University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Close Regular Season With Four Home Games
5/17/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Minnesota closes its regular season with four home games when it plays a Tuesday evening non-conference game versus North Dakota State at Siebert Field, before a three-game set versus the Ohio State Buckeyes at Target Field on Thursday and Friday.
Game times are set for 6:35 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, with a 3:05 p.m. first pitch for a doubleheader on Thursday, and a 6:05 p.m. start on Friday. The final game game with the Buckeyes will be televised live on the Big Ten Network, and all four games this week can be heard live, free of charge in the Gold Zone.
The Golden Gophers are coming off a tough weekend at Penn State, losing by scores of 7-0 on Friday and 4-2 on Sunday, with a 3-2 win in the middle game of the series. The Gophers lost to the Bison, 5-2, on May 3 in Fargo, N.D. The video feed of Tuesday evening's game with the Bison can also be viewed live in the Gold Zone.
Minnesota (20-20 overall, 12-9 Big Ten) enters the final weekend of Big Ten play tied with Illinois for second place in the standings, just one game behind league-leading Michigan State.
