Baseball: Oberlin (1-1 Overall) at Ohio Northern (1-1 Overall)
Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Thursday's Preview: Ohio Northern faces Oberlin in its 2023 home opener on Thursday … The game is the finale in a three-game series with the Yeomen … Northern and Oberlin opened their 2023 seasons by facing each other in a doubleheader in Oberlin on Sunday … ONU won the first game 3-2, and Oberlin won the second game 4-3 … Freshman Chase Armstrong provided the game-winning hit for Northern in the opener via a pinch-hit 2-RBI single in the eighth inning … Armstrong added a team-high two hits, including a double, in the second game … Sophomore Andrew Stechshulte led ONU with two hits in the first game … Senior Tim Knapschaefer got the pitching start in Game 1 for ONU and allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings … Knapschaefer is now the 29th member of ONU's 100-Strikeout Club, as his five on Sunday gave him 102 for his career, which ranks 27th in program history … Senior pitcher Jack Hutchins earned the win in relief, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out three over 3.1 scoreless innings … Fifth-year senior Corey McMann ranks 10th all-time at ONU with 166 career hits and is a career .331 hitter … McMann ranks third all-time at ONU with 44 doubles … Senior Jacob Wenning is tied for 59th all-time at ONU with 104 career hits and is a career .344 hitter … Oberlin was led on Sunday by sophomore Jake Blozy and senior Max Anastasio … Blozy was a combined 4-for-7 at the plate with three runs, one RBI and two steals in the doubleheader … Anastasio was a combined 3-for-7 with a double, walk, two RBIs and a steal … Sophomore reliever Max Wassarman earned the win on the mound for the Yeomen in Game 2, allowing one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.2 innings.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders
| Batting Avg. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Armstrong | .600 | 1. | Armstrong | 3 | 1. | Armstrong | 1 | 1. | Armstrong | 2 | |||
| 2. | Stechshulte | .500 | 2. | McMann | 2 | Reed | 1 | 2. | Sclafani | 1 | ||||
| 3. | Reed | .333 | Stechshulte | 2 | Stechshulte | 1 | Stechshulte | 1 | ||||||
| Webb | 2 | Veenstra | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wenning | 2 | Webb | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wenning | 1 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA (Min. 2 Inn.) | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Hutchins | 1 | 1. | Domer | 0.00 | 1. | Knapschaefer | 5 | ||
| 2. | Hutchins | 0.00 | 2. | Peterson | 4 | |||||
| 3. | Knapschaefer | 1.59 | 3. | Hutchins | 3 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Oberlin by a 40-4 margin, including a perfect 22-0 in Ada … The teams split their two meetings last season and split Sunday's doubleheader in Oberlin to open the 2023 campaign.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 228-175 record, a winning percentage of .567.
