Baseball: Wilmington (10-14 Overall, 1-5 OAC) at Ohio Northern (15-9 Overall, 3-3 OAC)
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 1 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Tuesday hosting a doubleheader against Wilmington … The Polar Bears are currently tied with Marietta, Mount Union and Heidelberg for fourth place in the conference standings with matching 3-3 records … Northern is coming off Friday's doubleheader sweep at Muskingum with scores of 11-4 and 8-3 … Fifth-year senior Corey McMann had a five-hit day, including a home run and two doubles … Freshman Chase Armstrong tallied seven hits, including two home runs and two doubles, to go with five RBIs on the day … Seniors Tim Knapschaefer and Jack Hutchins earned the wins on the mound … Through 24 games this season, sophomore Joey Kennedy leads ONU with a .328 batting average followed by McMann (.311) and senior Nate Webb (.309) … Kennedy also has a team-best 15 runs and is tied for third in the OAC with 11 steals … McMann and junior Logan Stevens have a team-high 28 hits … Stevens and Webb have a team-best 18 RBIs … Webb is tied for fifth in the OAC with five home runs … Sophomore Blake Altaffer (1.71) and Hutchins (2.10) rank third and fourth, respectively, in the OAC in ERA among qualified pitchers … Knapschaefer is tied for fourth in the OAC in strikeouts (37) … Sophomore Vaughn Duncan has an OAC-best seven saves … Knapschaefer has 134 career strikeouts, which ranks 18th in program history … McMann ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 192 career hits and is five shy of tying the all-time record … McMann is the program's all-time leader in career doubles (47)… Senior Jacob Wenning is tied for 44th all-time at ONU with 125 career hits … Wilmington is coming off a doubleheader split with Heidelberg on Friday, winning 11-5 before falling 11-7 … Through 24 games, Taylor Shaneyfelt (.337) and Dominic Depa (.303) lead the Quakers in batting average … Shaneyfelt leads the OAC in runs (35) and steals (25) and has a team-high 31 hits … Caleb Scott has a team-best 18 RBIs … On the mound, Aaron Boster is 3-2 with a 3.35 ERA and an OAC-leading 57 strikeouts in 51 innings, and Trent Mendenhall is 2-4 with a 6.03 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 34.1 innings.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders
| Batting Avg. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Kennedy | .328 | 1. | McMann | 28 | 1. | Kennedy | 15 | 1. | Stevens | 18 | |||
| 2. | McMann | .311 | Stevens | 28 | Webb | 15 | Webb | 18 | ||||||
| 3. | Webb | .309 | 3. | Webb | 25 | 3. | Reed | 14 | 3. | Wenning | 14 | |||
| Wenning | 14 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Hutchins | 4 | 1. | Altaffer | 1.71 | 1. | Knapschaefer | 37 | ||
| 2. | Altaffer | 3 | 2. | Hutchins | 2.10 | 2. | Hutchins | 29 | ||
| 3. | Knapschaefer | 2 | 3. | Duncan | 2.40 | 3. | Altaffer | 22 | ||
| Peterson | 2 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 34-26 margin, including a 22-11 mark in Ada … ONU has won three of the past five meetings … The teams split a doubleheader in Ada last season, as WC won the opener 15-11 before falling 17-7.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 242-183 record, a winning percentage of .569.
