Baseball clinches spot in OAC Tournament with split of Heidelberg on Senior Day
Game 1
Game 1
Heidelberg
23-15, 9-8
5
AT
Ohio Northern
23-15, 10-7
1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
Heidelberg
23-16, 9-9
0
AT
Ohio Northern
24-15, 11-7
3
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio Northern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Pitching
Win: Jackson Powers (7-2)
Loss: Jack Hutchins (3-4)
Batting
Heidelberg
2B:
Adam McVicker; Andrew Cook
3B:
none
HR:
Aidan Corrigan
Ohio Northern
2B:
none
3B:
none
HR:
none
Game 2
Pitching
Batting
Heidelberg
2B:
none
3B:
none
HR:
none
May 5, 2024
ADA — The Ohio Northern baseball team clinched a spot in next week's Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament with a double header split against Heidelberg on Senior Day on Sunday.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (24-15 overall. 11-7 OAC), Heidelberg (23-17 overall, 9-9 OAC).
- Venue: Wander Field - Ada, Ohio.
Game 1 - L, 1-5
- Ohio Northern scored an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth to lead 1-0, but Heidelberg would score twice in the fifth and seventh and once more in the ninth to win the opener.
- Fifth-year senior Jack Hutchins (Bright, Ind./East Central) was solid on the hill, allowing only two earned runs while striking out six in 7.0 innings of work.
- Freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) had one of ONU's hits and scored the lone run in the contest.
- HU out-hit ONU 10-3.
Game 2 - W, 3-0
- Northern clinched its spot in the 4-team OAC Tournament by winning the nightcap.
- Senior Noah Truax (Lewis Center/Bishop Watterson) and junior Blake Peterson (Belle Center/Benjamin Logan) combined to threw a 1-hit shutout.
- Truax (6-2) struck out 9 in 7.0 innings to get the win and Peterson threw two perfect innings with three strikeouts to earn his fourth save of the season.
- The Polar Bears scored the only run they would need in the bottom of the first when sophomore Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) scored on a ground out from senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Jonathan Alder).
- ONU played add-on in th sixth when lapp scored on a single by Stevens, who then scored on a double by junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay).
- Ohio Northern out-hit Heidelberg 6-1.
Notables
- Northern will be either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in next week's OAC Tournament, which will be Thursday-Saturday at Baldwin Wallace.
- Junior Joey Kennedy (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic), junior Sam Sells (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) Lapp lead the team in hitting through 39 games with averages of .366, .358 and .329, respectively.
- Stechschulte leads the team with 49 hits.
- Armstrong leads the squad with 15 doubles, seven home runs, 44 RBI and a .579 slugging percentage. His 44 RBI is the fifth-most at ONU in a single-season.
- Ohio Northern is now 91-68 all-time against Defiance, including a 46-26 mark in Ada.
- Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1465-1152 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
- 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 277-204 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .576.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will compete at the OAC Tournament on Thursday at Baldwin Wallace against either Baldwin Wallace or Otterbein, based on the results on Monday's double header between Marietta and Capital.
