Baseball stages late comeback to force extras, outlasts Calvin (Mich.) 10-6 in 13 innings

Baseball stages late comeback to force extras, outlasts Calvin (Mich.) 10-6 in 13 innings
March 11, 2025

DAVENPORT, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team reached the halfway mark of its annual spring break trip with an impressive comeback victory in 13 innings against Calvin (Mich.) 10-6 on Tuesday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (6-3 overall), Calvin (Mich.) (3-4 overall).
  • Venue: NERP Field #8 - Davenport, Fla.

The Game

  • The Polar Bears took their first lead of the game in the 13th inning on an RBI walk by sophomore Devin Morris (Archbold) and Sam Sells drew a hit-by-pitch which made it 8-6.
  • Two more inusrance runs would cross on wild pitches, growing the ONU lead to 10-6. 
  • Ohio Northern trailed 6-4 going into the 9th inning, but tied the game on a 2-RBI single by Morris with the bases loaded. 
  • Northern trailed 6-0 early in the game, but got close in the 6th inning behind a 2-RBI single by freshman Charlie Oakleaf (New Albany) and an RBI single by junior Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) which made it 6-4.
  • Oakleaf led the Polar Bears offense on the with 3 hits, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs.
  • Senior Brady Corbitt (Plain City/Jonathan Alder) threw 5.0 scoreless innings, only allowing one hit, in relief to pick up the win and improve to 1-0 on the year.
  • Fifth-year senior Kaidan Domer (Orrville) threw 4.0 hitless shutout innings preceding Corbitt, notching 4 strikeouts.

Notables

  • Northern leads the series all-time against Calvin 3-0.
  • Through 9 games this season, sophomore Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) leads the Polar Bears with a .483 batting average, going 14-for-29 with 12 RBI.
  • Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) now has 90 base hits in 95 career games.
  • Junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) now has 90 base hits in 83 career games.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1472-1157-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
  • 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 284-209 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .577.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will continue its spring break trip on Wednesday with a double header contest against Suffolk (Mass.) beginning at 9:30 am.