OSU sent nine batters to the plate in their five run sixth and hit three doubles. Ehrnsberger then doubled to center, scoring Trott. Tom Durant reached on a walk an out later, and Jason Trott then cranked a two-run double off the right-center field wall, scoring McIlvain and Durant. Trent McIlvain stepped in and drove a hard ground ball down the third base line for a stand up double, scoring Mayor. Matt Middleton then grounded out to the right side, driving in Driscoll. Jason Driscoll and John Mayor led off the inning with singles up the middle. The shot gave OSU a 5-4 lead after four and a half innings. After Jason Trott grounded to the right side to advance Durant to third, Chad Ehrnsberger stepped in and drove an outside pitch over the right field wall for a two run home run. Tom Durant then provided a clutch two-run double off the wall in right-center, scoring Lockwood and McIlvain. Lockwood followed with a double to center, advancing McIlvain to third. Lavery retired seven straight after that point, but Trent McIlvain eventually broke that streak with a single to center in the fifth. Illinois pitcher Tim Lavery stymied OSU hitters after surrendering the run scoring single to Lockwood.

The home run scored Jon Anderson, who had started the rally with a double to center.

Designated hitter Luke Simmons lined a two-run homer to rightfield off his former high school teammate – OSU starter E.J. Illinois played longball again in the third. Trent McIlvain led off the frame with a bloop double to center, and Mike Lockwood followed with a single to right, scoring McIlvain. OSU cut the Illini lead in half in the top of the third. Illinois jumped to a 2-0 lead in its half of the second when Kevin Rudden homered to right field, scoring Todd McClure who had singled an out earlier.

Laratta surrendered four earned runs over the seven innings and struck out three. Laratta notched his second ever complete game and improved to 5-1 on the year. Trent McIlvain went 3-4 with three runs scored for OSU.įreshman pitcher E.J. Chad Ehrnsberger led the Buckeyes offensively by going 2-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBIs. OSU knocked 14 hits – including a season high nine doubles – in the win. Illinois falls to 20-15 overall and 7-8 in the conference. The first-place Buckeyes improved to 26-7 overall and 10-1 in the Big Ten. It was the third game of the four game series and the third straight win for OSU. The Ohio State baseball team scored nine runs in the final three innings for a 10-4 come-from-behind victory over Illinois Sunday afternoon. It marks the second four-game Big Ten sweep for OSU this year. The Buckeyes have now won six straight games and sit in first place in the Big Ten with an 11-1 conference mark.

– The Ohio State baseball team completed its sweep of Illinois with 10-4 and 9-6 victories in a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Illinois Field.

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