Baseball defeats Milwaukee School of Engineering 9-5 on Day 6 of spring break trip

DAVENPORT, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team defeated Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) 9-5 on day six of its annual spring break trip on Friday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (5-5 overall), MSOE (5-4 overall)
• Venue: Northeast Regional Park #1 - Davenport, Fla.

Game Highlights

• Junior Joey Kennedy (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic), junior Chase Armstrong (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic), senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Alder) and freshman Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) each had two hits to lead Northern's 11-hit attack.
• The Polar Bears took a 4-0 lead in thre top of the first, only to see the Raiders answer with a solo home run in the home half of the inning.
• Each team scored once in the fourth and twice more in the fifth to make it 7-4.
• MSOE got within 7-5 with a run in the bottom of the seventh.
• Armstrong gave ONU a 9-5 advantage with a two-out, two-run double in the top of the ninth.
• Senior Noah Truax (Lewis Center/Bishop Watterson) went 5.0 innings, allowing six hits and four earned runs, to get the win and improve to 1-0 on the season.
• Junior Blake Altaffer (Montpelier) came on in the ninth with two on and two out and got the final out to pick up his first save of the season. 

Notables

• This is the seventh 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 1447-1142 all-time, a winning percentage of .559.
• 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 257-193 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .573.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday with a pair of 7-inning games with Loras (Iowa) at 1:15 pm at Lake Myrtle No. 4 in Auburndale, Fla.