Baseball Opens G-MAC Play With Sweep At Thomas More

OVERVIEW – THOMAS MORE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Thomas More Saints 4
RECORDS: Northwood 6-10, 1-0 G-MAC, Thomas More 5-6, 0-1 G-MAC
LOCATION: Sliwa Stadium – Daytona Beach, Fla.
RECAP: Northwood baseball opens conference play with 6-4 comeback win at Thomas More Friday afternoon (March 14).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Thomas More got on the board in the first inning thanks to a balk to put the Saints up 1-0.
• Northwood got on the board in the top of the second thanks to a Ben Narr double to tie the game.
• The Saints came back in the bottom of the third with three runs to take a 4-1 lead.
• NU started its comeback in the fourth with an RBI single by Drew Charters to get within two.
• Brendan Hammer made it a 4-3 game with a double in the fifth that brought home Narr.
• The key inning of the contest came in the eighth, which got going on an RBI groundout from Aidan Robinson to tie the score at four.
• Northwood added two more runs with two out, as Charters put up an RBI single followed by a Narr double that put the Timberwolves on top 6-4.
• The star of the game for Northwood proved to be reliever Dominic Mauro, who came in to pitch in the top of the fourth. He allowed four hits and one walk in six innings of work while striking out seven.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/11/3, Thomas More: 4/11/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Thomas More: 12
• Winning Pitcher – Mauro (1-2): 6 IP, 4 H, BB
• Losing Pitcher – Ian Bierbaum (0-1): 0 IP, H, 2 R, BB

NU PERFORMERS

• Narr: 3-4, 3 2B, 2 RBIs
• Charters: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Thomas More scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first for a 2-0 early advantage.
• Northwood got one back in the in the second thanks to an RBI double by Hammer to cut the lead to 2-1.
• The Timberwolves tied the game in the top of the fourth on a Connor McCartan RBI single.
• NU changed the course of the game in the top of the fifth inning, starting with a three-run homer by Charters.
• McCartan followed with an RBI double to push the score to 6-2.
• Ben DeVries finished the six-run fifth with a two-run homer to make the score 8-2.
• TMU got one back in the bottom of the fifth to get within five at 8-3.
• Both teams plated two runs in the sixth, with Northwood's coming on a Spencer Fortier sacrifice fly and Charters coming home on a wild pitch. That sent the game to the final inning with the Timberwolves on top 10-5.
• The Saints scored one in the seventh before NU closed out the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 10/13/0, Thomas More: 6/13/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Thomas More: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Tyler Sager (2-1): 5 2/3, 11 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Austin Dennis (1-3): 4 1/3 IP, 10 H, 7 R, BB, 4 K
• Save - Lucas McKinney (1): IP, 2 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Charters: 2-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• McCartan: 3-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• DeVries: HR, 2 RBIs
• Aidan Robinson: 2-4, 2B, R

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Thomas More will play a doubleheader Saturday (March 15). First pitch is set for Noon.