Mods, first off, I did see SteamBuck's post, but I thought I'd give a more in depth recap. I understand if you need to close this one since Steam got the first jump.

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It was opening weekend of NCAA D1 baseball, and the Baseball Bucks found themselves in the desert playing in the MLB Desert Invitational. Overall it was a solid weekend for the Buckeyes as they finished the weekend 2-1

Starting on Friday, the Buckeyes played Boston College. It started off well as BC went 1-2-3 including two strikeouts in the T1 and Trey Lipsey got a lead off triple then scored on a wild pitch in the B1, but it all went downhill from there as BC scored 2 in the T2 and didn't look back. Matthew Graveline scored on a Joseph Mershon RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2. However, the pitching crew gave up 10 walks as the Eagles pulled away to win 9-2. Starting pitcher Landon Bieldelshies was given the loss as he gave up BC's first three runs, though he did have somewhat of a silver lining, striking out 6 Eagle batters through 4 innings. 

Saturday's game against Brigham Young University went a whole lot better overall. This time the scoring didn't start until the T3 when Ohio State's Nick Giamarusti slammed home the Buckeyes' first home run of the season, giving them a 1-0 lead. The Cougars would tie it in the B4, but Ohio State pulled away and shut the door on BYU scoring 2 in each of the T8 and T9 to win the game 7-2. Starting pitcher Colin Purcell earned the win as he struck out 4 Cougars through 5 innings, and reliever and closer Hunter Shaw recorded the save, striking out 6 through the final 4 innings. In a massive improvement from Friday, the two Ohio State pitchers gave up 0 walks in the win.

To close out the weekend, Ohio State played future Big Ten opponent USC. This time USC got the scoring started as they scored 2 in the T4, but Ohio State flipped the script on the Trojans, taking a 3-2 lead with a 2 run B5, courtesy of a Henry Kaczmar RBI double (scoring Lipsey) and a bases loaded walk by Mason Eckelman, scoring his cousin, Kaczmar. The Buckeyes would add some insurance runs in the B6 and B8 to pull away for the 5-2 win. Starting pitcher Gavin Bruni earned his first win of the season as he fanned 6 Trojans in 5 innings and closer Justin Eckhardt earned the save as the pitching crew struck out 9 Trojans and gave up 0 walks.

Again, overall a solid weekend, going 2-1 and giving up 0 walks in both games after the 10 walk mess against BC. There wasn't an official winner as 8 teams played in the Invitational, but Grand Canyon University had the best outing, finishing 3-0. Next in line were Boston College, Cal, and Kansas State all at 2-1 as well; BYU finished 1-2 and USC and Georgetown both finished 0-3.

Up next, Ohio State faces Grand Canyon on Tuesday on ESPN+ before going over to Tempe to take on 2-1 Arizona State in a 4 game weekend series starting on Thursday. As of now, there is no broadcast listed for the games against ASU.