Baseball Buckeyes end 6-game skid; defeat CSU-Bakersfield, 10-8
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Ohio State bounced back from a four-run deficit to gain a badly-needed, 8-4 win over the pesky Illinois Fighting Illini in the third game of the series at Bill Davis Stadium. With the Sunday win, the Buckeyes move to .500 in the Big Ten Conference with a 9-9 record. Overall, the Buckeyes move to 25-19 while putting to rest a season-long five-game losing streak.
Illinois wins the three-game series, 2 games to 1, but drops to 8-10 with the loss and to 23-22 overall.
Senior Ryan Dew led a 15-hit attack for the Buckeyes with a home run, double and two singles plus he had a career-high five RBI’s. Dew’s Worthington Kilbourne High School teammate, senior Cory Kovanda, had four hits and two runs scored while Zach Hurley and Michael Stephens had two hits apiece. Hurley also scored two runs.
Illinois, as it had done all series, scored first and went up early in the game 4-0.
While the Buckeyes were mounting their comeback, Theron Minium was shutting down the Illini bats from scoring in 3 innings of two-hit, relief work. He picked up the win to improve to 3-2 on the season.
Senior Eric Best pitched the final three innings to pick up his third save of the year. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out four.