Baseball Preview: Ohio Northern (18-15 Overall, 6-8 OAC) at Capital (18-14 Overall, 6-8 OAC)

Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 1 pm, Clowson Field, Columbus, Ohio

Thursday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's contest after sweeping Kalamazoo (Mich.) 6-0, 18-4 Tuesday afternoon at Wander Field ... Northern was led during the two contests by sophomore Hayden Shenefield as he went a combined 6-for-9 in the two contests, including a grand slam and added six RBI and three runs scored ... Senior Nick Eltzroth went 3-for-4 at the plate, including two home runs and added fives runs and three RBI ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater went 3-for-6 at the plate, including a home run and tied for a game-high with six RBI ... Senior Andy Lubonovic recorded three stolen bases and improved his Ohio Athletic Conference leading mark to 21 ... Eltzroth currently ranks fifth in the OAC and leads the team with four home runs ... Sophomore T.J. Storer earned his eighth save of the season in game one against Kalamazoo (Mich.) and broke the all-time career saves record set by former Polar Bear Shane Parks with 13 career saves ... Storer is also tied for second all-time at Ohio Northern for saves in a single season with eight ... Lubonovic leads the team with a .360 BA, while Eltzroth and Shenefield rank second on the team with a .333 batting average ... Lubonovic also leads the team in hits (41), stolen bases (21) and runs scored (31) ... Eltzroth ranks second on the team with 40 hits ... Bostater currently ranks first on the team with 28 RBI ... Storer currently has a team-low 0.29 ERA through 31.1 innings on the mound ... Eltzroth and senior Ben Glischinski currently lead the pitching staff with 48 strikeouts each ... Eltzroth is also tied for sixth all-time at Ohio Northern with 20 career victories on the mound ... Capital enters Saturday's game after dropping three straight contests ... Junior Brett Colburn ranks first on the team and in the conference in BA (.432) and hits (57) and ranks second on the team with 30 runs scored ... The junior also ranks second in the OAC with seven home runs ... Junior Logan Bastin leads the team and conference with 43 RBI and ranks second on the team and in the conference with a .427 batting average ... On the bump for the Crusades junior Shane Wellman leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with a 1.75 ERA ... Wellman also leads the team with a perfect 4-0 record and 52 strikeouts.

Batting Leaders

Pitching Leaders

Series Notes: Northern leads the all-time series by a 51-24 margin ... Ohio Northern swept the season series in 2015 5-2, 4-1 at Wander Field ... ONU has won the last four meetings between the two schools.

ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 108-80, a winning percentage of .574.