Baseball defeats Oberlin 9-4 in non-conference tilt for eighth consecutive victory

Baseball defeats Oberlin 9-4 in non-conference tilt for eighth consecutive victory
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April 28, 2024

OBERLIN — The Ohio Northern baseball team defeated Oberlin 9-4 in a non-conference tilt to extend its winning streak to eight games on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (22-14 overall), Oberlin (14-20 overall).
  • Venue: Dill Field - Oberlin, Ohio.

Game Highlights

  • Ohio Northern scored six runs in the top of the second inning and made it stand up for the win.
  • Northern added single runs in the third, sixth and eighth innings to get the victory.
  • Oberlin got two in the bottom of the first to go up 2-0 and two more in the third to make it a 7-4 contest.
  • Freshman Kyle Callahan (Brunswick) had a 2-run double in the second and a squeeze bunt sacrifice to score freshman Landon Sawyer (Walton, Ky./Ryle) in the eighth.
  • Sawyer and sophomore Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) also had 2-run hits in the second.
  • Junior Sam Thombs (Detroit, Mich./Lutheran) went 5.0 innings on the hill to earn the win and improve to 3-3 on the year.
  • Junior Blake Altaffer (Montpelier) threw 4.0 shutout innings to earn his second save of the season.
  • OC out-hit ONU 15-10.

Notables

  • Northern is in a third place tie with Marietta in the OAC regular season standings with 10-6 records.
  • ONU will clinch a spot in the 4-team OAC Tournament with one win in its regular season-ending double header at home with Heidelberg on Saturday.
  • Juniors Sam Sells (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) and Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) and freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) lead the team in hitting through 36 games with averages of .347, .329 and .319, respectively.
  • Stechschulte leads the team with 46 hits.
  • Armstrong leads the squad with 15 doubles, seven home runs, 44 RBI and a .613 slugging percentage. His 44 RBI is the fifth-most at ONU in single-season.
  • Ohio Northern is now 42-5 all-time against Oberlin, including a 19-5 mark in Oberlin.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1463-1151 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
  • 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 275-203 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .575.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up the non-conference portion of their schedule on Tuesday with two 7-innings games at Defiance.