Baseball: Ohio Northern (21-14 Overall, 20-11 OAC) v Capital (4-30 Overall, 3-28 OAC)
Saturday, May 15, 2021, 1 p.m. - Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Sunday, May 16, 2021, 1 p.m. - Clowson Field, Columbus, Ohio
This Weekend's Preview: host CU on Saturday on Senior Day at Wander Field and will play twice at Capital on Sunday ... 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 has won 9 of 10 and 18 of its last 21 games after taking 3 of 4 from Otterbein last weekend ... Northern has clinched a spot in next week's OAC Tournament and needs one win this weekend to clinch a home game in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday ... Through 34 games this season, senior Michael Rocco leads the team with a .391 batting average ... Junior Chayten Overholt is second at .368 with a team-best 33 runs scored ... Junior Corey McMann is hitting .364 and has a school-record 20 doubles to go with 6 HRs and 43 RBI ... Junior Tom Pitko leads the Polar Bears pitching staff with a 7-2 record and a 2.15 ERA to go with 37 Ks ... Senior James Fisher is 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA and senior Nate Bye is 4-2 with a 4.75 ERA and a team-best 38 Ks ... The Crusaders will wrap up their 2021 season with a 4-game series against ONU ... CU has lost 15 consecutive games since a 4-3 win over then-No. 5-ranked Marietta on April 12 and a 2-1 win over Otterbein on April 17 ... Sophomore Garrot Kennedy leads the Crusaders in batting with a .315 average ... Sophomore Logan White is second at .309 with team-highs of 5 HR and 22 RBI.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Rocco | .391 | 1. | McMann | 56 | 1. | Overholt | 33 | 1. | McMann | 43 | |||
| 2. | Overholt | .368 | 2. | Overholt | 53 | 2. | Rocco | 29 | 2. | Burkett | 26 | |||
| 3. | McMann | .364 | 3. | Burkett | 44 | McMann | 29 | 3. | Thwaits | 23 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | Saves | |||||||||||
| 1. | Pitko | 7 | 1. | Pitko | 2.15 | 1. | Bye | 38 | 1. | Johnson | 5 | |||
| 2. | Fisher | 5 | 2. | Fisher | 2.25 | 2. | Pitko | 37 | 2. | Truax | 2 | |||
| 3. | Bye | 4 | 3. | Bye | 4.75 | 3. | Fisher | 31 | 3. | Fisher | 1 | |||
| Knapschaefer | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Matthews | 1 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the schools by a 71-32-1 margin ... ONU is 32-16 at home and is 35-15-1 at CU ... ONU has won 6 of the last 7 in the series, including a split in 2019.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 10th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 208-152 record, a winning percentage of .578.