Baseball: Ohio Northern (12-6 Overall, 0-2 OAC) at Capital (11-9 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Monday, Apr. 2, 2018 - 1 p.m. - Beaver's Field - Lancaster, Ohio
Preview: The Ohio Northern baseball team enters Monday afternoon's contest after winning two straight with victories over non-conference foes Trine (Ind.) and Defiance at Wander Field ... The double header with Capital was moved to Beaver's Field in Lancaster as Capital's Clowson Field undergoes construction ... Northern enters the twinbill after defeating Defiance 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon ... In that contest, junior Austin Frey pitched seven innings and struck out four batters to lead the way for ONU, before sophomore Scott Beaton and senior T.J. Storer combined for the save ... Storer, previously tied for third nationally with six saves this season, tallied his seventh save of the year in the victory ... Through 18 games this season, junior Luke Klinehoffer leads the ONU offense with 30 hits, six doubles, 18 RBI (tied for second in the OAC), and ranks second on the team with a .390 batting average ... Freshman Matthew Burkett leads the team with a .393 batting average, while junior Caleb Thomas ranks second on the team with 24 hits and 17 RBI ... Thomas' three home runs leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC, while senior Jason Burkett is second on the team and fifth in the OAC with two home runs ... On the pitchers mound, Storer leads the OAC with seven saves, while Frey's four victories leads the team and is tied for third in the OAC ... Sophomore Jack Schaller leads the team and is fifth in the OAC with 30 strikeouts ... Capital enters the contest after sweeping John Carroll to open its conference schedule ... Senior Zack Ary leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with a .432 batting average, while senior Alexander Smith ranks second on the team and fifth in the OAC, hitting .400 ... Ary leads the team with 32 hits, while sophomore Shayne Lyons leads the team with 17 RBI ... Senior Patrick Avellano and sophomore Ross Thompson are tied for first on the team with three victories on the mound each ... Thompson leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with a 0.98 ERA.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | M. Burkett | .393 | 1. | Klinehoffer | 30 | 1. | Klinehoffer | 21 | 1. | Klinehoffer | 18 | |||
| 2. | Klinehoffer | .390 | 2. | Thomas | 24 | 2. | J. Burkett | 14 | 2. | Thomas | 17 | |||
| 3. | Shenefield | .382 | 3. | J. Burkett | 21 | Kasberg | 14 | 3. | J. Burkett | 12 | ||||
| Shenefield | 21 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | Saves | ||||||||||
| 1. | Frey | 4 | 1. | Mohr | 1.08 | 1. | Schaller | 30 | 1. | Storer | 7 | ||
| 2. | Bye | 2 | 2. | Schaller | 2.50 | 2. | Mohr | 21 | |||||
| Schaller | 2 | 3. | Bye | 3.14 | Frey | 21 | |||||||
| J. Burkett | 2 |
Series Notes: The Polar Bears leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 54-25 margin ... Northern swept the season series a year ago and has won seven of the last eight meetings.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his seventh season at ONU with an overall record of 144-106, a winning percentage of .576.