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O’Neil gets saves record against OSU – The Daily Collegian Online via kwout

Giving up those 15 runs on Friday certainly didn’t help PSU’s Pythagorian projections. They’re still mired in the basement. Conversely, scoring those 15 runs helped Ohio State hold onto first despite actually splitting this weekends games. OSU’s percentage actually went up while PSU’s went down. In a week or two, I’ll be changing these projections [...]

Team W-L Pct RPI 1 Michigan 13 – 6 0.684 60 2 Minnesota 12 – 11 0.522 113 3 Indiana 12 – 9 0.571 117 4 Illinois 11 – 7 0.611 129 5 Ohio State 12 – 8 0.600 143 6 Michigan State 8 – 12 0.400 159 7 Purdue 10 – 12 0.455 160 [...]

Junior J.B. Shuck struck out 13 batters in eight innings and pitched Ohio State past Penn State 2-0 yesterday in Big Ten baseball for the program’s 200th victory in Bill Davis Stadium. Shuck (4-1) scattered four hits and walked five before being relieved by Eric Best, who pitched a perfect ninth inning and posted his [...]

PSU earns series split with Ohio State via kwout

Penn State (2-2) at Ohio State (2-2) Friday: Ohio State 15 Penn State 0 Saturday (1): Penn State 3 Ohio State 1 Saturday (2): Penn State 5 Ohio State 2 Sunday – Ohio State 2 Penn State 0 Iowa (0-4 at Michigan (4-0) Saturday (1): Michigan 4 Iowa 3 (10) Saturday (2): Michigan 5 Iowa [...]

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Ryan Stobart and the Nits put up a hard fought effort against the Buckeyes today but came up short 2-0. Stobart pitched a six hitter and gave up only one earned run but the Penn State batters couldn’t do a thing against the Buckeyes pitcher/outfielder JB Shuck. Shuck was masterful as he struck out 15 [...]

Penn State 3-5 Ohio State 1-2 Bad day for Buckeyes Dreaded doubleheader doubly disappointing Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:39 AM By Mark Znidar The Columbus Dispatch One positive came out of Ohio State’s doubleheader loss to Penn State yesterday, and it had nothing to do with players being able to get out of the biting [...]

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Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

Baseball – Penn State University Official Athletic Site via kwout

PSU managed to sweep two from the Buckeyes today to make up for that ugly 15-0 loss last night. Drew O’Neil came on to get a four-out save after Mike Lorentson pitched a wonderful 5 innings of one run ball earning the win. O’Neil did make it interesting by loading up the bases in the [...]