Baseball Preview: Heidelberg (13-18 Overall, 4-8 OAC) at Ohio Northern (15-14 Overall, 5-7 OAC)
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 2
Heidelberg
Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 1 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Northern enters today's contest after defeating Wittenberg 10-0 at Carleton Davidson Stadium in Springfield Wednesday evening ... Senior Andy Lubonovic led the Polar Bears at the plate as he went 4-for-6 and scored three runs ... Senior Nick Eltzroth recorded his third career home run in the first inning to give Northern a 2-0 lead ... Junior Zach Maier earned the victory on the mound for Northern and improved to 1-2 on the season as he fanned two batters and only allowed three hits ... Sophomore T.J. Storer earned his team-best and Ohio Athletic Conference-best seventh save of the season and is currently tied for first place all-time at Ohio Northern with 12 career saves ... Storer also moves into third place all-time with seven saves in a single season ... He only needs two more saves to tie the single season record of 12 saves ... Lubonovic stole two bases during the contest with Wittenberg and improved his OAC-best margin to 17 ... Through 29 games this season Lubonovic ranks first on the team with a .360 batting average, while Eltzroth ranks second with a .315 BA ... Lubonovic and Eltzroth also rank 1-2 on the team with 36 and 34 hits, respectively ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater currently leads the team with 22 RBI ... Through 26 innings of work on the mound this season, Storer leads the team with a 0.35 ERA ... Eltzroth and senior Ben Glischinski have struck out a team-high 42 batters each ... HU enters this afternoon’s matchup after defeating Defiance 16-5 Wednesday afternoon ... The Student Princes are led by junior Corey Jacobs with a .400 BA ... Junior Adam Hershberger ranks first on the team with 42 hits, while senior Derek Hug leads HU with 27 RBI ... Senior Adam Manner leads the Student Princes with a 4.04 ERA.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .360 | 1. | Lubonovic |
36 | 1. | Lubonovic |
27 | 1. | Bostater | 22 | |||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .315 | 2. | Eltzroth |
34 | 2. | Kasberg | 21 | 2. |
Eltzroth | 18 | |||
| 3. | Meyer | .314 |
3. | Kasberg | 26 | 3. | Eltzroth | 17 | 3. | Lubonovic |
12 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | 4 | 1. | Storer | 0.35 | 1. | Eltzroth | 42 | ||
| 2. | B.Glischinski | 3 | 2. | Carr | 2.30 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 42 | ||
| Crabtree | 3 | 3. | Crabtree | 2.52 | 3. | Storer | 31 |
Series Notes: Northern leads the all-time series by a 68-46 margin ... Northern split the season series with HU last season and has won three of the last four matchups between the teams.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 105-79, a winning percentage of .571.