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Baseball drops close battle at #5 Denison 3-2 on a walk off single

Baseball drops close battle at #5 Denison 3-2 on a walk off single
Box Score
April 23, 2025

GRANVILLE — The Ohio Northern baseball team dropped close battle on walkoff single at No. 5-ranked Denison 3-2 on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (23-9 Overall), #5 Denison (26-6 Overall).
  • Venue: Big Red Field - Granville, Ohio.

Individual Highlights

  • Ohio Northern struck first when senior Elliott Veenstra (Findlay/Liberty Benton) scored on a wild pitch in the third inning.
  • The offense would keep rolling when sophomore Devon Morris (Archbold) knocked an RBI triple that made it 2-0 for the Polar Bears in the third
  • Denison answered in the 7th to tie the game up at 2-2
  • In the 9th with 2-outs and a runner on 3rd, DU would hit an RBI single to win the game 3-2 on a walkoff.
  • Senior Sam Thombs (Commerce Township, Mich./Lutheran) started on the mound, throwing 7.0 innings and allowing only 2 runs.
  • Morris led the ONU offensive attack, going 1-for-3 at the plate with the team's only RBI.

Notables

  • Denison now leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a narrow 11-10 margin.
  • Through 32 games this season, Veenstra leads the Polar Bears with a .404 batting average, going 34-for-84 with 24 RBI.
  • Veenstra entered today's game as the OAC leader in batting average with an average of .418.
  • Senior Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) joined the 100-Hit Club last week with his 100th hit in 108 career games.
  • Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) is 54th all-time at ONU with 114 hits in 117 career games.
  • Junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) is tied for 55th at ONU with 112 hits in 106 career games. He is also 6th all-time at ONU with 23 career home runs.
  • Freshman Jackson Saylor (Springboro) is tied for first in the OAC in wins with 6. 
  • Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1489-1162-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .557.
  • 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 301-214 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .584.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday when they host No. 25 Mount Union in a key Ohio Athletic Conference double header at 1 p.m. at Wander Field.