BASEBALL

YEAR IN REVIEW BASEBALL 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS February 20 vs. Notre Dame 1 ............................................................W, 2-0 23 at Connecticut 1 .............................................................W, 6-4 22 vs. Cincinnati 1 ................................................................W, 6-5 27 at North Florida 2 .........................................................W, 11-6 28 vs. George Mason 2 ......................................................W, 11-5 28 at North Florida 2 .........................................................W, 10-8 March 1 vs. Connecticut 2.........................................................W, 21-14 6 vs. Rhode Island 3 .............................................................L, 6-8 7 vs. Northeastern 3 ........................................................W, 11-8 7 vs. Maine 3......................................................................L, 7-10 8 vs. Central Michigan 3 .................................................W, 16-7 13 vs. Pittsburgh 4 .............................................................W, 20-3 14 vs. SIU-Edwardsville 4 ................................................W, 13-10 14 vs. Marlyand Balt. Co. 4 ...............................................W, 16-9 16 vs. North Dakota St 4 ...................................................W, 13-4 20 vs. Indiana 3 ....................................................................W, 2-0 21 vs. Army 3...........................................................W, 3-1; W, 8-4 22 vs. Hartford 3 ...................................................................W, 9-8 23 at Rollins ............................................................................L, 1-4 24 at No. 2 Miami ................................................................W, 7-1 27 at Penn State*.................................................................W, 8-3 28 at Penn State*...............................................................W, 12-2 29 at Penn State*...............................................................L, 11-15 31 XAVIER .............................................................................W, 9-7 April 1 MARSHALL .....................................................................L, 3-14 3 at No. 25 Minnesota* ......................................................L, 5-7 4 at No. 25 Minnesota* ....................................................W, 3-2 5 at No. 25 Minnesota* ....................................................L, 3-16 8 MOREHEAD STATE .......................................................W, 12-0 10 MICHIGAN STATE*.........................................................W, 6-1 11 MICHIGAN STATE*.........................................................W, 5-3 12 MICHIGAN STATE*.........................................................W, 6-1 15 NO. 24 KENT STATE..........................................................L, 7-8 17 at Purdue* .......................................................................W, 1-0 18 at Purdue* ......................................................W, 7-4; W, 11-10 22 BALL STATE .....................................................................L, 8-20 24 NORTHWESTERN*.........................................................W, 5-4 25 NORTHWESTERN*.......................................................W, 11-7 26 NORTHWESTERN*.........................................................L, 6-10 29 AKRON.............................................................................W, 7-3 May 1 MICHIGAN*....................................................................W, 6-0 2 MICHIGAN*....................................................................W, 9-6 3 MICHIGAN*......................................................................L, 2-9 5 at Louisville.....................................................................L, 5-21 6 at Louisville.....................................................................L, 7-11 8 at No. 25 Illinois* .............................................................L, 4-5 9 at No. 25 Illinois* .........................................................W, 10-7 10 at No. 25 Illinois* .........................................................W, 12-7 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN ......................................................L, 5-9 14 IOWA*...........................................................................W, 13-4 15 IOWA*................................................................W, 5-4; W, 8-6 21 vs. Illinois (Big Ten Tour.) ................................................W, 7-4 22 vs. Indiana (Big Ten Tour.) ..............................................L, 3-13 23 vs. No. 20 Minnesota (Big Ten Tour.) ..............................L, 6-9 29 vs. No. 22 Georgia (NCAA Regional) ............................L, 8-24 30 vs. Marist (NCAA Regional) ..........................................W, 6-4 31 vs. No. 22 