Baseball Preview: Ohio Northern (11-9 Overall, 2-2 OAC) at Mount Union (9-12 Overall, 0-4 OAC)

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April 8, 2016

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 1 pm, 23rd Street Field, Alliance, Ohio

Tuesday's Preview: Northern enters Tuesday’s matchup on a 4-game skid, including two losses to Ohio Athletic Conference foe John Carroll Sunday afternoon ... Through 20 games this season senior Andy Lubonovic leads the team with a .385 batting average, while senior Nick Eltzroth ranks second with a .361 BA ... Eltzroth and Lubonovic also rank 1-2 on the team with 26 and 25 hits, respectively ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater currently ranks first on the team with 17 RBIs and is tied for fourth on the team with 15 hits ... Eltzroth leads the pitching staff with 36 K’s and a 4-2 record ... Through 18.1 innings pitched this season, sophomore T.J. Storer has a team-best 0.00 ERA and has only given up four hits in six appearances on the mound ... The sophomore also leads the team and OAC with four saves and is tied for second all-time at ONU with nine career saves ... Lubonovic currently leads the OAC with 10 stolen bases, while Eltzroth is tied for second in the conference with four wins on the bump ... As a team, Northern currently ranks second nationally with a 2.24 team ERA ... Senior pitcher Ben Glischinski ranks second on the team with 32 strikeouts and has a team high 11.37 strikeouts per game ... Mount union enters Tuesday's contest after dropping two games to Heidelberg ... Through 21 games this season the Purple Raiders are led by senior Scott Sherwood with a .419 batting average which ranks fourth in the conference ... The senior also ranks second on the team in hits (26) and RBIs (14) ... Senior James Weber currently leads the team with 27 hits and 24 RBIs ... The senior ranks third in the OAC with 24 RBIs ... Freshman Phil Mary leads the Purple Raiders on the mound with a 3-1 record and a team-low 2.37 ERA ... Mary also leads the pitching staff with 27 strikeouts through 30.1 innings of work.

Batting Leaders

  Batting Average
      
Hits         Runs         RBIs  
1. Lubonovic .385     1. Eltzroth
 26     1. Lubonovic
 17     1. Bostater 17
2. Eltzroth .361     2. Lubonovic
 25     2. Kasberg 13     2.
 Eltzroth 11
3. Small .288
     3. Kasberg 19    
Small 13    
Lubonovic 11
             
     

     

Pitching Leaders

  Wins
      
ERA         Strikeouts
  
1. Eltzroth 4     1. Storer 0.00     1. Eltzroth 36
2. B.Glischinski 3     2. Maier 0.64     2. B.Glischinski 32
3. Crabtree 2     3. Crabtree 1.00     3. Crabtree 22

 

                   

Series Notes: The Polar Bears lead the all-time series between the two schools by a 59-35-1 margin ... Northern split the season series with Mount Union at Wander Field in 2015.

ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 101-74, a winning percentage of .577.