Baseball drops first game in OAC Tournament 7-3 to Baldwin Wallace.

ALLIANCE — Ohio Northern began play in the Ohio Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament with a 7-3 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Thursday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (27-11), Baldwin Wallace (28-13 Overall).
• Venue: Rafeld-Rogers Baseball Field - Alliance, Ohio.

The Game, L 7-3

• Baldwin Wallace took the lead early in the game with a 3-run third inning to lead 3-0.
• The Yellow Jackets added another run in the 4th to make it 4-0. 
• Junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) breathed life into the ONU offense, launching a no-doubter solo home run with two outs in the 6th. 
• Sophomore Devon Morris (Archbold) hit an RBI triple two batters later to make it 4-2.
• BW answered in the 7th with 3 runs to push the lead back to 7-2.
• Sophomore Kyler Lapp hit an RBI single in the 8th to cut the lead to 7-3.
• Freshman Jackson Saylor(Springboro) started on the mound for Northern throwing 6.0 innings and allowing 4 runs on the day.
• Lapp led the Polar Bears offense, going 3-4 with an RBI.

Notables

• This is ONU's third straight appearance in the OAC Tournament and fifth in seven years.
• Ohio Northern now trails the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by 60-55 margin.
• Through 38 games this season, Veenstra leads the Polar Bears with a .361 batting average, going 38-for-105 with 26 RBI.
• Armstrong has seven home runs and a team-best 38 RBI this season.
• Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1493-1164-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .558.
• 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 305-217 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .585.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will now look to keep their season alive where they will face off with tournament host Mount Union on Friday at 12 PM.