Baseball Drops Finale to Ohio State

Monday, March 22

Piscataway, N.J.

1:00 PM

Rutgers

6-5, 6-5

Ohio State

6-5, 6-5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	6	0
Rutgers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1

Photo by: Eric Miller

Mar 22 | Baseball

Box Score Statistics

Teller strikes out five in 5.1 innings

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Brent Teller worked 5.1 effective innings on the mound for Rutgers baseball (6-5), but Ohio State (6-5) scored three in the sixth and held on to take a 4-1 victory Monday at Bainton Field. The Scarlet Knights had previously defeated the Buckeyes Saturday (6-5) and Sunday (2-0).

"We squandered a great opportunity," head coach Steve Owens said. "Brent gave us a great start, really pleased with the progress he made. They got an inning going with a jam-shot and a squibber, and wound up getting three runs on three hits in the sixth. We had a chance to score more in the first, they pitched out of it. We had two other opportunities with bases loaded and one out, and were unable to score a run. That was 100 percent the difference in the game today."

Teller permitted just three hits and a walk in his longest start as a Scarlet Knight. The right-hander struck out five.

Offensively, Ryan Lasko had two hits with an RBI single in the first, while Peter Serruto added two singles. Chris Brito drew three walks and scored a run. The Scarlet Knights stranded 12 runners on base.

Patrick Murphy earned the win for the Buckeyes by leaving the bases loaded in the fifth among his 2.2 scoreless innings. In the eighth, Bayden Root escaped a bases-loaded, one-out situation with back-to-back strikeouts. TJ Brock picked up the save.

SCORING

Rutgers scored in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Evan Sleight singled with one out and Brito walked to put two aboard. Following a force out at third base, Lasko connected for an RBI single up the middle.
Ohio State took the lead with three runs in the sixth. Zach Dezenzo hit an RBI double with one out and Kade Kern connected for a two-out, two-run single.
Dezenzo crossed on an RBI fielder's choice by Mitchell Okuley in the eighth to make it 4-1.

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knights travel to Purdue for a three-game series at Alexander Field. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 4 p.m.

"We're competing at a high level," Owens said. "We have to get our guys back healthy with a short week to get ready to face Purdue."

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