Now that’s more like it.
The Ohio State baseball team dropped the first game of a four-game weekend series against Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Florida, but came back to take the last two and are guaranteed at least a split now.
And it wasn’t close Sunday.
The Buckeyes pounded out a slew of hits and got things going right out of the gate in a dominating 16-9 victory. In the top of the first inning, Ohio State put a six spot on the board thanks to a couple of bases loaded walks, a wild pitch, a sacrifice fly and two RBI singles by Zach Dezenzo and Nolan Clegg.
The offense for Ohio State kept coming and the issues with control on the mound continued for the Wildcats to contribute to a 10-1 lead when Noah West tripled home three more in the top of the second to build a 13-1 lead for the Bucks.
From there, it was really cruise control for the Buckeyes. The pitching gave up eight more runs in the game, but that wouldn’t be enough on a day when the bats were clicking for Ohio State.
The Buckeyes improved their record to 7-4 with the victory with one game left in Daytona. The last game of the series will be played Monday, but please make note of the game time change to Noon because of some expected weather in somewhat sunny Florida.
