Ohio State’s baseball team has come out swinging. (Pun intended.) They’ve started their season 17-7, but are on a hot streak having won nine of the past 10 games, and their most recent win over Toledo was a dominating 19-4 effort. The 15-run victory wasn’t exactly an outlier either, with the team averaging 10 runs per game over the past six outings.
“We’ve been playing pretty good baseball,” head coach Greg Beals said, according to Anders’ article for The Lantern. “It was critical to keep that momentum going into conference play this weekend.”
The Buckeye batters will certainly be challenged, going up against a top-ranked Nebraska pitching staff, which includes Luis Alvarado (3.