Baseball Preview: Wilmington (3-24 Overall, 0-6 OAC) at Ohio Northern (11-9 Overall, 2-2 OAC)

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April 12, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 1 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday'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 ranks second in 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 third 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 ... The Quakers enter today’s twin-bill off a 14-5, 9-2 sweep by John Carroll on Tuesday ... Freshman Jake Hyatt had 4 hits and seniors Luke Matthews and Alec Hutzelman each had 3 hits on the day ... Senior Corey Walker leads WC at the plate this season with a .339 batting average ... Hyatt is batting .308 with team-highs of 3 home runs and 17 RBI ... Freshman Gage Bley is hitting .305 and shares the team lead with 17 RBI ... Walker also leads WC on the mound with 17 strikeouts and a 4.78 ERA.

Batting Leaders

  Batting Ave. 
    
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. Shenefield .289
   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: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two teams by a 26-20 margin ... Northern swept the season series in 2015 and has won the previous eight meetings.

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