Big Ten - On the Offensive

By Courtney Ratkowiak - May 25, 2007

It's been a wild past few innings here - now that the dust has cleared (literally), the score is 8-5, Minnesota. Some of the highlights include:

Top 4th - Third baseman Nate Hanson hits a 2-run home run, also scoring Mike Mee, to give Minnesota its first lead of the game. 2-1, Minnesota.

Bottom 4th - With two outs, Ohio State strings together a series of singles to score one run and tie the game, 2-2.

Top 5th - On a full count, Minnesota first baseman Bryan Jost homers, a solo leadoff shot, to again give Minnesota the lead. But that's not all - more singles score two more runs. Both teams are starting to hit like crazy - this is definitely a departure from the past few games, where scoring has been low and the hits weren't being strung together for runs. Minnesota's winning, 5-2.

Bottom 5th - A costly error by Minnesota shortstop Dan Lyons has given Ohio State two runs, one off of the error and one the next batter later. Three runs in all during the inning - again, capitalizing on the small hits - and the game is again tied, 5-5. This back-and-forth game is new for the tournament, where most of the games have either been lopsided victories or low-scoring games.