2, Sunday afternoon to conclude play at the 2017 Sunshine State Classic Series in Kissimmee, Fla. The Wildcats (3-1) plated the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth and held on to the one-run lead for the victory as the Buckeyes fall to 2-2 on the season.

“Losses are never good, but it was our first time out this weekend and we did a lot of positive things,” head coach Greg Beals said. “The shining light on the day for me was Jake Post. It was great to see him back on the mound and he gave us a quality start. We need to work on our quality at-bats and be more prepared defensively. We need to get better at the little things and we will.”