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Baseball Road Trips to Bethany on Friday

The Braves took the season series from Friends University with their 14-2 win on Tuesday in Wichita, 3-0. It was OU's first regular season sweep of the Falcons since the 2010 season.

Through 44 games this season, Ottawa has a .298 batting average, a .399 on base percentage, and a .453 slugging percentage. OU has hit 39 home runs and scored 266 runs.

Cole Broughton leads the Braves in batting average (.352) and RBI (25). Diego Quinonez is OU's leader in ERA (2.79) and Zack Melendez lead the Braves in strike outs (72).

The Braves have a road record of 14-12 this season. OU has a .287 batting average, a .423 slugging percentage, and a .397 on base percentage. Ottawa is 42-for-55 in stolen base attempts. OU's pitching staff has a 5.28 ERA, 179 strike outs in 202.2 innings and opponents have a .265 batting average.

Ottawa has a record of 65-46 against Bethany College. OU has won four straight games in Lindsborg against the Swedes. Ottawa's last road loss to Bethany was on April 5, 2019. The Swedes won the game, 4-1. The Braves are 7-3 against Bethany in their last 10 meetings. Ottawa and Bethany's first ever game was on April 25, 1902 in Lindsborg. OU won the game, 8-4.

In KCAC play this season, Ottawa is hitting .322. The Braves have a .496 slugging percentage and a .424 on base percentage. OU is 62-for-81 in stolen base attempts. Ottawa's pitching staff has a 5.25 ERA, striking out 249 in 345.2 innings. KCAC opponents have a .257 batting average.

Bethany College has a record of 7-33, a KCAC mark of 4-26, is on a one game winning streak and has a record of 3-11 at home this season. The Swedes enter the series coming off a 16-6 win over York in Lindsborg on April 16.  

Through 40 games this season, Bethany has a .244 batting average, a .343 on base percentage, and a .354 slugging percentage. The Swedes have hit 15 home runs and scored 198 runs.

The Swedes are led in batting average by Caleb Copeland (.323). Luis Ramos and Hunter Roe are the team's leaders in RBI (20). Kenneth Nieves leads BC in ERA (6.64) and William Figueroa-Soto is the team's leader in strike outs (38).

In 14 home games this season, Bethany has a .253 batting average, a .366 slugging percentage, and a .348 on base percentage.

In March, Bethany had a .203 batting average. In April, the Swedes are hitting .355.

In its seven victories, Bethany has a .293 batting average and its 33 losses the Swedes are hitting .231.
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Players Mentioned

Cole Broughton

#20 Cole Broughton

OF
5' 8"
Junior
R/R
Zack Melendez

#33 Zack Melendez

RHP
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Diego Quinonez

#0 Diego Quinonez

RHP
5' 10"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Cole Broughton

#20 Cole Broughton

5' 8"
Junior
R/R
OF
Zack Melendez

#33 Zack Melendez

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Diego Quinonez

#0 Diego Quinonez

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
RHP