Ohio State baseball went toe-to-toe with Texas Tech, the fourth-ranked team in the country, on Wednesday night in Columbus, and though the Buckeyes ultimately fell by a score of 5-3, they gave a potential national championship contender all it could handle.
There’s something about elite national programs that seems to bring out the best in Ohio State. Three seasons ago, the Buckeyes took a game from 9th-ranked Oregon. Two seasons ago it was No. 4 Louisville. Last year it was eventual College World Series champion Coastal Carolina. Just two months ago, Ohio State took down Oregon State, a program that has spent a good chunk of the season atop the national polls.