Ottawa extended its winning streak to five games with its three game sweep of Evangel University last weekend in Springfield. The Braves are now 19-12 overall and 13-7 in the KCAC.
The Braves have a .293 batting average, a .394 on base percentage, and a .442 slugging percentage. OU has hit 27 home runs and scored 192 runs.
Jeremy Freeman, Jr. leads OU in batting average (.420),
Johnny Vulcano is Ottawa's leader in RBI (22), and
Zack Melendez leads the team in ERA (2.66) and strike outs (53).
Ottawa has a road record of 11-9 this season and has won four straight road contests. Away from Alumni Park this season, the Braves have a .285 batting average, a .431 slugging percentage, and a .392 on base percentage. The Braves are 35-for-47 in stolen base attempts.
On the road this year, the OU pitching staff has a 5.80 ERA, striking out 143 in 153.2 innings. Opponents are batting .277.
The Braves have a record of 36-18 against McPherson College. Ottawa is on a five game winnings streak against the Bulldogs and lead the season series 2-0. OU defeated McPherson 14-13 on March12 at Bulldog Park. The Braves took game two, 7-0 on March 19 at Alumni Park. The last time OU lost to McPherson was on March 27, 2022 at Bulldog Park. MC won the game in 10 innings, 4-3. The first time the two teams met was on April 17, 1908 in McPherson. The Bulldogs won the game, 3-0.
McPherson College has an overall record of 13-19, a KCAC mark of 9-11, is on a three game winning streak, and has a record of 10-4 at home this season.
The Bulldogs enter Tuesday's game coming off a three game sweep of Bethany College. McPherson won game one, 11-1, game two, 7-5, and game three, 8-3.
This season, McPherson is hitting .296, has a .403 on base percentage, and a .481 slugging percentage. The Bulldogs have hit 42 home runs and scored 219 runs.
Andres Artola leads McPherson in batting average (.373), Kevin Castillo is MC's leader in RBI (29), Ethan Alexander is the team's leader in ERA (4.05), and Hayden Casey and Alexander lead the Bulldogs in strike outs (37).
The Bulldog pitching staff has a 9.45 ERA, striking out 233 in 234.1 innings and walking 195. Opponents have a .296 batting average.
