Baseball Rallies To Earn Split With Ashland - Teams Tied For G-MAC Lead Heading To Final Weekend

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORES: Ashland Eagles 8, Northwood Timberwolves 0/Northwood 7, Ashland 5
RECORDS: Northwood 28-17, 22-6 G-MAC, Ashland 33-12, 22-6 G-MAC
LOCATION: Ashland, Ohio
RECAP: Northwood baseball earns a vital split at Ashland Sunday afternoon (April 27), falling 8-0 in game one before earning a dramatic 7-5 comeback win that tied the two teams in the lead of the G-MAC heading to the final weekend of the regular season.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Ashland opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning.
• The Eagles broke the game open in the second, bringing home four runs to go up 5-0.
• AU then scored single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to make the final score 8-0.
• Northwood ended up with three hits and three walks for the game.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 0/3/1, Ashland 8/11/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Ashland: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Marshall Leishman (6-3): 6 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher – Trevor Crawford (4-2): 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2B

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the second inning on a Drew Charters RBI groundout.
• Ashland responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning to go up 2-1.
• The Eagles made it 4-1 on a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth that made the score 4-1.
• The Timberwolves started to chip away at the lead in the top of the sixth on a RBI single for Conor McCartan.
• Northwood pulled of a successful double steal in the top of the seventh, which saw Charters come home to put NU within one at 4-3.
• AU got that run back in the bottom of the seventh.
• Heading to the ninth, Northwood trailed 5-3 and was in danger of falling two games behind Ashland for the G-MAC lead with four games to play. With two outs, Northwood plated their first run of the inning on a Beale RBI single to make the score 5-4.
• Down to their last strike, Alex Jarboe drew a bases-loaded walk that tied the score at 5-5.
• Caden Duryea followed with a two-run single that gave Northwood the lead back at 7-5.
• Dominic Mauror held the Eagles off the board in the bottom of the ninth to give NU the win and tie the two teams for the G-MAC lead with one week to go.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/12/0, Ashland: 5/10/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Ashland: 14
• Winning Pitcher – Dominic Mauro (4-3): 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Chase Carter (3-5): 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 3-5, R, 2 RBIs
• Anthony Manganello: 2-4, R
• Mattew Meyer: 2-4, R
• McCartan/Charters: H, RBI
• Lucas McKinney: IP, BB

UP NEXT

• Northwood heads to Grand Valley State for a non-conference game Tuesday (April 29). First pitch is set for 3 p.m.