A two-game winning streak isn't much, but try saying that to the Ohio State baseball team. The Buckeyes finished off their six-game home stand with consecutive victories after dropping their first four at the friendly confines of Bill Davis Stadium. But despite winning its last two games, OSU has still lost 10 of its last 15. If the Buckeyes keep hitting the ball and producing runs like they have been, though, they should have no trouble winning another regular season Big Ten crown. The Buckeyes have scored 16 runs and have scattered 27 hits across the field in their last two games and also have gotten good timely pitching from their bullpen. Throw OSU ace Alex Wimmers into that mix, if his hamstring cooperates, and suddenly we have a new frontrunner to win the Big Ten.
The Buckeyes have two three-game weekend series left to their 2010 Big Ten season, at Iowa this weekend and home against Minnesota the next, so they have enough time to make a run, especially since they are only one game out of first. Can OSU give coach Bob Todd his eighth crown in his 23rd and final season at the helm? The three games that will be played this weekend in Iowa City will go a long way to determining that.
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