Baseball: Ohio Wesleyan (16-16 Overall) at Ohio Northern (22-11 Overall)

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 4 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

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Thursday's Preview: Ohio Northern plays the second game of its four-game homestand on Thursday against non-conference foe Ohio Wesleyan … The Polar Bears are currently tied with Marietta for second place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings, two games behind Baldwin Wallace … Marietta owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over ONU courtesy of a doubleheader sweep on April 2… ONU is coming off Tuesday's 17-15 loss to Wittenberg … Senior Nate Webb went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, and senior Jacob Wenning was 2-for-5 with four runs scores to lead ONU's 19-hit offensive attack … Through 33 games, freshman Chase Armstrong leads ONU with a .383 batting average, followed by fifth-year senior Corey McMann (.310) and junior Logan Stevens (.306) … Armstrong leads the team with nine doubles, seven homers and 26 runs … Armstrong is tied for fourth in the OAC in home runs … Sophomore Joey Kennedy is tied for seventh in the OAC with 13 steals … Stevens has a team-high 41 hits and 29 RBIs … Sophomore Blake Altaffer leads the OAC with a 1.62 ERA, and senior Jack Hutchins (2.58) is tied for fifth … Altaffer and Hutchins have five wins each, which is tied for sixth in the OAC … Senior Tim Knapschaefer ranks fourth in the OAC in strikeouts (52) … Sophomore Vaughn Duncan has an OAC-best seven saves … McMann is ONU's all-time career leader in hits (200) and doubles (48), and he is tied for fourth in RBIs (115) and ranks 10th in home runs (18) … Wenning ranks 32nd all-time at ONU with 138 career hits … Webb has 106 career hits and is tied for eighth all-time in home runs (19) … Stevens has 94 career hits … Knapschaefer has 149 career strikeouts, which ranks 14th in program history … Ohio Wesleyan is coming off Wednesday's 16-10, 10-5 doubleheader sweep of Capital … Zane Vitense (.418) and Sammy Stoner (.380) lead the Battling Bishops in batting average … Stoner has a team-high 34 runs, 49 hits and 12 steals … D.J. Neff has a team-best five home runs, and Edrick Padilla leads the team with 29 RBIs … On the mound, Joe Liss is 4-0 with a 5.67 ERA and 21 strikeouts, and Parker Tomlin is 4-4 with a 5.32 ERA and 42 strikeouts.

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Ohio Wesleyan by a 30-27-2 margin, including a 16-9 mark in Ada … Last season, ONU came away with a 9-1 win at OWU.

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 249-185 record, a winning percentage of .574.