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(22) Baseball Meets McPherson in Ottawa on Tuesday

The Braves have won eight straight with a three game sweep of Sterling College last week. OU has an overall record of 20-3, is 11-1 in the KCAC, has a home record of 12-1, and is ranked no. 22 in the NAIA.

Ottawa has scored 199 runs, hit 33 home runs, has a .323 batting average, a .440 on base percentage, and a .556 slugging percentage.

Brian Parry leads the Braves in batting average (.406), Cole Broughton leads the Braves in RBI (28), Jeremy Freeman, Jr. is OU's leader in stolen bases (20), Luis Diaz leads OU in ERA (1.38) in 13 innings pitched. Zack Melendez leads the team in strike outs (38).

Ottawa is ranked 48th in the NAIA in at bats (678), 20th in runs (199), 26th in hits (219), 25th in doubles (47), 35th in triples (6), seventh in home runs (33), 19th in RBI (173), 10th in extra base hits (86), 13th in total bases (377), 35th in walks (114), 40th in hit by pitch (36), 42nd in sacrifice flies (10), 18th in sacrifice hits (13), third in stolen bases (94), third in caught stealing (220, 29th in batting average (.323), 28th in on base percentage (.440), 15th in slugging percentage (.556), 26th in ERA (4.43), 32nd in WHIP (1.42), 46th in at bats against (660), 22nd in opponent batting average (.238).

In 13 home games this season, Ottawa has a .349 batting average, a .591 slugging percentage, and a .480 on base percentage. OU is 62-for-73 in stolen base attempts at Alumni Park.

At Alumni Park this season, OU's pitching staff has a 4.41 ERA. The Braves have struck out 121 in 100 innings and opponents are batting .249.

Ottawa is 85-for-230 (.369) with runners in scoring position this season. With runners on, the Braves are 116-304 (.381). With two outs, OU is hitting .325 (67-206).

McPherson College has an overall record of 12-11, a KCAC mark of 7-5, is on a one game losing streak, and has a record of 4-6 on the road this season.

The Bulldogs lost the season series to Kansas Wesleyan University last weekend in McPherson, 2-1. The Coyotes won game one 8-3. McPherson took game two, 6-5. KWU won game three 12-5.

This season, McPherson has scored 129 runs, hit 30 home runs, has a .282 batting average, a .385 on base percentage, and a .455 slugging percentage.

The Bulldogs are led in batting average by Colt Uphold (424), Peyton Starr is the team's leader in RBI (17), Jace Essig leads the team in stolen bases, Francisco Paradis leads MC in ERA (1.80), and Matthew Bomersback is the Bulldogs' leader in strike outs (29).

McPherson is ranked 26th in the NAIA in at bats (714), 84th in runs (129), 43rd in hits (201), 70th in doubles (34), 10th in home runs (30), 41st in extra base hits (64), 33rd in total bases (325), 24th in hit into a double play (15), 31st in caught stealing (11), and  19th in at bats against (721).
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Players Mentioned

Cole Broughton

#84 Cole Broughton

OF
5' 8"
Senior
R/R
Jeremy Freeman, Jr.

#2 Jeremy Freeman, Jr.

UT
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Zack Melendez

#33 Zack Melendez

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Luis Diaz

#28 Luis Diaz

RHP
5' 11"
Junior
R/R
Brian Parry

#8 Brian Parry

UT
5' 10"
Senior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Cole Broughton

#84 Cole Broughton

5' 8"
Senior
R/R
OF
Jeremy Freeman, Jr.

#2 Jeremy Freeman, Jr.

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
UT
Zack Melendez

#33 Zack Melendez

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Luis Diaz

#28 Luis Diaz

5' 11"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Brian Parry

#8 Brian Parry

5' 10"
Senior
R/R
UT