Baseball pounds out 20 hits in 13-5 victory over Utica (N.Y.)

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team pounded out a season-high 20 base hits and posted a 13-5 victory on day four of its annual spring break trip on Tuesday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (4-4 overall), Utica (3-6 overall)
• Venue: Lake Myrtle #7 - Auburndale, Fla.

Game Highlights

• Juniors Sam Sells (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) and Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) and freshman Kyle Callahan (Brunswick) each had three hits for the Polar Bears.
• Callahan was 3-for-4 with a triple, four runs scored and three RBI to lead the trio.
• Steschulte was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs and an RBI and Sells finished 3-for-5 with a double, a run and an RBI.
• Sophomore Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) also had three RBI.
• Northern took control of the game early, scoring four times in the bottom of the second, three times in the third and twice more in the fourth to grab a 9-0 lead.
• Junior Joe Tootle (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) got the win on the mound to improve to 1-0. He threw 5.0 innings, allowing five hits and no earned runs while striking out five.
• Senior Kaidan Domer (Orrville) threw 3.0 innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his first save of the season.

Notables

• This is the fifth of 10 games for Ohio Northern during its annual spring break trip.
• Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1446-1141 all-time, a winning percentage of .559.
• 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 258-192 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .573.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday when they face #14 Rowan (N.J.) at 9 am at Lake Myrtle #1.