Minnesota-Ohio State: One big difference in Big 10 baseball...

By Eric Sorenson - May 11, 2007

Ohio State's Cory Leubke, who should be a top 10 round pick this June, has been touched up for three more runs here in the 6th inning. It's now 6-1 Minnesota going into the 7th.

But since the Big 10 plays 4-game series' each weekend, OSU coach Bob Todd has stayed with Leubke despite a huge home run blast to start the bottom of the 6th and giving up a walk and slicing double after that. In Big 10 baseball, a long effort by your Friday starter is much more emphisized.

UofM's Sean Kommerstad has a bitchin' name and just had a bitchin' smash of a 2-run home run over the center field wall. It was not only his first dinger of the season, it was also one of those kind where the center fielder takes one or two steps and just watches the ball sail well over the fence. A no-doubter.

Then, No. 8 hitter Kevin Carlson slapped a ball to the gap that plated another run.

That makes the score now Minnesota 6 - Ohio State 1. Will be interesting to see if Leubke stays in the game in the bottom of the 7th.