Baseball: Ohio Northern (13-15 Overall, 4-6 OAC) at #13 Baldwin Wallace (21-6 Overall, 7-3 OAC)

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 1 p.m. – Fisher Field, Berea, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues its Ohio Athletic Conference schedule on Wednesday with a doubleheader at Baldwin Wallace beginning at 1 p.m. … The Polar Bears are coming off sweeping Friday's home doubleheader against Muskingum … Northern won 11-10 in Game 1 and 23-13 in Game 2 and tallied a combined 39 hits in the two-game set … Freshman Ethan Spears and junior Jacob Wenning combined for 14 hits and nine RBIs to lead the ONU offense … Spears was a combined 8-for-10 at the plate with two home runs, three doubles and five RBIs in the two games … Wenning was a combined 6-for-11 with a home run, three doubles and four RBIs … Senior Chayten Overholt recorded his 100th career hit in Game 2, becoming the 69th member of ONU's 100-Hit Club en route to finishing with a pair of doubles and three RBIs … Through 28 games, Wenning leads the team in batting average (.407), hits (44), runs (25) and RBIs (26) … Wenning ranks eighth in the OAC in batting average and ninth in hits … Spears ranks second on the team in batting average (.382), and his team-high seven home runs is tied for second in the OAC … Senior Corey McMann ranks third on the team in batting average (.363) and second in hits (37) … Junior Nate Webb ranks second on the team in runs scored (22) and third in hits (32) and RBIs (22) … Sophomore Logan Stevens ranks second on the team in RBIs (23) … Freshman Joey Kennedy has a team-high nine stolen bases … McMann has 10 doubles this season, which is tied for eighth in the OAC, and is tied for third all-time at ONU with 40 career doubles … McMann is tied for 19th in program history with 149 career hits … Sophomore Noah Truax leads the Polar Bears' pitching staff in ERA (1.86), and junior Tim Knapschaefer ranks second with a 3.25 ERA … Knapschaefer has a team-high 40 strikeouts, which is tied for eighth in the OAC, and ranks sixth among qualified pitchers in the conference in ERA … Baldwin Wallace enters Wednesday's doubleheader at 21-6 overall and ranked No. 13 nationally in the latest D3baseball.com/NCBWA poll … The Yellow Jackets are 9-1 at home this season and are coming off Friday's home doubleheader split with Otterbein … BWU lost 15-9 in Game 1 and won 21-7 in Game 2 … Luke Vonderhaar, Mark Mohnickey and Bijan Kamalipour combined for seven hits, including four home runs and two doubles, to go with 14 RBIs in the Game 2 win … Through 27 games, Alex Ludwick (.402), Chris Viamonte (.377) and Vincent Capolupo (.370) lead BWU in batting average … Vonderhaar leads the team in home runs (10) and RBIs (42), ranking first and tied for second, respectively, in those categories in the OAC … Capolupo leads the team in hits (47), which is tied for fifth in the OAC … On the mound, the Yellow Jackets are led by Nik Baldis (3-1, 2.05 ERA, 32 strikeouts), Aidan Bennett (3-0, 2.78 ERA, 35 strikeouts), Dawson Gabe (3-2, 3.32 ERA, 49 strikeouts) and Drew Wilson (5-1, 5.09 ERA, 27 strikeouts).

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 51-53 margin, including a 28-28 mark on the road … The teams last met for a home-and-home doubleheader set in 2021 with ONU going 3-1 in the series.

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 11th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 221-168 record, a winning percentage of .568.