By BRIAN KEATTS
HARLEM (October 16, 2012) - Making their lone appearance in Harlem for the season, the
Buckeyes gave the locals something to remember. OSU put forth their most dominating performance of the season,
eliminating the Wedding Crashers 18-0 in a game ended by the mercy rule after 5
innings. In that span, the Buckeyes
amassed 16 hits, with 9 of their 11 batters scoring at least once.
Juton Horstman started the game with a home run, providing the
only run OSU would need. Jimmy
Klingensmith doubled with one out and scored on a single by Jon Graham. Brian Keatts and Tom O'Leary followed with a
single and double, respectively. Andy
Singer then stroked a single to drive in two more and complete the scoring for
the inning at 5-0.
Kevin Ma led off the 2nd inning with a single and scored when
Horstman hit his second home run. Pam
Swidler followed with a walk.
Klingensmith and Keatts then peppered the third baseman with grounders
that he could not handle. A sacrifice
by O'Leary drove home the 4th and final run of the inning, giving Ohio State a
9-0 advantage.
The Buckeyes put another five spot on the board in the 3rd
inning. Linda Vannata, making a rare
substitute appearance, reached on an error.
She advanced to third on a fielder's choice by Horstman. Swidler reached on an error, scoring
Linda. Klingensmith then tripled to
clear the bases, which was followed by a run scoring triple by Graham and a run
scoring double by Keatts, staking Ohio State to a 14-0 lead.
OSU took it easy on their hapless opponent and only scored once in
the 4th inning. That occurred when
Viviana Dinnuci reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to 3rd on a double by
Andrew Vannata, and scored on a fielder's choice by Linda.
By this point, the umpire had seen enough and tried to end the
game after 4 innings. However, law and
order prevailed, and the umpire relented and allowed the game to move forward
to the 5th inning, per rule. The
Buckeyes took the opportunity to score three more times. After a Klingensmith
fielder's choice and a double by Graham put runners on 2nd and 3rd with two
outs, Keatts hit a home run[1]
down the left field line. The Buckeye
defense made the 18-0 lead stand up in the bottom half of the frame, securing
the shutout performance by O'Leary on the mound.
The win keeps Ohio State in first place at 6-0 with one game to
go. The Buckeyes return to the field on
October 26th in their continued quest for a perfect season.
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