Baseball opens OAC Tournament with 11-3 loss to Baldwin Wallace

Baseball opens OAC Tournament with 11-3 loss to Baldwin Wallace

Team Stats

May 9, 2024

BEREA — The Ohio Northern baseball team opened play in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament with an 11-3 loss at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday.

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The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (24-16 overall, Baldwin Wallace (34-7 overall).
  • Venue: Fisher Field - Berea, Ohio.

Game Recap

  • Baldwin Wallace scored four times in the bottom of the second to grab an early 5-0 lead.
  • Northern got within 5-3 with three runs in the fourth.
  • Junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) had an RBI single to score freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.)
  • Junior Sam Sells (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) followed with a two-run single to score sophomore Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) and Stechschulte.
  • The Yellow Jackets responded with a run in the fourth, two more in the fifth and three in the eighth to post the win.
  • BWU out-hit ONU 9-7.

Notables

  • Northern is the No. 4 seed and Baldwin Wallace is the No. 1 seed and tournament host.
  • Sells, junior Joey Kennedy (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic), and Lapp lead the team in hitting through 40 games with averages of .358, .351 and .329, respectively.
  • Stechschulte leads the team with 50 hits.
  • Sophomore Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) leads the squad with 15 doubles, seven home runs, 44 RBI and a .566 slugging percentage. His 44 RBI is the fifth-most at ONU in a single-season.
  • Senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Jonathan Alder) is tied for 8th all-time at ONU with 19 career home runs and also has 144 base hits and 100 RBI in 143 career games.
  • Ohio Northern is now 53-59 all-time against Baldwin Wallace, including a 30-32 mark in Berea and a 3-4 mark in the OAC Tournament.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1465-1153 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
  • 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 277-205 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .576.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will play either No. 2 seed Otterbein or No. 3 seed Marietta in an elimination game on Friday at 12:30 pm.