Written by Stuart Mason on 23 March 2010
Courtesy of Ohio State Athletic Communications
Ohio State junior right handed pitcher Alex Wimmers has been named to the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year watch list for 2010.
The preseason All-American and 2009 Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Year has posted a 5-0 record with a 2.12 earned run average in five starts. The Cincinnati native leads the Big Ten with 41 strikeouts in 34.0 innings pitched while allowing opposing batters to hit just .236.
Alex Wimmers Ohio State (OSU)
Wimmers is coming off a sophomore season that included a 3.27 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 104.2 innings pitched with a 9-2 record in 16 starts. He was named first-team All-America by Louisville Slugger and Ping! Baseball and third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.
Tags: Alex Wimmers., All-American., Big Ten Pitcher of the Year., Cincinnati., College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year., Collegiate Baseball., Louisville Slugger., NCBWA., Ohio State, Ping Baseball.
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Written by Stuart Mason on 26 February 2010
Alex Wimmers (OSU)
compiled from reports from Ohio State
The Ohio State baseball Buckeyes in St. Petersburg, Fla., with Palm trees everywhere and playing at Al Lang Field at Progress Energy Park, had to staged a comeback to push their record to 4-0 in the young season. The game was delayed 50 minutes after the previous game between Penn State and Cincinnati went into extra innings.
Number 13 Ohio State picked up a 4-2 victory over South Florida behind a strong performance by ace Alex Wimmers went eight innings, giving up five hits, one earned run and punching out six. Ryan Dew led the offensive attack, going 3 for 4 with two runs scored, one being the go-ahead run.
A number of fine defensive plays by the Buckeyes in the game saved the day. Two highlights were a diving snag of a sinking liner in the second inning by Brian DeLucia. Cory Kovanda might have topped that in the fourth inning when he ranged far to his left in shallow right field, made the diving stop and threw to first to get the runner.
The game was the fastest of the first four games, lasting just two hours and nine minutes.
The Buckeyes will get back to action on Saturday when they play Notre Dame at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. Collegebaseball360.com will webcast the game at http://collegebaseball360.com/live-college-baseball-coverage/.
Tags: Al Lang Field at Progress Energy Park., Alex Wimmers., Brian DeLucia., Cory Kovanda., Ohio State Baseball., Ryan Dew., South Florida., St Petersburg Fla.
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