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Ryan Osinski Named Patriot League Baseball Rookie of Week
4/25/2023 1:56:00 PM | Baseball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Freshman Ryan Osinski has made an immediate impact in the back end of Bucknell's bullpen this season, and on Tuesday he earned his first Patriot League Rookie of the Week citation. Osinski closed out all three of the team's wins in a 3-1 week, and he picked up his fifth and sixth saves of the season in a pair of 8-7 wins at Lehigh over the weekend.
Osinski worked a hitless ninth inning in Bucknell's 5-1 home victory over Navy last Wednesday, and then he twice escaped last-inning jams to help the Bison take two of three in the weekend series at Lehigh.
In the series opener on Saturday, the Mountain Hawks had runners at second in third and one out in an 8-7 game in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, but Oskinski struck out the next two hitters to end it.
In the rubber match of the series on Sunday, Jacob Corson hit a dramatic two-out, three-run homer to give Bucknell an 8-7 lead in the top of the ninth. In the bottom half, Lehigh again put the tying and winning runs in scoring position, this time with two outs, and Osinski retired Justin Butler with the game on the line.
Osinski has now made 14 appearances this season and has compiled a 2.45 earned-run average while limiting the opposition to a .140 batting average. He has struck out 16 batters in 14.2 innings while allowing only seven hits.
His six saves are tied for the fourth-most in a season in Bucknell history and the most since Tucker Rekucki had six in 2014.
The two one-run wins at Lehigh upped Bucknell's Patriot League record to 11-11, and the Bison moved a half-game behind Navy for second place in the standings. The Bison are slated to play a non-league game at Saint Joseph's on Wednesday, followed by a three-game home series against Holy Cross on Saturday and Sunday.
Osinski worked a hitless ninth inning in Bucknell's 5-1 home victory over Navy last Wednesday, and then he twice escaped last-inning jams to help the Bison take two of three in the weekend series at Lehigh.
In the series opener on Saturday, the Mountain Hawks had runners at second in third and one out in an 8-7 game in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, but Oskinski struck out the next two hitters to end it.
In the rubber match of the series on Sunday, Jacob Corson hit a dramatic two-out, three-run homer to give Bucknell an 8-7 lead in the top of the ninth. In the bottom half, Lehigh again put the tying and winning runs in scoring position, this time with two outs, and Osinski retired Justin Butler with the game on the line.
Osinski has now made 14 appearances this season and has compiled a 2.45 earned-run average while limiting the opposition to a .140 batting average. He has struck out 16 batters in 14.2 innings while allowing only seven hits.
His six saves are tied for the fourth-most in a season in Bucknell history and the most since Tucker Rekucki had six in 2014.
The two one-run wins at Lehigh upped Bucknell's Patriot League record to 11-11, and the Bison moved a half-game behind Navy for second place in the standings. The Bison are slated to play a non-league game at Saint Joseph's on Wednesday, followed by a three-game home series against Holy Cross on Saturday and Sunday.
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