Seven-run eighth inning lifts Baseball to 11-4 victory at Wittenberg

Seven-run eighth inning lifts Baseball to 11-4 victory at Wittenberg
Box Score
April 27, 2025

SPRINGFIELD — Ohio Northern exploded for seven runs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeat Wittenberg 11-4 in a non-conference road game on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (25-10 Overall), Wittenberg (25-9 Overall).
  • Venue: Carleton Davidson Stadium - Springfield, Ohio.

Game Highlights

  • The Polar Bears sent 12 batters to the plate in the 7-run eighth, which was highlighted by a 2-run home run by sophomore Devon Morris (Archbold).
  • Morris, senior Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) and sophomore Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill./Hall) each had three hits in the contest.
  • Morris, Lapp and junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) all finished with 3 RBI.
  • Senior Brady Corbitt (Plain City/Jonathan Alder) pitched a scoreless seventh inning to pick up the win (2-1).
  • In all, three ONU relief pitchers held the Tigers without a base hit in the final three innings.
  • Senior Blake Altaffer (Montpelier) allowed three earned runs in 6.0 innings of work as the starter.
  • ONU scored twice in the first and fifth frames.
  • The hosts matched those four runs with a run in the third and three in the fifth.
  • ONU out-hit WU 12-8.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern now leads the all-time series with Wittenberg by 38-28 margin.
  • Through 35 games this season, senior Elliott Veenstra (Findlay/Liberty-Benton) leads the Polar Bears with a .376 batting average, going 35-for-93 with 25 RBI.
  • Morris is second at .333 to go with his team-high 8 home runs.
  • Armstrong has six home runs and a team-best 37 RBI.
  • With his eight strikeouts today, Altaffer becomes a member of ONU' 100-K Club with 107 in his career.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1491-1163-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .561.
  • 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 303-216 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .584.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up their OAC schedule on Saturday with a double header at Heidelberg.