Baseball: Ohio Northern (19-9 Overall, 7-3 OAC) at Otterbein (21-8 Overall, 6-4 OAC)

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 1 p.m. – Fishbaugh Field, Westerville, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Riding a seven-game win streak, Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader at Otterbein on Wednesday … The Polar Bears are currently tied with Marietta and John Carroll for second place in the conference standings … Head-to-head this season, Northern is 2-0 against John Carroll and 0-2 against Marietta … ONU is coming off Saturday's 6-5, 10-7 doubleheader sweep of John Carroll … Freshman Chase Armstrong hit a walk-off three-run home run in the 13th inning of Game 2 … Freshman Robbie Reed had a combined six hits in the two games … Through 28 games this season, Armstrong leads ONU with a .385 batting average followed by fifth-year senior Corey McMann (.318) and sophomore Joey Kennedy (.315) … McMann and junior Logan Stevens have a team-high 34 hits … Senior Jacob Wenning leads the team with 19 runs … Stevens has a team-high 23 RBIs and is tied for fourth in the OAC with six home runs … McMann, Armstrong and senior Nate Webb have five homers each … Kennedy is tied for seventh in the OAC with 11 steals … Sophomore Blake Altaffer (1.69), senior Jack Hutchins (2.52) and junior Noah Truax (2.56) rank second, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the OAC in ERA among qualified pitchers … Senior Tim Knapschaefer ranks seventh in the OAC in strikeouts (41) … Sophomore Vaughn Duncan has an OAC-best seven saves … McMann is ONU's all-time career leader in hits (198) and doubles (47) … Wenning is tied for 36th all-time at ONU with 131 career hits … Knapschaefer has 138 career strikeouts, which ranks 16th in program history … Otterbein is tied with Mount Union for fifth in the OAC standings and is coming off Saturday's 11-9, 6-4 doubleheader sweep of Heidelberg … Gavin Wolfe (.410) and Brayden Carter (.404) lead the Cardinals in batting average, ranking fifth and seventh, respectively, in the OAC … Carter ranks fifth in the OAC with 46 hits and is fourth with 13 steals … Carter and Noah Sprowls are tied for fourth in the OAC with 35 runs … Sprowls is tied for third in the OAC with 13 doubles … Brayden Quincel ranks third in the OAC with eight home runs and is tied for sixth with 32 RBIs … On the mound, Sam Sethna is 6-0 with a 2.67 ERA and 17 strikeouts, and Luke Walter is 3-1 with a 2.44 ERA and 37 strikeouts.

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 69-61 margin, including a 34-28 mark in Westerville … Last season, Otterbein swept a doubleheader with ONU in Ada, winning 6-3 and 10-4.

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 246-183 record, a winning percentage of .573.