Georgia (NCAA Regional) ..........................W, 13-6 31 at No. 8 Florida State (NCAA Regional) .......................L, 6-37 *- Big Ten Conference Game Home games in CAPS 1- Big East-Big Ten Challenge at Dunedin Stadium (Notre Dame); at Jack Russell Stadium (Connecticut); at Red McEwen Field (Cincinnati) 2- Kennel Club CLassic at Harmon Stadium 3- at Chain of Lakes Field, Winter Haven, Fla. 4- Palm Beach Classic at West Palm Beach, Fla. Big Ten Tournament at Huntington Park, Columbus, Ohio NCAA Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium What a wonderfully odd year the 2009 campaign was for the Ohio State baseball team. This pleasantly surprising, hard-hitting team that was a couple arms thin on the mound managed to win the Big Ten Conference championship and qualify for the NCAA tournament after opening the season picked as no better than a third-place team in the Big Ten Conference by any of the baseball publications. About four hours after Ohio State completed a three-game sweep over Iowa in its final Big Ten series of the year to improve to 18-6 in the Big Ten, Penn State came-from-behind to defeat leagueleading Minnesota and drop its record to 17-6 – UM lost a game with Indiana due to inclement weather – and deny the Golden Gophers the title. The Big Ten championship is the seventh for Coach Bob Todd at Ohio State and the first since the 2001 season, and it is the 15th all-time in school history. Ohio State then dominated the 2009 all-conference awards with eight players named first- or second-team all-Big Ten with Alex Wimmers selected as the co-Pitcher of the Year and Dan Burkhart named the Player of the Year. In addition, Todd was a unanimous choice as the league’s coach of the year. Wimmers and Burkhart, both sophomores, were joined on the all-Big Ten first team by junior designated hitter Ryan Dew and senior closer Jake Hale. Named to the all-Big Ten second team were senior captain and third baseman Justin Miller, junior second baseman Cory Kovanda, junior center fielder Michael Stephens and sophomore starting pitcher Dean Wolosiansky. Wimmers and Hale became the first Buckeye tandem to ever receive first-team All-America honors in the same year. Wimmers was selected to the Louisville Slugger and PING! Baseball All-America first teams while Hales was first-team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Hale was a finalist for the National Stopper of the Year award. He and Wimmers were each semifinalists for the National Pitcher of the Year award and Burkhart was a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award. Ohio State competed in its 13th NCAA tournament under the direction of coach Bob Todd and the 19th NCAA in school history as the No. 3 Seed in the Tallahassee Regional. After losing to Georgia in the opening game, Ohio State sent Marist home with a 6-4 win and sent Georgia home with a 13-6 win before its season ended with a loss to No. 8 Florida State. The team finished with a 42-19 overall record. ’09 HONOR ROLL Alex Wimmers • Invitee – USA National Team Trials • First-team All-American – Louisville Slugger • First-team All-American – PING! Baseball • Third-team All-American – NCBWA • Third-team All-American – Collegiate Baseball • Big Ten Conference co-Pitcher of the Year • First-team All-Big Ten Conference • Semifinalist – College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award • Semifinalist – Golden Spikes Award • Invite - 2009 USA Baseball National Team Trials • Four-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week • Two-time National Pitcher of the Week (Louisville Slugger) • NCBWA Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week • Three-time College Baseball Foundation & Hall of Fame National All-Star Lineup • USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Spotlight Player of the Week • BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament team Jake Hale • First-team All-American – National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association • Third-team All-American – Louisville Slugger • First-team All-Big Ten Conference • Finalist – National Stopper of the Year Award • Semifinalist – National Pitcher of the Year Award • Two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week Dan Burkhart • Big Ten Conference Player of the Year • First-team All-Big Ten Conference • Semifinalist – Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Award • Big Ten Conference Player of the Week Ryan Dew • First-team All-Big Ten Conference • BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament team Cory Kovanda • Second-team All-Big Ten Conference • Big Ten Conference Sportsmanship Honoree Justin Miller • Second-team All-Big Ten Conference • Two-time Big Ten Conference Player of the Week Drew Rucinski • Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Week • BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge All-Tourn. team • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete Michael