Baseball: Ohio Northern (9-9 Overall) at Thomas More (Ky.) (8-10 Overall)

Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 4 p.m. — Thomas More Field, Crestview Hills, Kentucky

Wednesday's Game Preview: The Ohio Northern baseball team wraps up a home-and-home series with nonconference foe Thomas More (Ky.) this afternoon at Thomas More Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky ... The single contest is slated for a 4 p.m. first pitch ... The Polar Bears enter the contest sporting a 9-9 overall record ... Northern is fresh off an OAC doubleheader split against Capital on Monday afternoon, winning game one 11-10 in 10 innings before falling 5-1 in the nightcap ... Senior Luke Klinehoffer came through with a walkoff RBI single in the 10th inning to end game one and also earned the win on the mound after tossing two innings in relief ... Meanwhile, sophomore Michael Rocco continued his hot hitting, recording five base hits ... Junior Phil Buckingham trailed closely with four hits, making him the 64th player in Ohio Northern history to join the 100-Hit Club ... Sophomore catcher Tyler Randick added a team-high three RBI in the series ... Through 18 games, Rocco tops ONU and the Ohio Athletic Conference with a .475 batting average ... In addition, he leads the team with six stolen bases, is tied for first with 29 total hits, and sits second with 15 runs scored ... Klinehoffer leads the team with 16 runs scored, ranks second in batting average with a .382 mark, and is tied for first in hits (29) and RBI (14) ... His 41 career doubles sits second all-time at ONU while his 163 career hits ties for tenth-best ... Classmate Caleb Thomas leads ONU with two home runs and 14 RBI ... On the mound, Klinehoffer and junior right-handers Jack Schaller and Troy Wagner lead the team with two wins each ... Wagner ranks sixth among qualifying pitchers in the OAC with a 2.84 ERA, and junior Josh Mohr sits 10th with a 3.15 ERA ... Meanwhile, junior Nate Bye paces the team with 22 strikeouts ... Thomas More enters today's contest with an 8-10 overall record ... The Saints defeated Heidelberg 7-3 on the road yesterday ... Infielder Brett Benzinger paces the team with a .356 batting average on 21 total hits ... Meanwhile, senior Joshua Boeckmann leads the team with 16 RBI, 24 total hits, and ties for first with 16 runs scored and seven doubles ... On the mound, three pitchers have two wins each, including Bailey Martin who leads starting pitchers with a 2.52 ERA.

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All-Time Series Notes: The Polar Bears own a 9-1 all-time series advantage over Thomas More (Ky.) ... They defeated the Saints last Wednesday 9-0 at Wander Field.

ONU Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his eighth season leading the Ohio Northern baseball program with a 168-124 record, a .575 win percentage.