Baseball Drops 12-2 Contest At Lindenwood

OVERVIEW – LINDENWOOD

SCORES: Lindenwood Lions 12, Northwood Timberwolves 2

RECORDS: Northwood 1-5, Lindenwood 8-1

LOCATION: Lou Brock Complex – St. Charles, Mo.

RECAP: Northwood baseball drops 12-2 contest at Lindenwood Sunday afternoon (February 23).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got on the board first in the second inning on an error by the Lions to go up 1-0.
• Lindenwood responded with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good at 2-1.
• The bottom of the third inning proved to be the key to the contest, as a combination of good Lindenwood hitting and poor Northwood defense allowed the Lions to score nine runs. Lindenwood had seven hits while Northwood had five errors in the third inning alone.
• The remainder of the game was uneventful – both teams scored one run in the fifth to round out the scoring.
• Northwood scored their final run when Kyle Ziegler came home on a pickoff play at first.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 2/4/5, Lindenwood: 12/12/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 3, Lindenwood: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Kyle Hentis (3-0): 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Zach Kregel (0-1): 2 1/3 8 H, 7 R, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Ziegler: 2-3, 2B, 3B, 2 R

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Kentucky State Saturday (February 29). Game time is set for 12:30 p.m.