Baseball Preview: Ohio Northern (9-5 Overall) at Otterbein (13-3 Overall)
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Otterbein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Otterbein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Otterbein
Game 2
Otterbein
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 1 pm, Fishbaugh Field, Westerville, Ohio
Friday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter today's Ohio Athletic Conference opener after defeating Defiance College 11-1 Tuesday evening at Wander Field ... Northern was led by offensively by senior Andy Lubonovic as he went 3-for-5 during the contest and added three runs scored and an RBI ... Sophomore T.J. Storer also had a big day for Northern as he went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored two runs ... Sophomore Brandon Kasberg also went 3-for-4 during the contest and batting in two runs and scored one run ... Sophomore Jason Burkett took advantage of his first at bat, as he hit his first career home run over the center field fence and drove in two runs ... Through 14 games this season senior Nick Eltzroth leads Northern with 17 hits and ranks second on the team with a .392 batting average ... The senior also leads the Polar Bear pitching staff and ranks fifth in the OAC with 27 strikeouts ... Lubonovic currently leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC with a .436 batting average ... Lubonovic also ranks fifth in the OAC with five stolen bases ... Senior pitcher Ben Glischinski currently leads the team and ranks third in the OAC with a 0.60 ERA ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater ranks first on the team with 14 RBIs ... Sophomore T.J. Storer currently leads the team and OAC with three saves and ranks third all-time at Ohio Northern with the mark ... Otterbein enters Friday's matchup riding a 4-game win streak ... Freshman Ben Beachy leads Otterbein with 25 hits and ranks second on the team and third in the OAC with 18 RBIs ... Senior Jake Simmerman leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with 19 RBIs ... Senior Tyler Kent currently ranks first in the OAC with four home runs, while Simmerman ranks second in the OAC with three home runs ... Junior hurler Robert Kemer has a team-low 0.53 ERA which ranks second in the OAC ... Kemer also ranks fourth in the OAC and leads the team with 31 K's.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .436 | 1. | Eltzroth |
20 | 1. | Lubonovic |
13 | 1. | Bostater | 14 | ||||||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .392 | 2. | Lubonovic |
17 | 2. | Kasberg | 11 | 2. |
Lubonovic | 8 | ||||||
| 3. | Focht | .333 |
3. | Kasberg | 15 | 3. | Small | 10 | 3. | Barna | 7 | ||||||
| Kasberg | 7 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
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| 1. | Eltzroth | 3 | 1. | Storer | 0.00 | 1. | Eltzroth | 27 | ||||
| 2. | Crabtree | 2 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 0.60 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 22 |
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| B.Glischinski | 2 | 3. | Maier | 0.90 | Crabtree | 22 | ||||||
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Series Notes: Otterbein holds a 54-44 advantage over Northern in the series ... The Polar Bears split two games with the Cardinals in 2015 with both teams taking a game apiece at Wander Field.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 99-70, a winning percentage of .586.