Baseball: Ohio Northern (2-6 Overall, 1-3 OAC) vs. John Carroll (6-2 Overall, 3-1 OAC)
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carroll | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 3 |
| John Carroll | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| John Carroll | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 1 |
Team Stats
John Carroll
Game 1
Ohio Northern
John Carroll
Game 2
John Carroll
Saturday, March 27, 2021, 1 pm - Schweickert Field, University Heights, Ohio
Sunday, March 28, 2021, 1 pm - Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
This Weekend's Preview: The series between ONU and JCU will now conclude on Monday with a single, 9-inning game per the OAC's rain-out policy this season ... The teams were slated to conclude their 4-game set on Sunday with a double header at Wander Field in Ada, but it was rained out ... Each team will play four-game series against each of the league's other nine teams each weekend through May 15-16 ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... The Polar Bears opened their OAC slate of the 2021 season by going 1-3 in four games with then-No. 15-ranked Marietta last weekend ... ONU dropped a pair of home games last Saturday, falling 13-1 and 10-1 in Ada ... ONU then dropped game one Sunday 9-1, and won 6-5 in game two, backed by stellar pitching performance by junior Tom Pitko in Marietta on Sunday ... Through eight games this season, freshman Logan Stevens leads Ohio Northern in batting with a .385 average, going 5-for-13 ... Junior Corey McMann leads ONU with a team-best 2 home runs and 6 RBIs ... Pitko gave up 1 run through 7 innings of work on Sunday leading to his team-best 1.46 ERA ... ONU and JCU will conclude their 4-game set on Sunday with a double header at Wander Field in Ada ... JCU opened its season with a non-conference series win 3-1 against Baldwin-Wallace and a 3-1 series win against Capital to open up OAC play ... Senior Sam Heaton leads the team in average of .469 hitting 15-for-32 and a pair of home runs ... Junior Mitchell Midea has a team-leading 19 strikeouts on the mound and is tied for second-best in the OAC ... Junior Henry Haracz is second in the OAC in stolen bases with 8.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Stevens | .385 | 1. | McMann | 10 | 1. | Overholt | 3 | 1. | McMann | 6 | |||
| 2. | Overholt | .333 | 2. | Overholt | 9 | Mills | 3 | 2. | Mills | 3 | ||||
| 3. | McMann | .294 | 3. | Mills | 8 | Wenning | 3 | Overholt | 3 | |||||
| McMann | 3 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | Saves | |||||||||||
| 1. | Dodson | 1 | 1. | Pitko | 1.46 | 1. | Dodson | 11 | 1. | Truax | 1 | |||
| 2. | Bye | 4.09 | 2. | Pitko | 10 | Fisher | 1 | |||||||
| 3. | Dodson | 5.40 | 3. | Knapschaefer | 7 |
All-Time Series: JCU leads the all-time series between the schools by a 33-27-1 margin ... ONU is 16-13-1 at home and is 11-20 at University Heights ... ONU swept the series in 2019, winning 6-2 and 6-1 at John Carroll.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 10th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 189-144 record, a winning percentage of .568.
