OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 2018 OHIO STATE BASEBALL QUICK FACTS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS BASEBALL HISTORY 2018 SCHEDULE Assoc. AD of Comm. ............................................. Dan Wallenberg First Year ...................................................................................1881 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Director ......................................................................Leann Parker All-Time Record .............................................2,553-1,674-39 (.603) Feb. 16 UW-Milwaukee1 11 a.m. Associate Directors ................................ Jerry Emig, Mike Basford National Championships..................................................... 1 (1966) Feb. 16 Canisius1 2 p.m. Assistant Directors ...................Candace Johnson, Alex Morando, College World Series Appearances ................... 4( 1951-65-66-67) Feb. 17 Canisius1 3:30 p.m. 1 College World Series Record ..........................................9-7 (.563) Feb. 18 UW-Milwaukee 1 p.m. ...................................... Brett Rybak, Kyle Kuhlman, Gary Petit 2 Interns ................................................. Aaron Hyder, Don Hawkins NCAA Tournament Appearances ................................................20 Feb. 22 Utah 8 p.m. Feb. 23 Oregon State2 4 p.m. Website ................................................... OhioStateBuckeyes.com (1951-55-65-66-67-82-91-92-93-94-95-97-99-2001-02-03-05-07- Feb. 24 Utah2 8 p.m. Main Office Phone .................................................... 614-292-6861 09-16) Feb. 25 Oregon State2 12 p.m. Baseball Contact .......................................................Alex Morando NCAA Tournament Record ............................................ 43-41 (.512) March 2 Nicholls State3 2 p.m. Office Phone ............................................................. 614-292-1389 All-Time Big Ten Record ...................................... 973-739-5 (.568) March 3 Southern Miss3 3 p.m. E-mail .......................................................morando.2@osu.edu Big Ten Tournament Appearances ..............................................27 March 4 Eastern Michigan3 10 a.m. Cell .......................................................................330-421-9034 (83-85-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05- March 9 High Point4 11 a.m. Mailing Address .....................................6th Floor, Fawcett Center 06-07-08-09-11-12-15-16) March 10 High Point4 11 a.m. 4 Big Ten Tournament Record ........................................58-44 (.563) March 10 at Coastal Carolina 3 p.m. ................. 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 4 Big Ten Championships ..............................................................15 March 11 at Coastal Carolina 11 a.m. (1917-24-43-51-55-65-66-67-91-93-94-95-99-2001-09) March 13 at UNC-Wilmington 4 p.m. March 14 at UNC-Wilmington 4 p.m. THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE OFFICE Big Ten Tournament Championships............................................ 9 Asst. Comr., Media Relations ....................................... Jason Yellin March 16 CSUN 5:05 p.m. (1991-94-95-97-2002-03-05-07-16) March 17 CSUN 3:05 p.m. Phone .................................................................. 847-696-1010 March 18 CSUN 1:05 p.m. E-mail ............................................................jyellin@bigten.org March 21 Eastern Michigan 5:05 p.m. Baseball Contact ..................................................... Megan Rowley 2018 TEAM FACTS March 23 Georgetown 5:05 p.m. Phone ....................................................................... 847-696-1010 2017 Overall Record...............................................................22-34 March 24 Georgetown 3:05 p.m. E-mail ...................................................... [email protected] 2017 Big Ten Record .................................................................8-16 March 25 Georgetown 1:05 p.m. Fax/Web site .......................................... 847-696-1150/bigten.org Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................22/9 March 28 Toledo 6:35 p.m. Mailing Address .........................................1500 West Higgins Rd. Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ................................... 7/2 March 30 Nebraska* 6:35 p.m. .......................................................Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................................5/1 March 31 Nebraska* 3:05 p.m. Newcomers ..................................................................................10 April 1 Nebraska* 1:05 p.m. April 4 Kent State 6:35 p.m. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY April 6 at Iowa* 7:05 p.m. Location...............................................Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.7m) KEY RETURNEES (POSITION PLAYERS) April 7 at Iowa* 3:05 p.m. Founded ...................................................................................1870 April 8 at Iowa* 2:05 p.m. So. OF Dominic Canzone. ....................... .343, 4 2B, 3 HR, 36 RBI April 10 Ohio 6:35 p.m. Enrollment .......................................... 59,837 (Columbus Campus) So. 3B Conner Pohl .................................... .325, 7 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI April 13 at Penn State* 6:30 p.m. Nickname .........................................................................Buckeyes Jr. INF Brady Cherry ...............................260, 14 2B, 4 HR, 26 RBI April 14 at Penn State* 2 p.m. Colors ................................................................... Scarlet and Gray April 15 at Penn State* 1 p.m. Mascot ....................................................................Brutus Buckeye April 17 Miami (Ohio) 6:35 p.m. Fight Song ............................................................ Across The Field KEY RETURNEES (PITCHERS) April 20 Indiana* 6:35 p.m. Conference ................................................................Big Ten (1913) Sr. RHP Seth Kinker ................................3-1, 2.95 ERA, 58.0 IP, 7 S April 21 Indiana* 3:05 p.m. President ........................................................ Dr. Michael V. Drake 5th Sr. RHP Adam Niemeyer ........................ 2-4, 4.67 ERA, 34.2 IP April 22 Indiana* 1:05 p.m. Athletics Director ......................................................... Gene Smith 5th Sr. RHP Yianni Pavlopoulos .................. 2-5, 6.53 ERA, 40.0 IP April 27 Minnesota* 6:35 p.m. Faculty Representative ........................................... John Davidson Jr. RHP Ryan Feltner ....................................1-5, 6.32 ERA, 62.2 IP April 28 Minnesota* 3:05 p.m. April 29 Minnesota* 1:05 p.m. Baseball Administrator ............................................Shaun Richard Jr. LHP Connor Curlis .................................. 5-3, 4.02 ERA, 62.2 IP 5th Sr. RHP Kyle Michalik ..............................2-2, 4.03 ERA, 22.1 IP May 2 at Ball State 3 p.m. May 4 at Illinois* 7 p.m. BASEBALL STAFF May 5 at Illinois* 4 p.m. Head Coach .....................................Greg Beals (Kent State, 1995) May 6 at Illinois* 2 p.m. KEY PLAYERS LOST May 8 Campbell 6:35 p.m. Career Record ................................................ 468-381-1 (17th year) OF Tre’ Gantt ...............................................314, 7 2B, 2 HR, 18 RBI May 9 Campbell 3:05 p.m. OSU/Big Ten Record .............................225-179-1/84-82 (8th year) SS Jalen Washington ...............................266, 14 2B, 7 HR, 38 RBI May 11 Purdue* 6:35 p.m. Associate Head Coach ................Mike Stafford (Ohio State, 1998) May 12 Purdue* 3:05 p.m. Assistant Coach ............................. Chris Holick (Kent State, 1999) May 13 Purdue* 1:05 p.m. Volunteer Assistant ......................Dan DeLucia (Ohio State, 2008) KEY PITCHERS LOST May 15 at Cincinnati 11 a.m. RHP Jake Post .................................................1-7, 5.16 ERA, 61.0 IP Strength Coach .................Dean Hansen (Mount Marty College, 2009) May 17 at Michigan State* 4:05 p.m. LHP Joe Stoll ................................................. 0-1, 3.86 ERA, 23.1 IP Director of Operations ................ Blair Everhart (Ohio State, 2012) May 18 at Michigan State* 4:05 p.m. May 19 at Michigan State* 1:05 p.m. Volunteer Video Coordinator ..........Matt Angle (Ohio State, 2015) 5 Office Assoc. (Phone) .........................Kathy Biddle (614-292-1075) May 23-27 Big Ten Tournament TBD ALL TIMES EASTERN, Home games in Red * Big Ten Conference game; 1 Snowbird Classic - Port Charlotte, Fla. 2 Big Ten Pac-12 Challenge - Surprise, Ariz. 3 Cox Diamond Invitational - Pensacola, Fla. 4 Coastal Carolina Tournament - Myrtle Beach, S.C. 5 Big Ten Tournament - Omaha, Neb. OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM 2018 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES PITCHERS (17) BY JERSEY No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown/College/High School 3 Jake Vance* RHP R-R 6-3 195 So./So. Canton, Ohio/Central Catholic 1 Brady Cherry INF 11 Kyle Michalik** RHP R-R 6-1 190 5th/Sr. Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick 2 Kobie Foppe INF 14 Thomas Waning* RHP R-R 6-2 190 Sr./Jr. Maple City, Mich./Lincoln Trail/ Glen Lake 3 Jake Vance RHP 15 Curtiss Irving** RHP R-R 6-2 215 5th/Sr. Greenfield, Ind./Central 17 Seth Kinker*** RHP R-R 6-1 205 Sr./Sr. Huntington, W.V./Cabell-Midland 4 Noah McGowan UTL 20 Alex Theis LHP L-L 6-1 200 Fr./Fr New Riegel, Ohio/New Riegel 5 Malik Jones OF 21 Dustin Jourdan RHP R-R 6-0 180 Sr./Jr. Austin, Texas/McLennan CC/Bowie 6 Chris Holick Asst. Coach 23 Jonathan Jahn LHP L-L 6-1 190 So./Fr. Augusta,