Baseball rides the long ball to 10-1 victory at Trine (Ind.)

ANGOLA, Ind. — The Ohio Northern baseball team picked up a 10-1 victory over Trine (Ind.) thanks to the long ball, as four seperate Polar Bears homered in the contest on Tuesday.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (14-5 Overall), Trine (Ind). (6-11 Overall).
• Venue: Jannen Field - Angola, Ind

The Game

• Sophomore Devon Morris (Archbold) set the tone early when he launched a 3-run homer to give the Polar Bears a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
• The Polar Bears added to the lead thanks to a grand slam by senior Elliott Veenstra (Findlay/Liberty-Benton) in the 6th inning.
• Senior Blake Altaffer (Monteplier) (2-1) started on the mound for ONU, throwing 5.0 scoreless innings, on his way to pick up the win.
• Sophomore Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 9th building on the Northern lead. 
• Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) followed with a solo homer in the frame to cap off a 10-run day for the Polar Bears offense. 
• Eight Polar Bear hitters recorded a hit on the day, with Morris, Stechschulte, and junior Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) all recording 2 hits.

Notables

• Ohio Northern now leads the all-time series 13-5 over Trine.
• Through 19 games this season Veenstra leads the Polar Bears with a .454 batting average, going 15-for-33 with 12 RBI.
• Russ is second with a .377 average wth 17 RBI.
• Junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) has now recorded 96 hits in 93 games. He is also tied for 7th all-time at ONU with 20 career home runs.
• Stechschulte has 94 hits in 105 games.
• Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1480-1159-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
• 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 292-211 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .588.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday when they return home to face off against Albion (Mich.) at 4 pm.