Stephens • Second-team All-Big Ten Conference Dean Wolosiansky • Second-team All-Big Ten Conference • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete Andrew Armstrong • BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament honorable mention Chris Griffin • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete Zach Hurley • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete Theron Minium • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete Joe Ciamacco • OSU Scholar-Athlete David Corna • Academic All-Big Ten Conference • OSU Scholar-Athlete 2 Ohio State 2008-09 YEAR IN REVIEW BASEBALL 2009 OVERALL STATISTICS - 42-19 OVERALL; 18-6 BIG TEN; 13-8 HOME; 11-7 AWAY; 18-4 NEUTRAL BATTER 23 Dew, Ryan 15 Burkhart, Dan 16 Hurley, Zach 24 Stephens, Michael 17 Kovanda, Cory 28 Miller, Justin 20 Streng, Matt 2 Arp, Michael 1 Engle, Tyler 10 Rupert, Cory -------------45 Hanlin, D.J. 21 Hallberg, Brad 9 Toussant, Ben 38 Griffin, Chris 7 McManus, T.J. 29 DeLucia, Brian 41 Forsythe, Shawn 5 Corna, David Totals Opponents AVG .388 .354 .346 .346 .341 .310 .308 .295 .285 .279 .500 .400 .368 .333 .313 .273 .238 .000 .328 .300 GP 60 57 60 61 59 61 53 61 43 43 4 4 17 19 9 3 17 2 61 61 GS 57 57 59 61 56 61 50 61 42 33 0 3 0 2 0 3 4 0 61 61 AB 219 209 257 237 220 245 182 237 130 147 2 10 19 30 16 11 21 1 2193 2163 R 53 48 58 61 55 41 44 43 25 27 1 4 5 5 3 3 4 0 480 443 H 85 74 89 82 75 76 56 70 37 41 1 4 7 10 5 3 5 0 720 648 2B 15 13 12 10 11 16 7 14 8 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 118 128 3B 1 3 6 5 3 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 13 HR 7 10 6 14 1 10 8 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 66 63 RBI 42 62 53 63 38 54 38 33 18 19 1 3 4 3 1 6 3 1 442 409 TB 123 123 131 144 95 124 93 96 55 57 1 4 8 14 5 10 5 0 1088 991 SLG% .562 .589 .510 .608 .432 .506 .511 .405 .423 .388 .500 .400 .421 .467 .313 .909 .238 .000 .496 .458 BB 12 31 33 11 33 23 16 18 28 11 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 223 265 HBP 6 3 3 16 4 5 3 3 5 4 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 61 39 SO 12 29 35 45 25 21 34 29 24 29 1 1 4 6 2 3 10 0 310 462 GDP 2 4 2 10 11 7 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 43 OB% .429 .429 .421 .410 .431 .374 .369 .349 .429 .341 .500 .400 .556 .355 .333 .333 .346 .333 .400 .382 SF 3 9 4 2 3 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 36 25 SH 1 1 1 6 7 5 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 31 SB 6 2 14 10 7 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 53 48 ATT 7 2 19 12 8 4 3 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 65 74 PO 8 403 89 119 100 129 373 130 73 55 3 0 15 16 7 2 60 1 1606 1564 A 0 42 2 0 137 99 20 6 113 90 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 609 666 E FLD% 0 1.000 7 .985 1 .989 2 .983 11 .956 13 .946 9 .978 3 .978 15 .925 9 .942 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 84 94 1.000 .000 .941 .944 1.000 1.000 .940 1.000 .963 .960 LOB - Team (504), Opp (478). DPs turned - Team (54), Opp (60). CI - Team (4), Forsythe 3, Burkhart 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (6), Burkhart 3, Dew 2, Hurley 1, Opp (3). Picked off - Streng 2, Stephens 2, Engle 1, Miller 1, Hurley 1, Dew 1, Kovanda 1, Rupert 1. PITCHER 3 Hale, Jake 14 Wimmers, Alex 12 Rucinski, Drew 48 Best, Eric 42 Wolosiansky, Dean 36 Oltorik, Ross 19 Armstrong, Andrew -------------50 Strayer, Jared 25 Barrera, Josh 43 Minium, Theron 26 Shinn, Eric Totals Opponents ERA 1.31 3.27 5.54 5.95 6.04 9.58 11.51 10.55 12.10 16.47 24.00 6.39 6.56 W 0 9 12 7 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 42 19 L 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 19 42 APP 40 16 36 20 19 11 11 20 6 11 4 61 61 GS 0 16 0 13 16 6 8 1 0 1 0 61 61 CG 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 SHO CBO 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 SV IP 18 55.0 0 104.2 2 74.2 1 75.2 0 92.1 0 31.0 0 40.2 0 0 0 0 29.0 9.2 19.2 3.0 H 39 80 85 99 124 40 68 43 17 43 10 648 720 R 16 43 53 59 72 37 57 43 13 38 12 443 480 ER 8 38 46 50 62 33 52 34 13 36 8 380 380 BB 15 55 32 34 34 26 28 20 6 12 3 265 223 SO 67 136 62 55 55 19 21 29 6 8 4 462 310 2B 7 11 21 17 23 12 10 12 5 9 1 128 118 3B 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 13 26 HR 1 9 6 11 8 2 16 1 1 4 4 63 66 AB B/Avg 204 .191 379 .211 295 .288 314 .315 376 .330 124 .323 186 .366 128 44 95 18 2163 2193 .336 .386 .453 .556 .300 .328 WP 1 13 4 4 2 7 7 5 1 3 1 48 55 HBP 2 2 4 5 11 2 3 8 0 1 1 39 61 BK 0 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12 SFA 1 0 5 4 7 1 1 2 2 1 1 25 36 SHA 2 5 7 2 9 3 0 1 0 2 0 31 34 21 535.1 7 521.1 PB - Team (5), Burkhart 3, Forsythe 2, Opp (15). Pickoffs - Team (6), Rucinski 3, Best 1, Armstrong 1, Wolosiansky 1, Opp (9).SBA/ATT - Burkhart (39-60), Wimmers (14-25), Best (11-15), Forsythe (9-11), Rucinski (6-9), Wolosiansky (4-7), Minium (3-5), Oltorik (4-5), Hale (2-3), Armstrong (2-3), Strayer (2-2). Ohio State 2008-09 3