Baseball Earns Comeback 7-3 Win Over Tiffin To Open The G-MAC Tournament

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN (G-MAC TOURNAMENT)

SCORES: No. 1 seed Northwood Timberwolves 7, No. 8 seed Tiffin Dragons 3
RECORDS: Northwood 32-19, Tiffin 23-28
LOCATION: Prasco Park – Mason, Ohi
RECAP: Northwood baseball earns a comeback 7-3 win over Tiffin in the opening game of the G-MAC Tournament Wednesday (May 7)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Tiffin scored a pair of two-out runs in the top of the first to go up 2-0.
• A solo home run for the Dragons in the fifth pushed the lead to 3-0.
• Going into the bottom of the seventh, Northwood had just two baserunners for the game (two singles. That is when the Timberwolves started their comeback, starting with a dramatic play at the plate. Logan Voth singled to right, during which Drew Charters was called out at the plate. But after instant replay, Charters' swim-move on the slide at the plate was deemed to have beaten the tag. That made the score 3-1.
• Brendan Hammer followed with a double to right center to cut the lead to 3-2.
• Josh Getz came through with two outs and runners on second and third. His RBI single gave Northwood its first run of the night at 4-3 after seven innings.
• The Timberwolves extended their lead in the bottom of the eighth, starting with a Voth RBI groundout.
• Ben Narr added more insurance for the Timberwolves. His third hit of the night was a two-run single that made the final 7-3.
• After a strong start for Tyler Sager, Dominic Mauro pitch two scoreless innings to earn the save and close out the win.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 3/9/1, Tiffin 7/7/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 3, Tiffin: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Sager (8-1): 7 IP 7 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Johnathon Ray (3-5): 6 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, BB, 4 K
• Save – Mauro (3): 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Narr: 3-4, R, 2 RBIs
• Hammer: 2-3, R, RBI
• Getz: 1-3, 2 RBIs
• Charters: 2 BB, 2 R
• Voth: H, R, 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• Northwood will take on No. 3 seed Hillsdale Thursday (May 8) at 1:30 p.m.