Baseball
Buckeyes Sweep Through Spring Trip
By John Porentas
The Ohio State baseball team had a great time down in Florida during spring break, and we don't mean like in the movie.
The Buckeyes traveled to Bradenton, Florida this spring and played eight games. All of them ended up in the win column for the Buckeyes as they went undefeated on their trip and moved their season record to 12-4. While in Florida OSU defeated Northern Iowa, Bucknell, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Illinois-Chicago, Vermont, Cornell (2) and Dartmouth (2).
The last time the Buckeyes went undefeated on its spring trip was in 2001, when they went 10-0 in games in Bradenton. That year was the last time Ohio State won the Big Ten regular-season championship. OSU has finished second each of the last three years, winning the conference tournament championship in 2002 and 2003.
The Buckeyes raised their team batting average from .285 to .303 during the eight-game trip.

Buckeyes In Florida

Opponent	Score	WP	Hitting stars
Northern Iowa	11-3	Luyster	Farinacci two hits and four RBI; Caravati and Stephen, two hits and two RBI.
Bucknell	14-3	Meister	Schneider 3 hits, 3 RBI; Angle and Fryer, 2 hits and 2 RBI. Stephen 1 HR.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	4-1	Luebke	Caughenbaugh, 1 hit, 2 RBI.
Illinois-Chicago	4-2	Fausnaugh	Caughenbaugh, 2 hits, 2 RBI; Shirtzinger, 2 hits.
Cornell	6-4	Luyster	Zoeller 3 hits, Stephen, Fryer, Angle 2 hits, Fryer 2 RBI
Dartmouth	4-1	Luebke	Houser 3 hits, 1 RBI; Farinacci 2 hits, 2 RBI; Angle and Rabin each 2 hits.
Dartmouth	5-3	Carroll	Zoeller 3 hits, 1 RBI; Caughenbaugh 2 hits.
Cornell	11-2	DeLucia	Shirtzinger 3 hits, 1 RBI; Bourquin 2 hits, 1 RBI; Fryer 2 hits, 1 RBI; Rabin 2 hits, 1 RBI, Stephen 1 HR.

Buckeye Leaders:
At the Plate
Sophomore infielder Jason Zoeller currently leads the Buckeyes with a .411 batting average. He has collected 23 hits and has a hit in 12 straight games, during which he has batted .449. Zoeller has three doubles, one triple, two home runs and 10 RBI.
Four other Buckeyes starters join Zoeller with averages better than .300. They include outfielder/DH Cody Caughenbaugh who is batting .362 with 17 hits and 13 RBI.
Freshman OF Matt Angle is hitting .349 with 15 RBI.
Sophomore OF Wes Schirtzinger is batting .328 with 21 hits and six RBI, while junior shortstop Jedidiah Stephen is batting .327 with a team-best four home runs. Stephen is second on the team with 16 RBI, one off the pace of Paul Farinacci, who has batted in 17 runs on 13 hits.
On the Mound
Left-handed sophomore Dan DeLucia has the best ERA on the team at 1.54 and a record of 1-1 and 21 strikeouts in 23.1 innings.
Left-handed freshman Cory Luebke has 25 strikeouts to lead the staff. He is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in 28.2 innings.
Left-handed senior Trent Luyster leads the team with a 4-1 record. He has a 4.08 ERA and 15 strikeouts through 28.2 innings.
Right-handed junior Trey Fausnaugh, who appears on the watch list for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award, is 1-0 and has two saves to go with a 3.95 ERA in 13.2 innings.
As a staff, Ohio State's ERA is 3.26.
Ohio State, winners of nine straight games, will open its ninth season at Bill Davis Stadium vs. Toledo Wednesday at 2:05 p.m.

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