The Braves won its fourth straight series against Oklahoma Wesleyan University last weekend. Ottawa fell in game one, 11-6, but took game two 6-5, and game three 12-10.
Through 50 games this season, the Braves have a .298 batting average, a .403 on base percentage, and a .450 slugging percentage. Ottawa has hit 43 home runs and scored 314 runs.
The Braves have a record of 14-18 in the KCAC Tournament, winning the championship in 2021 and 1994. This is just the second time that Ottawa and McPherson will play each other in the KCAC Tournament. The first time was on May 8, 2021. The Braves won the game 12-7.
Cole Broughton leads the Braves in batting average (.340),
Anthony Soria is OU's leader in RBI (28),
Diego Quinonez leads Ottawa in ERA (2.67), and
Zack Melendez is OU's leader in strike outs (80).
Ottawa won the regular season series with McPherson, 2-1. OU won game one 14-13 and game two, 7-0. McPherson took game three, 5-4. The Braves hit .287, outscored McPherson 25-18, had a .406 slugging percentage, walked 21 times, was hit by a pitch eight times, had a .443 on base percentage, and was 13-for-14 in stolen base attempts.
Dylan Garcia had a .417 batting average and
Nicholas Sizemore had a .400 batting average in three games against McPherson College this season.
Ottawa has a record of 36-19 against McPherson College. The Braves have won the last two season series against the Bulldogs.
McPherson College has an overall record of 23-26 and finished fifth in the KCAC with a record of 19-17. The Bulldogs enter Wednesday's game coming off a 9-5 loss to Sterling College last Saturday in McPherson.
Peyton Starr lead the team in batting average (.350) and RBI (42). Hayden Casey is McPherson's leader in ERA (6.07) and strike outs (65).
The Bulldog pitching staff has a 8.59 ERA, striking out 363 in 369.2 innings. MC's pitchers have walked 271 batters and opponents have a .298 batting average. Its defense has committed 74 errors, an average of 1.5 per game.
In the Bulldogs' 23 wins, they hit .344. In their 26 losses, MC has a .275 batting average.
Since the last time the two teams played, March 25, McPherson has a record of 10-7.
