Baseball Extends Win Streak To 10 With Sweep Over Kentucky Wesleyan

OVERVIEW – KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 5, Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 3/Northwood 4, Kentucky Wesleyan 0
RECORDS: Northwood 15-10, 10-0 G-MAC, Kentucky Wesleyan 11-12, 4-4 G-MAC
LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Northwood baseball extends its winning streak to 10 games while remaining unbeaten in the G-MAC with a sweep over Kentucky Wesleyan Thursday (March 27), winning by the scores of 5-3 and 12-4.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Kentucky Wesleyan got things started quickly, plating a pair of runs on three hits in the top of the first.
• Northwood responded with a bloop triple to open the game from Myles Beale, who later scored on an RBI single from Caden Duryea.
• Ben Narr then tied the game with an RBI single to make the score 2-2 after one.
• KWC went back on top in the top of the fourth with a single run.
• The key inning of the game was the seventh, when Northwood came through with a pair of runs. Duryea tied the score with a sacrifice fly that brought home Ben DeVries.
• Beale then came home with what proved to be the game-winning run on a bunt single from Drew Charters that also featured a throwing error to put NU on top 4-3.
• Freshman Aidan Robinson added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a pinch-hit home run, which made the final 5-3.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/9/0, Kentucky Wesleyan 3/7/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Kentucky Wesleyan: 3
• Winning Pitcher – Jake Ickes (2-1): 3 IP, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Evan Oakley (5-1): 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 9 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-3, 3B, 2 R
• Duryea: 1-3, 2 RBIs, R
• Charters: 2-3, BB
• Robinson: 1-1, HR
• Tyler Sager: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, BB, 3 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• For the second straight game, the Panthers scored the first run of the game in the top of the first for the early advantage
• Northwood responded right away in the bottom of the inning, tying the score on another bunt single by Charters with a throwing error that brought home Beale.
• Brendan Hammer followed with a two-run double to give NU a 3-1 advantage after one.
• Duryea made it 4-1 in the second on a sac fly.
• Northwood broke the game open in the third inning, starting with a Narr RBI single.
• DeVries followed with an bases loaded walk, which was followed by a two-run single from Logan Voth that put the Timberwolves on top 8-1.
• Narr doubled home Charters in the fourth to make the score 9-1.
• DeVries then plated a pair to put the lead at 10 at 11-1.
• Josh Getz added another Northwood run with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
• KWC plated three unearned runs in the top of the seventh to make the final 12-4.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 12/15/1, Kentucky Wesleyan: 4/9/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Kentucky Wesleyan: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Connor Foley (2-0): 6 IP, 8 H, R, 2 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Cole Peaslee (0-1): 2 IP, 8 H, 8 R (7 ER), 3 BB, K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Hammer: 4-4, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBIs
• Narr: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Charters: 2-4, 2 R
• DeVries: 1-3, 3 RBIs
• Voth, 1-2, R, BB, 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• Northwood will finish the four-game series with Kentucky Wesleyan Friday (March 28). The twin bill will get under way at 1 p.m.