Saturday, May 8, 2021, 1 p.m. - Mose Morehead Field, Westerville, Ohio
Monday, May 10, 2021, 1 p.m. - Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: The series between ONU and OU is the eighth of nine 4-game series this season that will count in the OAC regular season standings ... Each team will play four-game series against each of the league's other nine teams each weekend through May 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 ... ONU will play two games at OU on Saturday and will host two games on Monday ... Sunday's games were moved to Monday due to graduation ceremonies at ONU ... Ohio Northern is riding a 6-game winning streak and has won 15 of its last 17 games after a 4-game sweep of Muskingum last weekend ... Through 30 games this season, senior Michael Rocco leads the team with a .415 batting average ... Junior Chayten Overholt is second at .365 with a team-best 26 runs scored ... Junior Corey McMann is hitting .341 and leads the tean with 26 runs, 17 doubles, 6 HRs and 36 RBI ... His 17 doubles ties the school single-season record set by Scott Bush in 1999 ... Senior Matthew Burkett ranks 51st all-time in ONU history with 111 career base hits ... Rocco is 55th with 106 hits and McMann is tied for 65th with 101 base hits ... Rocco's career .372 batting average currently ranks fourth in ONU history ... Junior Tom Pitko leads the Polar Bears pitching staff with a 2.44 ERA, 35 strikeouts and 6 wins ... Senior Nate Bye also had 35 Ks this season and his 142 career strikeouts ranks 15th in school history ... Senior Devin Johnson's 8 career saves is tied for fourth in ONU history ... The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season next weekend with a 4-game series against Capital ... Otterbein has played only 26 games as their 4-game series with Muskingum March 20-21 was canceled in its entirety ... OU also lost games with Wilmington and Heidelberg due to inclement weather ... The Cardinals are looking to snap a 7-game losing streak after getting swept in a 3-game series with Heidelberg April 23-25 anda 4-game sweep at the hands of No. 6-ranked Marietta Tuesday and Wednesday ... OU is led by Luke Barner and Jamie Perebzak withn .388 and .380 batting averages, respectively.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
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Batting Ave. |
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Runs |
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RBIs |
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Rocco |
.415 |
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Overholt |
46 |
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Overholt |
26 |
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McMann |
36 |
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Overholt |
.365 |
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McMann |
46 |
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Rocco |
26 |
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Burkett |
22 |
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McMann |
.341 |
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Rocco |
39 |
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McMann |
26 |
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Overholt |
19 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
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Wins |
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ERA |
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Saves |
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Pitko |
6 |
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Pitko |
2.44 |
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Pitko |
35 |
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Johnson |
5 |
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Fisher |
5 |
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2. |
Fisher |
2.68 |
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Bye |
35 |
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2. |
Truax |
2 |
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Bye |
3 |
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3. |
Bye |
4.59 |
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3. |
Fisher |
27 |
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3. |
Fisher |
1 |
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Knapschaefer |
1 |
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Matthews |
1 |
All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the all-time series between the schools by a 66-51 margin ... ONU is 30-29 at home and is 26-34 at Otterbein ... OU has won 6-of-8 in the series, including a 7-1 decision in last year's OAC Tournament.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 10th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 205-151 record, a winning percentage of .576.
