Baseball Preview: Ohio Northern (11-6 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Denison (8-3 Overall)
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 6 pm, Big Red Field, Granville, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's matchup after dropping a 4-1 decision to Denison Tuesday afternoon at Wander Field ... Northern only recorded two hits in the contest ... Senior Clay Small led the Polar Bears as he hit an RBI double to the left field fence in the bottom of the fourth inning and plated sophomore T.J. Storer for the lone run of the day ... Senior Cody Meyer also recorded a hit for Northern ... Through 17 games senior Nick Eltzroth leads the team with 24 hits and ranks second on the team with a .387 BA ... Eltzroth is also tied for first in the Ohio Athletic Conference with four wins on the mound ... Senior Andy Lubonovic leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with a .404 BA, while sophomore Jordan Bostater leads the Polar Bears with 17 RBIs ... Storer currently leads the OAC with four saves and ranks second all-time in Polar Bear history with nine saves ... Seniors Alex Crabtree and Ben Glischinski rank third and fifth in the OAC with 1.00 and 1.80 ERAs, respectively ... Denison enters the contest after defeating Northern 4-1 in the first game of the home-and-home series for the two teams ... The Big Red recorded 10 hits in the victory ... Through 11 games this season juniors Evan Flax, Eric Zmuda and sophomore Noah Hahn lead the team with 18 hits ... Hahn also ranks first on the team with a .400 BA ... Sophomore Jack Blanchard ranks first on the team with 14 RBIs.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lubonovic | .404 | 1. | Eltzroth |
24 | 1. | Lubonovic |
16 | 1. | Bostater | 17 | ||||||
| 2. | Eltzroth | .387 | 2. | Lubonovic |
21 | 2. | Kasberg | 12 | 2. |
Lubonovic | 9 | ||||||
| 3. | Focht | .320 |
3. | Kasberg | 17 | Small | 12 | Eltzroth | 9 | ||||||||
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
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| 1. | Eltzroth | 4 | 1. | Storer | 0.00 | 1. | Eltzroth | 33 | ||||
| 2. | B.Glischinski | 3 | 2. | Maier | 0.64 | 2. | B.Glischinski | 27 | ||||
| 3. | Crabtree | 2 | 3. | Crabtree | 1.00 | 3. | Crabtree | 22 | ||||
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Series Notes: Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by an 8-7 margin ... Northern has won three out of the last five meetings dating back to the 2014 season.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 101-71, a winning percentage of .587.