Baseball: Trine (Ind.) (7-7 Overall, 1-3 MIAA) at Ohio Northern (10-6 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Monday, Mar. 26, 2018 - 4 p.m. - Wander Field - Ada, Ohio
Preview: Ohio Northern enters Monday afternoon's non-conference matchup with Trine (Ind.) after dropping a pair of games to Heidelberg in its Ohio Athletic Conference opener at Wander Field on Saturday afternoon ... Senior Hayden Shenefield led the way at the plate, going a combined 4-for-8, scoring two runs and adding an RBI in the two contests ... In the second contest, sophomore pitcher Josh Mohr waived a game-high five batters ... Through 16 games this season, Northern is led offensively by junior Luke Klinehoffer's 26 hits, while fellow junior Caleb Thomas is second on the team with 21 hits ... Klinehoffer is currently tied for fourth in the OAC with 26 hits ... Shenefield currently leads the team with a .380 batting average ... Thomas and Klinehoffer each share the lead on the team with 14 RBI apiece ... Senior Jason Burkett currently ranks third on the team with 20 hits, leads the team with four triples and is tied for first place on the team with senior Dan Barna with two home runs ... Junior Austin Frey leads the pitching staff with three victories on the mound ... Junior Jack Schaller leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with 30 K's, while Mohr leads the team and ranks third in the OAC with a 1.08 ERA ... Senior T.J. Storer currently leads the OAC with five saves ... Trine enters the contest after dropping a double header at Kalamazoo (Mich.) ... Junior Jacob Heller leads the team in hits (26) and batting average (.510) and is tied with senior Kevin O'Malley for the lead on the team with 12 RBI ... O'Malley is tied with junior Zachary Schulte for second place on the team with 19 hits each ... Sophomore Mike Gustin leads the pitching staff with a 2-0 record and 22 strikeouts this season ... His 3.00 ERA also leads the team ... Senior Ben Wheaton has thrown a team-high 23.2 innings and ranks second on the team with 19 K's.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Shenefield | .380 | 1. | Klinehoffer | 26 | 1. | Klinehoffer | 17 | 1. | Thomas | 14 | |||
| 2. | Klinehoffer | .371 | 2. | Thomas | 21 | 2. | J. Burkett | 13 | Klinehoffer | 14 | ||||
| 3. | Thomas | .333 | 3. | J. Burkett | 20 | 3. | Kasberg | 12 | 3. | J. Burkett | 12 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | Saves | ||||||||||
| 1. | Frey | 3 | 1. | Mohr | 1.08 | 1. | Schaller | 30 | 1. | Storer | 5 | ||
| 2. | Bye | 2 | 2. | Schaller | 2.50 | 2. | Mohr | 21 | |||||
| Schaller | 2 | 3. | Bye | 3.14 | 3. | Beaton | 17 | ||||||
| Frey | 17 |
Series Notes: The Polar Bears lead the all-time series with Trine 6-2 ... The Thunder have won two straight in the series, while Northern won the first six meetings in the series.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his seventh season at ONU with an overall record of 142-106, a winning percentage of .573.