Baseball Preview: Ohio Northern (14-14 Overall, 5-7 OAC) at Wittenberg (7-18 Overall, 2-9 NCAC)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 6:30 pm, Carleton Davidson Stadium, Springfield, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters today's contest after dropping a twin-bill with Baldwin Wallace 13-0, 10-2 ... Freshman Caleb Thomas led the way for Northern at the plate as he went a combined 4-for-8 in the two contests and added a run in game two ... Through 28 games this season, senior Andy Lubonovic leads Northern with a .340 batting average, while senior Nick Eltzroth ranks second on the team with a .320 BA ... Eltzroth ranks first on the team with 33 hits, while Lubonovic ranks second with 32 ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater currently ranks first on the team with 21 RBI ... Sophomore T.J. Storer currently leads the team and conference with six saves and ranks second all-time at Ohio Northern with saves in a single season ... Storer currently ranks second all-time at Ohio Northern with 11 career saves and only trails former Polar Bear Shane Parks for first all-time on the list ... Lubonovic also leads the Ohio Athletic Conference with 15 stolen bases ... The sophomore currently ranks first on the team with a 0.39 ERA ... Eltzroth and senior Ben Glischinski currently lead the team with 42 strikeouts on the mound ... Wittenberg enters tonight's matchup after defeating Muskingum 9-6 Tuesday evening ... The Tigers are led by senior Will Cousins with a .316 BA ... Cousins also ranks first on the team in hits (31) and second on the team in RBIs (15) ... Sophomore Timmy Bates leads Wittenberg with 16 RBI and ranks third on the team with 27 hits ... Senior Luke Black ranks first on the team with a 5.00 ERA and has struck out a team-high 15 batters.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .340 | 1. | Eltzroth |
33 | 1. | Lubonovic |
24 | 1. | Bostater | 21 | |||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .320 | 2. | Lubonovic |
32 | 2. | Kasberg | 19 | 2. |
Eltzroth | 17 | |||
| 3. | Shenefield | .297 |
3. | Kasberg | 25 | 3. | Eltzroth | 16 | 3. | Lubonovic |
12 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | 4 | 1. | Storer | 0.39 | 1. | Eltzroth | 42 | ||
| 2. | B.Glischinski | 3 | 2. | Carr | 2.30 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 42 | ||
| Crabtree | 3 | 3. | Crabtree | 2.52 | 3. | Crabtree | 28 |
Series Notes: The series between the two schools is tied at 22-22 ... Northern won the most recent contest in 2014 as they defeated the Tigers 8-3 in Springfield.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 104-79, a winning percentage of .568.