Baseball Preview: Kalamazoo (Mich.) (17-11-1 Overall, 13-7 MIAA) at Ohio Northern (16-15 Overall, 6-8 OAC)
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Ohio Northern | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 18 | 16 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Game 2
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 1 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Northern enters today’s contest after splitting a double header against Heidelberg Saturday afternoon at Wander Field ... Northern took game one 6-0 and fell in game two 7-1 ... Sophomore Jason Burkett went a combined 3-for-6 during the two games and added three runs for Northern ... Freshman Caleb Thomas led Northern in game one as he went 3-for-3 at the plate ... Through 31 games this season senior Andy Lubonovic leads the team with a .367 BA and ranks first on the team and in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 18 stolen bases ... The senior also leads the team with 40 hits ... Senior Nick Eltzroth ranks second on the team in BA (.319), hits (37) and RBI (20) ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater leads the team with 22 RBI ... Sophomore T.J. Storer has a team-low 0.32 ERA and a team-best and OAC-best seven saves on the season ... Storer’s seven saves this season ranks second all-time at ONU in a single season ... Storer is also tied for first all-time at Ohio Northern with 12 career saves ... Eltzroth and senior Ben Glischinski lead the team with 48 strikeouts on the mound ... Eltzroth currently ranks sixth all-time at Ohio Northern with 20 wins as a pitcher ... Kalamazoo enters this afternoon’s contest riding a 4-game win streak, including two twin-bill sweeps of Olivet Saturday and Sunday ... Junior Jack Clark leads the Hornets with a .371 BA through 29 games this season ... Juniors David Kracht and Mitchell VanKoevering lead the team with 37 hits each ... VanKoevering also ranks first on the team with 23 RBI ... On the mound this season, KC is led by sophomore Ryan Orr ... Orr boasts a 6-1 record and team-best 44 K’s on the year ... The sophomore also leads the team with a 1.97 ERA.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .367 | 1. | Lubonovic |
40 | 1. | Lubonovic |
28 | 1. | Bostater | 22 | |||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .319 | 2. | Eltzroth |
37 | 2. | Kasberg | 21 | 2. |
Eltzroth | 10 | |||
| 3. | Shenefield | .295 |
3. | Kasberg | 26 | 3. | Eltzroth | 17 | 3. | Lubonovic |
14 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | 5 | 1. | Storer | 0.32 | 1. | Eltzroth | 48 | ||
| 2. | B.Glischinski | 3 | 2. | Crabtree | 2.52 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 48 | ||
| Crabtree | 3 | 3. | Maier | 2.70 | 3. | Storer | 31 |
Series Notes: Northern leads the all-time series by a 2-0 margin ... The two schools met for the first time in 2015 where Northern swept a double header 11-2, 2-0 in Kalamazoo at Woodworth Field.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 106-80, a winning percentage of .570.