Barr, O'Hearn help Big Blue humiliate Buckeyes

Windsor Selects RHP Kurt Barr (Saint Joachim, Ont.) put up five zeroes against Ohio State. Photo: University of Michigan Athletics

May 3, 2025

16-Run Fourth Leads Michigan to Rainy Rout of OSU

» Michigan defeated Ohio State 23-1 in the series opener, the largest U-M win in series history.

» The Wolverines scored 16 runs in the fourth inning on only four hits and scored all 23 runs on just 13 hits.

» Every Wolverine starter reached base and scored in the game.

» Kurt Barr pitched five scoreless innings to earn the win.

By Conor Stemme

Michigan University

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Michigan used a 16-run fourth inning to defeat Ohio State 23-1 on Saturday morning at a rainy Bill Davis Stadium in Game 1 of a doubleheader.

Game two was postponed due to continued rain.

The Wolverines’ 23 runs marked the first time they scored 20 runs in a game since May 10, 2022, and the margin of victory was the largest in the series with Ohio State. Michigan’s 16-run fourth inning was the most Michigan has scored in one frame since a 10-run third inning against Louisville on March 11, 2022.

Michigan (28-17, 12-10 Big Ten) scored all of its runs on only 13 hits, with every starter reaching base and scoring a run. Kurt Barr (Saint Joachim, Ont.), now 6-3, struck out four batters over five scoreless innings and allowed just three hits.

Already up 2-0 after three, U-M took advantage of an error, five hit-by-pitches, seven wild pitches and eight walks, sending 21 batters to the plate to score 16 runs on just four hits to blow the game open at 18-0. Michigan’s four hits in the inning came courtesy of a Greg Pace Jr. bunt single, a Keegan O’Hearn (Oshawa, Ont.) two-run double, a Cole Caruso RBI double, and a Noah Miller single.

Benny Casillas opened the fifth with a double, and two walks loaded the bases. Caruso singled through the left side to put Michigan ahead 20-0, and Miller’s run-scoring double added another to the scoreboard.

Robert Hamchuk made the score 22-0 in the sixth with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to left, before OSU (11-31, 3-19 Big Ten) scored its lone run in the home half of the frame. A Miller sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning plated Michigan’s final run and Brandon Newland got the final three outs to finish off U-M’s big win.

Caruso led the way for Michigan with three hits, four RBI and added a pair of runs, and Jeter Ybarra and Colby Turner each scored three runs.

Saturday’s second game will be made up as part of a Sunday doubleheader.