Farinelli, Tolfree have dominant pitching performances as Baseball sweeps Muskingum 6-2 and 9-0

NEW CONCORD— Ohio Northern baseball swept a double header at Muskingum 6-2 and 9-0 thanks to strong pitching efforts on Friday..

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (15-7 Overall, 3-1 OAC), Muskingum (9 -14Overall, 1-3 OAC).
• Venue: Wander Field - Ada, Ohio.

Game 1 Recap - W, 6-2

• Aslyn Farinelli (Crown Point, Ind.) pitched a clean 7.0 innings of work where he only allowed 2 runs on his way to picking up the win for the Polar Bears 
• Freshman Tyler Rinehart (Boonville, Ind./Boonville) blasted a 2-run shot to push the lead back to 6-2 in the top of the ninth to seal the game.
• Senior Chase Armstrong (Lousiville, Ky./Trinity) gave Ohio Northern the early lead with a sacrifice fly
• Senior Robbie Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) and freshman Carson Stevens (Wyoming) hit RBI singles in the sixth to grow the lead to 3-0.
• The Muskies got 2 runs in the eighth to bring the game to 4-2.
• Sophomore Jarrett Haan (Findlay/Liberty-Benton) threw 1.2 innings to pick up his first career save.

Game 2 Recap - W, 9-0

• Sophomore Drew Tolfree (East Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic) picked up his second straight OAC win with 7.1 innings of shutout pitching in which he only allowed 2 hits. 
• Northern rode 3-run third and seventh innings in the second game.
• Rinehart hit his second home run of the day in the fourth inning to put ONU up 4-0.
• Sophomore Ace Cocklin (Cincinnati/Walnut Hills) got things going for Ohio Northern in the third with an RBI double that scored Stevens.
• Stevens wrapped the inning up with an RBI single.
• Conklin and Reed each picked up another RBI on the day in the sixth as Rinehart scored for the 4th time.
• Armstrong recorded an RBI single in the seventh and later scored on a throwing error. Rinehart recorded his 4th and final RBI on the day in the seventh as well.
• ONU outhit MU 20-9 on the day.

Notables

• Rinehart lead the offense of ONU going 4-8 at the plate with 5 RBIs and 5 runs scored on the day.
• Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum 54-34.
• Lapp leads the team this season with a .373 batting average, 20 RBIs, and nine doubles.
• Armstrong is the all-time leader in home runs with 29. He is also second all-time in ONU history in walks (93), is 3rd in RBIs (133), is fifth in doubles (39) and is 8th in runs scored (126.)
• Fifth-year senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) (149), Armstrong (139), Reed (138), senior Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) (130), and Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) (101) are all members of ONU's 100-Hit Club. 
• Stechschulte is also tied for 8th in ONU history with 34 career doubles.
• Ohio Northern is in its 121st season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1510-1176-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .561.
• 15th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 322-227 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .586.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday at 4PM when they travel to face area rival Bluffton.