The Ohio State baseball team took it on the chin Saturday, losing to the Cal Poly Mustangs by a score of 19-2.
Things were tied at one run a piece after two innings, but the dam broke open in third inning with Cal Poly plating three runs to take a 4-1 lead. It got even worse from there after the Buckeyes were able to close the gap to 4-2 thanks in large part to a triple by Joseph Mershon. He was brought home by a Zach Fjelstad double in the top of the fifth inning.
Then, things got ugly. Cal Poly got to OSU pitching in the bottom of the sixth inning by putting a whopping 14 runs on the board to put the game out of reach.
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All told, the Mustangs strung together 21 hits to just six for Ohio State. Colin Purcell took the loss for the Buckeyes, giving up four runs on ten hits. His record falls to 1-2 on the season and Ohio State’s record moves to 6-6 on the season with another game against the Mustangs to take place Sunday at 4:00 PM ET.
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