Pitching, defense prevail as Baseball takes down Ohio Wesleyan 2-1

ADA — Ohio Northern rode lockdown pitching and defense to win non-conference battle 2-1 over Ohio Wesleyan on Monday afternoon. 

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (23-8 Overall), Ohio Wesleyan (12-19 Overall).
• Venue: Wander Field - Ada, Ohio.

The Game, W 2-1

• Freshman Keegan Campbell (West Chester/Lakota West) started for the Polar Bears and provided 7.0 innings of work and only allowed a single earned run to pick up his first collegiate win.
• Freshman Ben Chinchar (North Ridgeville) picked up his second save when he came on in the ninth to close the door on Ohio Wesleyan. 
• Sophomore Charlie Oakleaf (New Albany) hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to put Ohio Northern up 2-1, and end up being the winning score.
• The Battling Bishops managed to draw first blood in the top of the third to go up 1-0.
• Ohio Northern tied the game after senior Chase Armstrong (Lousiville, Ky./Trinity) hit an RBI single that drove in freshman Carson Stevens (Wyoming).
• Freshman Tyler Rinehart led the ONU offense, going 2-3 at the plate as well as stealing 2 bases and scoring the decisive run.  

Notables

• Ohio Northern now leads the all-time series with Ohio Wesleyan 32-27-2.
• Through 31 games this season, Lapp leads the Polar Bears in batting with a .365 average and is tied for second on the team with 27 RBI.
• Stevens is second at .346, while fifth-year senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) is hitting .341 and leads the team with 7 home runs and 28 RBI.
• Armstrong is ONU's all-time leader in home runs with 29. He is also second all-time in ONU history in walks (98), is 3rd in RBIs (139), is fourth in doubles (42) and is fourth in runs scored (129).
• Stechschulte (163), Reed (149), Armstrong (146), Lapp (140), and Russ (112) are all members of ONU's 100-Hit Club. 
• Stechschulte is also fifth in ONU history with 41 career doubles and is now 10th with 108 RBI.
• Ohio Northern is in its 121st season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1518-1177-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .562.
• 15th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 330-228 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .589.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will be back on the road on Wednesday to take on Wilmington in an OAC doubleheader starting at 1 PM.