Ohio State 7 Ohio University 1
At Ohio University – Athens, OH – May 3, 2003
The Club Baseball Buckeyes narrowly escaped defeat, beating host OU 7-1 in nine innings. Freshman shortstop Mike Murrison twice bailed out OSU, first with a diving catch to save a sure game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh, and then with an RBI triple in the ninth to break a 1-1 tie and ignite the Bucks six-run rally.
On the hill, sophomore EJ Strittmatter tossed 5 1/3 solid innings, and fellow sophomore Justin Wendling improved to 4-0 on the season by hurling 3 2/3 of shut out ball to again save the Buckeyes.
Ohio State also turned in a sterling performance in the field, committing no errors and turning in some spectacular plays. In addition to Murrison’s play, senior outfielder Bryan Jewell made a brilliant, Willie Mays-esqe diving grab to take away a sure OU extra base hit.
R H E
Ohio State 010 000 006 7 7 0
Ohio U. 000 001 000 1 7 5
AB R H RBI AB R H RBI
B.Jewell cf 4 1 1 0 Phillips c 4 0 1 0
Loudon-Brown 2b 3 1 2 0 Silverman 1b 4 0 0 0
Likavec 3b 5 1 1 2 Tigue ss 4 1 1 0
Goodman dh 5 1 0 0 Flynn cf-lf 4 0 1 1
Noward c 0 1 0 0 Priesing dh 4 0 0 0
Stewart lf 4 0 0 1 Boyd rf 3 0 2 0
Held rf 4 0 1 0 Saluke 3b 1 0 0 0
Pierson 1b 3 1 1 0 Brown cf 3 0 1 0
K.Jewell ph 1 0 0 0 Crist 2b 3 0 0 0
Murrison ss 4 1 1 1 Keys ph 1 0 0 0
33 7 7 4 Brulport lf-3b 2 0 1 0
34 1 7 1
LOB-OSU-11, OU-7. 2B-Loudon-Brown(6), Held(1), Tigue. 3B-Murrison(1). SB-Loudon-Brown 2(4), Likavec(7), Wendling(3). E-Crist 2, Tigue 2, Phillips. CI-Phillips.
Ohio State IP H R ER BB SO HR
Strittmatter 5.33 6 1 1 1 4 0
Wendling W(4-0) 3.67 1 0 0 2 1 0
OU IP H R ER BB SO HR
Liss L 8.33 7 6 5 8 6 0
Miller 0.67 0 1 0 1 0 0
HBP-Noward(1). WP-Liss.