Buckeyes Give Wedding Crashers the Boot, 18-0

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 26^th in their continued quest for a perfect season.

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[1] Yes, that was a home run.

NO Mercy! Buckeyes Burn Wedding Crashers

By KEVIN MA

EAST RIVER (July 2, 2012) – Without team captain Brian Keatts, who was still on loan with the Phillies, the Ohio State Buckeyes won a seesaw battle and beat the Wedding Crashers 10-9 in one of the slowest game ever on this hot summer evening at East River. It was so slow the team from a latter game had to open their 24-pack and enjoyed this show from the sideline.

 

A few lucky hits from the Wedding Crashers saw the Buckeyes down 5-0 in the bottom half of the 1^st inning. Though, the Scarlet and Gray struck back quickly. Jon Graham led off the 1^st inning with a triple, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tom Antoniello. After back-to-back singles from Evan Binder and JT Ferrara, Andrew Vanatta laced a line drive to the left field and the ball skipped past Crashers’ leftfielder for an inside-the-park home run, scoring Binder and Ferrara.

 

The Buckeyes took the lead in the 2^nd inning after back-to-back walks from Carly Klingensmith and Kevin Ma, followed by a homer from Graham to make it a 7-5. However, the Crashers scored 3 runs in the top of the 3^rd inning to take the lead again, but that was not going to last long.

 

Jessica Brown got on base after a fielder’s choice, and the Bucks loaded the bases after a single by Ethan Linen and a walk from [Brother] Jimmy Klingensmith. [Sister] Carly hit a single and scored Brown to tie the game, and with the bases remained loaded, Ma took a walk as Linen scored to make it 9-8.

The Crashers re-tied the game with a run in the top of the 4^th inning, but the Bucks quickly answered with a run to re-take the lead. Graham led off the inning with a single, and moved to second after a single by Pam Swidler. Graham and Swidler moved to second and third after a fly out by Antoniello, and a Binder walk which loaded the bases again. Ferrara hit a sacrifice fly to right center field as Graham scored and the Buckeyes took the lead for good.

 

With a strong defensive effort from Jeanne Domurat behind the plate, the Buckeyes held the Wedding Crashers scoreless the last two innings and they took the nail bitter 10-9.

The Buckeyes will enjoy a two-week break and they will return to the field on July 16^th at 7:15pm as they take on Mamiye in Central Park’s North Meadow.