Baseball Rides Pitching To Doubleheader Sweep At Malone

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OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 8, Malone Pioneers 0/Northwood 4, Malone 0
RECORDS: Northwood 13-10, 8-0 G-MAC, Malone 9-13, 2-6 G-MAC
LOCATION: Canton, Ohio
RECAP: Northwood baseball rides their pitching to a doubleheader sweep at Malone Saturday (March 22), taking game one 8-0 and game two 4-0

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the opening inning, getting RBIs from Brendan Hammer and Aiden Robinson to go up 2-0.
• Robinson added a run-scoring single in the third, which was followed by an RBI fielder's choice from Ben Narr to make the score 4-0.
• Drew Charters added to the lead in the fourth with an RBI single to put NU on top 5-0.
• Northwood added two more in the seventh on an error and a steal of home by Drew Charters that gave the Timberwolves a seven-run lead.
• Logan Voth capped the scoring in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly.
• The pitching trio of Dominic Mauro (4 IP), Cody Matuz (IP) and Adam Wandzel (2 IP) combined for the six-hit shutout.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 8/11/0, Malone: 0/6/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Malone: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Dominic Mauro (2-2): 4 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Finn Schmitt (2-2): 3 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 3 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Charters: 2-3, R, RBI
• Robinson: 1-3, 2 RBIs
• Myles Beale: 3-5, 2B, R
• Matuz: IP, H, BB, 2 K
• Wandzel: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood opened the scoring in the second inning on a Narr RBI single.
• Caden Duryea added to the Northwood lead in the third inning on a double.
• Beale connected on the only home run of the day for Northwood in the top of the fifth inning. His solo shot in the fifth gave Northwood a 3-0 lead.
• Northwood rounded out the scoring in the top of the ninth. Connor McCartan led off the inning with a triple. He was later brought home by a Ben DeVries RBI single.
• Once again, the Northwood pitching led the way for the Timberwolves, as Trevor Crawford (5 IP), Will Case (2 IP), and Lucas McKinney (2 IP) held the Pioneers off the board for the second straight game.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/11/0, Malone: 0/8/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Malone: 10
• Winning Pitcher – Crawford (4-1): 5 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jacob Rollyson (1-2): 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, K
• Save – Lucas McKinney (2): 2 IP, 2 BB, 4 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 R, RBI
• Duryea: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI
• Hammer: 3-4, R
• McCartan: 1-1, 3B, R
• Case: 2 IP, 4 H, BB, K

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood has now won eight straight games, all of which have come in conference play.
• NU held Malone scoreless over the last 20 innings of the four-game series. Malone plated a total of four runs in the four-game set.

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host its home opener Saturday (March 29) against Kentucky Wesleyan. The doubleheader will get under way at 1 p.m.