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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 [...]