Michigan
13-26, 6-7
Ohio State
17-18, 7-6
Michigan Falls at Ohio State, Will Play Doubleheader Saturday
4/29/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 29, 2011
Site: Columbus, Ohio (Bill Davis Stadium)
Score: Ohio State 7, Michigan 2
Records: U-M (13-26, 6-7 Big Ten), OSU (17-18, 7-6 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 30 -- at Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio), 3:05 p.m. (DH)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Michigan baseball team struck first with a run in the top of the first inning before falling, 7-2, on Friday night (April 29) at Ohio State inside Bill Davis Stadium. Due to forecasted rain on Sunday (May 1), the two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow (Saturday, April 30) starting at 3:05 p.m.
Sophomore Patrick Biondi (Woodhaven, Mich./Divine Child) extended his hitting streak to 12 games, opening the game with a single to left-center. Biondi went to third as redshirt sophomore Kevin Krantz (Traverse City, Mich./Central) reached on an error and scored on a wild pitch.
Ohio State answered with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first and made it 4-1 in the third with three consecutive two-out singles. Ohio State loaded the bases with two outs, but redshirt senior reliever Matt Gerbe (Shelby Twp., Mich./Eisenhower) induced a groundout to end the inning. A Buckeye sacrifice fly then padded the lead to 5-1.
Michigan plated a run in the seventh as freshman Alex Lakatos (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central) singled, moved to second on a wild pitch, went to third on a throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly from redshirt senior Anthony Toth (Lorain, Ohio/St. Ignatius). However, Ohio State scored once in each of the seventh and eighth innings on run-scoring triples.
Drew Rucinski moved to 5-1 on the season for the Buckeyes, allowing six hits and an earned run with the seven strikeouts and a walk. Redshirt sophomore starter Bobby Brosnahan (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) took the loss, allowing four runs and five hits with a pair of strikeouts in 2.2 innings. Gerbe went 4.2 innings of relief, allowing six hits and three run with a strikeout.
Lakatos had two hits on the day for the Maize and Blue. For Ohio State, Ryan Cypret, Josh Dezse and Tyler Engle had two hits apiece.
Contact: Kent Reichert (734) 763-4423
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rucinski, Drew (5-1)
L: Brosnahan, Bobby (1-8)
Batting:
RBI: Toth, Anthony 1
SF: Toth, Anthony 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Biondi, Patrick 1 ; Lakatos, Alex 1
Batting:
2B: Cypret, Ryan 1
3B: DeLucia, Brian 1 ; Corna, David 1
HR: Dezse, Josh 1
RBI: DeLucia, Brian 1 ; Dezse, Josh 4 ; Streng, Matt 1 ; Corna, David 1
SF: Dezse, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wetzel, Tim 1 ; Cypret, Ryan 3 ; Dezse, Josh 1 ; Hallberg, Brad 1 ; Engle, Tyler 1
CS: Solomon, Greg 1
HBP: Hallberg, Brad 1
