Baseball: Ohio Northern (6-4 Overall) at Bluffton (4-4 Overall)

Wednesday, March 15, 2016 - 4:15 pm, Memorial Field, Bluffton, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter Wednesday's matchup after a double header sweep of Oberlin Saturday afternoon in their home opener at Wander Field ... The ONU-BU game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed due to wet field conditions ... Against Oberlin, the Polar Bears recorded nine hits in game one en route to a 7-2 victory ... Sophomore Brandon Kasberg went 2-for-3 at the plate and added two scores in game one ... Sophomore Braydon Focht went 2-for-4 in game one and also added a game-high two RBI's ... Senior Nick Eltzroth earned the victory for Northern on the mound as he struck out eight batters on the afternoon ... In game two senior Alex Crabtree led the way for the Polar Bears as he tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts on the mound through seven innings ... Senior Clay Small would hit a walk off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Northern the 1-0 victory in game two ... Bluffton enter's the matchup after going 4-4 in Florida during its spring break trip ... The Beavers defeated Wilmington, Moravian, Rockford and Wisconsin-Lutheran during the trip ... Through eight games this season junior Clayton Siders leads the team with a .429 BA and 15 hits ... Senior Jason Colliver currently leads the team with seven RBI's ... Freshman Dante D'Andrea leads the pitching staff with a 1.93 ERA, while juniors Corey Johnson and Taylor Gambrell lead the Beavers with nine strikeouts apiece.

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ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 96-69, a winning percentage of .582.