The Ohio State baseball team is not only one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten, but arguably one of the hottest in the country. Because of a late-season run, the Buckeyes leapfrogged a few teams in the conference and enter the Big Ten Baseball Tournament as the No. 6 seed and had a hard-fought battle against the No. 11 seed Washington Huskies on Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, Ohio State didn’t make the place it needed to win, so it’ll have to come back and battle out of the loser’s bracket on Wednesday. We were there for live updates, and what follows is how it all played out.
A strikeout ends it for Ohio State
The Buckeyes get a runner on, but a strikeout ends the game, and Ohio State will have to try to battle back out of the losers’ bracket. Final Score: Washington 8, Ohio State 6
Washington gets a triple to take the lead late
A high pop-up is dropped by catcher Mason Eckelman that would have ended the inning, and the next pitch is pulled down the right field line for a triple. It scores two, and Washington takes a two-run lead. A pop-up ends the inning, and if the Buckeyes are going to win, they’ll have to walk it off. Score: Washington 8, Ohio State 6 | Mid 9
A strikeout strands the go-ahead run on second base
The Buckeyes have yet to lead in this one, but have come back to tie it after being down by two runs three separate times in the game. We are knotted up late. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 5 | End of 8
A hard single up the middle ties it for Ohio State
Maddox Simpson hammers a fastball right back up the middle, and Noah Furcht comes in from third base to tie things up. There’s just one out, and we have a pitching change for the Huskies. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 6
The Washington pitcher balks a run in
The pitcher slips and doesn’t complete a pitch. Kaczmar comes in from third base to score, and it’s a one-run game. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 5
Kaczmar gets a lead-off double
He fouls off several pitches and finally gets one to drive deep into the outfield for a double. No outs.
Washington goes down in order again
Ohio State will get another opportunity against a new pitcher. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4 | Mid 8
The Buckeyes can’t get anything cooking
Ohio State goes three up, and three down, and things remain. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4 | End of 7
Washington gets nothing going
Ohio State will come up looking to cut into the Washington lead. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4 | Mid 7
The Buckeyes are retired in order
Ohio State will need to hold Washington right where it is and hope it can get something going next time out. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4 | End of 6
Ohio State will have to reel Washington back in again
The Huskies have a two-run lead for the third time in the game after plating two. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4 | Mid 6
Washington hits a two-run homer
The Huskies go out on top again with a two-run bomb into the right field bleachers. Score: Washington 6, Ohio State 4
Nothing cooking for Ohio State in the 5th inning
It’s three up and three down. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 4 | End of 5
Ohio State turns a double play to retire Washington
After two innings of giving up runs, the Buckeyes blank the Huskies thanks to a double play. The game remains tied. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 4 | Mid 5
We are all tied after four innings
Alex Bemis strands runners on first and second base, but Ohio State scores two to make it a brand new ballgame. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 4 | End of 4
Ohio State ties it on a sac fly
Lee Ellis hits a deep fly ball to the warning track in left, and Maddox Simpson tags up and comes in to score. We are all tied up again. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 4
A double brings in a run
Mason Eckelman hits one in the right-center gap, and Dane Harvey comes around to score. Runners are on second and third base with no outs. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 1
First two batters reach for Ohio State
After a double and a walk, the Buckeyes are looking to replicate what they did last inning and respond after losing the lead.
A strikeout ends the damage
Washington gets two more runs, and the Buckeyes will have to try to answer again. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 2 | Mid 4
A sac fly brings in another Huskies run
A soft liner is deep enough to bring in the runner from third base, and Washington extends the lead. Score: Washington 4, Ohio State 2
Washington singles in a run
The ball is hit hard down the third base line, bringing in the runner from second base, and the Huskies get back out in the lead with still no outs in the inning. Score: Washington 3, Ohio State 2
The Ohio State pitcher is in trouble again
After a single and a walk, the first two have reached for Washington with no outs in the inning. Patel is coming out of the game after allowing two hits and two earned runs in three innings of work. The two runners on base are his responsibility. Luke Carrell will enter the game to try to keep this one where it is.
A strikeout ends the inning
But OSU does some damage and is able to knot things up. Score: Washington 2, Ohio State 2 | End of 3
Ohio State ties it on a double down the left field line
Henry Kaczmar goes the other way and lines a double into the corner, scoring Mangrum to tie the score up at two runs apiece. Score: Washington 2, Ohio State 2
Ohio State gets on the board with a sac fly
Alex Bemis drives the ball the other way with a two-strike swing, and the soft liner is deep enough to score the speedy Ellis from third base. Score: Washington 2, Ohio State 1
First two hitters on for the Buckeyes
Grant Mangrum draws a walk, and OSU is in business with runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.
Ohio State has the leadoff hitter on
Lee Ellis pounds one through the left side, and the Buckeyes have their first hit of the game.
A strikeout ends the inning
But not before Washington gets two runs on one hit and four walks. The Buckeyes will have to play from behind. Score: Washington 2, Ohio State 0 | Middle of 3rd
Patel walks the fourth batter of the inning
The Huskies get another one on the board with the bases loaded walk, and Patel is struggling to find the strike zone. Score: Washington 2, Ohio State 0
Washington draws a walk to bring the first run of the game in
Patel just misses high and away on a full count, and the Huskies draw first blood. Score: Washington 1, Ohio State 0
The breaking ball gets a strikeout
Ohio State is one out away from escaping the inning.
Patel walks the bases loaded
Ohio State will have to find a way to work out of a jam with one out in the inning.
The Huskies draw a walk
Runners are on 1st and 2nd base with one out. Patel hasn’t had his command working out of the stretch.
Washington gets its first hit
Ethan Swidler hits the first pitch he sees into right field, and the Huskies have a runner on first base with one out.
Still no hits for either team
Ohio State fails to get anything going as well in their half of the 2nd inning, and the game remains scoreless and hitless. Score: Washington 0, Ohio State 0 | end of 2
Washington fails to get a runner on in the top of the 2nd inning
Patel has been great through two innings, striking out four and not allowing a hit. Washington goes down in order again. Score: Washington 0, Ohio State 0 after 1.5 innings
Ohio State goes down in order in its half
The Buckeye hitters get outs via a groundout, a lineout, and then a strikeout, and can’t get anything going either in the bottom of the first inning. Score: Washington 0, Ohio State 0 – end of the 1st inning.
Make it the side for Patel
He punches out the first three batters of the game, and Ohio State will now get the bats going in the bottom of the inning. Score: Washington 0, Ohio State 0 – bottom of the 1st inning upcoming.
First two Washington batters go down on strikes
Patel is dealing and strikes out hitter No. 2, and there are two out already in the top of the first inning.
Sahil Patel strikes out the first batter
Patel, who is usually a reliever, starts out with a three-pitch strikeout to Washington’s leadoff hitter.
The Ohio State starting lineup is in
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