Baseball Pushes Win Streak To 12 With Sweep Of Kentucky Wesleyan

OVERVIEW – KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 2/Northwood 7, Kentucky Wesleyan 4
RECORDS: Northwood 17-10, 12-0 G-MAC, Kentucky Wesleyan 11-13, 4-6 G-MAC
LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Northwood pushes win streak to 12 with two victories over Kentucky Wesleyan Friday (March 28), taking game one 3-2 before taking game two 7-4.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board in the first inning with an RBI single by Caden Duryea.
• The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth with Myles Beale connected on a solo home run to make the score 2-0.
• An NU error with two outs in the top of the sixth allowed to Kentucky Wesleyan runs to come home and tie the game at 2-2.
• With two outs in the top of the seventh, a rain delay paused the action for 40 minutes.
• After the delay Northwood needed one pitch to end the seventh before ending the game quickly in the bottom of the inning. After a leadoff double by Matthew Meyer, Northwood went bunt single and intentional walk to load the bases for Duryea The junior outfielder came through with a sacrifice fly to give Northwood the win.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 3/9/1, Kentucky Wesleyan 2/4/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Kentucky Wesleyan: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Adam Wandzel (1-0): IP, K
• Losing Pitcher – Josh Tucker (1-2): 1/3 IP, 2 H, R, BB

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 3-3, HR, 2 R, RBI, BB
• Duryea: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs
• Brendan Hammer: 1-3, 2B
• Trevor Crawford: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• KWC had their best hitting stretch of the weekend right away in game two, going single-single-triple to go up 2-0 just three batters into the game. Northwood held the Panthers off the board the rest of the inning for a two-run deficit.
• The Timberwolves responded with a big second inning, starting with a Ben Narr two-run double to tie the score.
• Ben DeVries followed with an RBI double of his own, which was followed by a Logan Voth sac fly to make the score 4-2 after two.
• The Panthers chipped away at the lead, scoring one in the fourth and one in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4.
• NU came through with the final rally of the weekend in the sixth as Beale plated the go-ahead run with a double.
• Duryea added two more with a single to round out the scoring at 7-4.
• The bullpen trip of Cody Matuz, Owen Franklin and Blake Stockford combined for five innings of relief, allowing one unearned run.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/11/3, Kentucky Wesleyan: 4/9/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Kentucky Wesleyan: 10
• Winning Pitcher – Matuz (1-0): 2 2/3 IP, R (0 ER), 3 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Noah Cook (2-2): 5 1/3 IP, 11 H, 7 R (6 ER), BB, 2 K
• Save: Blake Stockford (1): 2/3 IP, H

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Alex Jarboe: 3-3, R
• DeVries: 2-4, 2B, RBI
• Narr: 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Duryea: 2 RBIs
• Beale: 2B, R, RBI
• Grant LaMarche: 4 IP, 2 ER, BB, 3 K
• Franklin: 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, K

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Tiffin for a weekend series April 5-6. The doubleheader on April 5 will get under way at 1 p.m.