Baseball Preview: Denison (7-3 Overall, 0-0 NCAC) at Ohio Northern (11-5 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 4 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Northern enters Tuesday’s contest riding a 3-game win streak, including a double header sweep of Ohio Athletic Conference foe Otterbein Saturday ... Sophomore T.J. Storer had a career day for ONU as he hit the first two home runs of his career and added five RBIs for the Polar Bears ... Senior Andy Lubonovic went 4-for-9 in the two contests and added three runs and an RBI on the day ... Senior Nick Eltzroth recorded the second home run of his career as he went 4-for-8 at the plate and added four RBIs and three runs scored for the Northern ...Eltzroth earned the victory on the mound in game one and improved to a team-best 4-1 on the year, while Storer earned his OAC-best fourth save of the season ...Eltzroth leads the OAC with four wins on the season ... Senior Alex Crabtree currently ranks fourth in the conference with a 1.00 ERA, while Storer leads the team with a 0.00 ERA while only giving up two hits through 14.2 innings of work ... With his fourth save this season Storer is tied for second all-time in Polar Bear history with nine saves ... Lubonovic currently ranks third in the OAC with a .438 BA and also ranks second in the conference with nine stolen bases ... The Northern pitching staff currently ranks fifth in the nation with a 1.80 team ERA ... Denison enters Tuesday’s matchup after dropping a 6-4 decision to Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon ... The Big Red were led by junior Eric Zmuda and senior Brandon Morgan as they both went 3-for-4 at the plate ... Through 10 games this season DU is led by sophomore Noah Hahn with a .400 BA ... Zmuda ranks first on the team in hits (18) and runs scored (14) ... Sophomore Jack Blanchard leads the team with 13 RBIs ... Sophomore Zack Huarte leads the Big Red pitching staff with three wins and a team-high 15 strikeouts.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .438 | 1. | Eltzroth |
24 | 1. | Lubonovic |
16 | 1. | Bostater | 17 | ||||||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .407 | 2. | Lubonovic |
21 | 2. | Kasberg | 12 | 2. |
Lubonovic | 9 | ||||||
| 3. | Focht | .364 |
3. | Kasberg | 17 | Small | 12 | Eltzroth | 9 | ||||||||
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
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| 1. | Eltzroth | 4 | 1. | Storer | 0.00 | 1. | Eltzroth | 33 | ||||
| 2. | B.Glischinski | 3 | 2. | Maier | 0.64 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 27 | ||||
| 3. | Crabtree | 2 | 3. | Crabtree | 1.00 | 3. | Crabtree | 22 | ||||
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Series Notes: Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by an 8-6 margin ... Northern has won three out of the last four meetings dating back to the 2014 season.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 101-70, a winning percentage of .591.
