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CINCINNATI -- The University of Cincinnati got a good pitching performance from starting pitcher Tanner Schimmoeller (Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorf) but could not manage to score, falling 6-0 to Ohio State on Wednesday night at Marge Schott Stadium.
Schimmoeller tossed a career-high 7.0 innings, scattering just six hits while recording two strikeouts.
// NOTABLES
- With the loss, Cincinnati falls to 15-32 on the year while Ohio State moves to 33-13.
- Schimmoeller took the loss and moves to 1-1 on the year while OSU's Adam Niemeyer (2-0) earned the win.
- Junior Ian Happ (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) was walked for the 121st time in his career. The mark is good for 4th on the all-time UC list and the outfielder needs just one more to move into a tie for third.
- Head coach Ty Neal penciled six freshmen into the starting lineup and has started at least four youngsters in each game this season. Freshmen Ryan Noda (Volo, Ill./Grant) and Manny Rodriguez (Brooklyn, N.Y./Calvert Hall) have started every game for UC.
- Freshman Kyle Mottice (Canal Fulton, Ohio/Jackson) singled in the first inning to extend his hit streak to a team-high seven games.
- The official attendance for the game was 1,072 -- the second-highest attendance at Marge Schott Stadium this season.
// KEY INNINGS
Top of the First
Ohio State grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the first inning when Pat Porter hit a 2-run homerun over the fence in left center field in just the third at bat of the game.
Top of the Eighth
The Buckeyes broke open a close game in the eighth, scoring four runs on four hits and two UC errors to jump ahead 6-0. Cincinnati used four pitchers in the inning, sending Schimmoeller and freshmen Jarod Yoakam (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville), J.T. Perez (Orrville, Ohio/Orrville) and David Orndorff (Pasadena, Calif./Pasadena Polytechnic) to the mound. Back-to-back hits into right field scored the first run for OSU but Happ made a pair of great throws from the outfield to keep the damage to a minimum. A fielder's choice scored an additional run before two UC errors brought home two more for the 6-0 OSU lead.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats hit the road to Storrs, Connecticut, for an American Athletic Conference series at UConn May 8, 9 and 10. Games will be played at 3 p.m. on Friday, 1 p.m. on Saturday and Noon on Sunday from UConn's J.O. Christian Field.
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