The Braves are 36-10 overall and are in second place in the KCAC with a mark of 25-8. Ottawa is on a five game winning streak after the three game sweep of Bethany College last weekend at Alumni Park. Ottawa outscored the Swedes 30-3 with a shut out in both game one and game two.
Jaquavius Davis was named KCAC Baseball Player of the Week last week. He is the seventh Brave this season to be named KCAC Baseball Player of the Week. Davis hit .625 (10-for-16) in four games last week. He scored five runs, hit two doubles and a home run, drove in 11 runs, had a .938 slugging percentage, had a .625 on base percentage, and was 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts.
Through 46 games this season, Ottawa has scored a school record 457 runs and hit 87 home runs. OU has a .350 batting average, a .456 on base percentage, and a .616 slugging percentage.
Jaquavius Davis leads OU with a .424 batting average,
Cole Broughton is Ottawa's leader in RBI (48),
Jeremy Freeman, Jr. is OU's leader in stolen bases (33),
Zack Melendez leads the Braves in ERA (3.99), and
Fawster Voytko is the team's leader in strike outs (59).
Ottawa is ranked 32nd in the NAIA in at bats (1,439), 10th in runs (457), 11th in hits (504), 22nd in doubles (96), 36th in triples (13), sixth in home runs (87), 12th in RBI (409), seventh in extra base hits (196), seventh in total bases (887), 11th in hit by pitch (94), 39th in sacrifice hits (23), fourth in stolen bases (172), second in caught stealing (39), 12th in batting average (.350), 18th in on base percentage (.456), sixth in slugging percentage (.616), 36th in ERA (5.28), 49th in at bats against (1,390), and 44th in opponent batting average (.266).
The Braves have won four straight games at Alumni Park and have a record of 23-3 at home this season. As a team, OU has a .378 batting average, a .647 slugging percentage, and a .491 on base percentage. Ottawa is 118-for-136 in stolen base attempts at home this season. Ottawa's pitching staff has a 3.94 ERA at Alumni Park with 240 strike outs in 201 innings. Opponents are batting .244 against the Braves at home this season.
Ottawa has six players hitting .400 or better at home this season:
Cole Broughton (.402),
Anthony Soria (.406),
Jackson Alaniz (.438),
Shaun Gomez, Jr. (.442),
Jaquavius Davis (.472), and
Brian Parry (.514).
Tuesday is the ninth game between Ottawa University and Peru State College. The Braves have a record of 5-3 against the Bobcats. The last time the two teams played against each other was on March 10, 2012 in Ottawa. The Braves swept the Bobcats, taking game one 5-3 and game two, 5-2 at Alumni Park. Ottawa has a record of 3-3 against Peru State in Ottawa. The last time the Braves lost to PSC was on February 27, 2009. The Bobcats won the game 14-2 at Alumni Park.
Peru State College has an overall record of 18-26, a Heart Conference mark of 12-16, is on a one game losing streak, and has a record of 5-17 on the road this season. The Bobcats enter Tuesday's game coming off a 6-2 loss to MidAmerica Nazarene University last Saturday.
Through 44 games this season, Ottawa has scored 214 runs and hit 33 home runs. PSC has a .263 batting average, a .360 on base percentage, and a .400 slugging percentage.
The Bobcats are ranked 38th in the NAIA in sacrifice flies (23).
Antonio Benitez leads Peru State in batting average (.376), Gustavo Rivera is PSC's leader in RBI (38), Benitez is the team's leader in stolen bases (22), and Kevin Diaz leads the team in ERA (4.33) and strike outs (67).
