After Ohio State baseball was assaulted by Utah in game one of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Surprise, Arizona on Thursday, head coach Greg Beals said the Buckeyes “didn’t have the proper energy, the proper approach, or the proper readiness on game day.” On Friday afternoon against an Oregon State squad ranked fifth in the nation according to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the scarlet and gray responded with their best performance of the young season, earning a 6-1 victory.
Redshirt junior Yianni Pavlopoulos bounced back from getting roughed up in his first start of the season with a six shutouts innings.