No. 20 Baseball Earns 7-1 Win Over No. 24 Grand Valley State

OVERVIEW – #24 GRAND VALLEY STATE

SCORES:#20 Northwood Timberwolves 7, #24 Grand Valley State Lakers 1

RECORDS: Northwood 1-3, Grand Valley State 3-1

LOCATION: Marion, Ill.

RECAP: No. 20 Northwood baseball bounces back to claim a 7-1 win over No. 20 Grand Valley State to finish a four-game series Sunday (February 15).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood, which had fallen behind in each of the first three games of the series, took their first lead of the weekend in the opening inning. Matthew Meyer came through with a two-run single to make the score 2-0 after one.
• The Timberwolves extended their lead in the third thanks to RBI doubles from Ben Narr and Grant Garrett to push the lead to 4-1.
• Grand Valley State got on the board with a solo home run in the top of the fourth.
• Payton Guilbeaux got that run back for Northwood in the top of the sixth on an RBI single.
• NU added two more in the seventh, thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ben DeVries and Caden Duryea coming home on wild pitch to give Northwood a 7-1 advantage.
• Neither team scored in the final two innings, giving the Timberwolves their first victory of the season.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/9/1, Grand Valley State: 1/5/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Grand Valley State: 4
• Winning Pitcher – Lucas McKinney (1-0): 5 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jovan Gill (0-1): 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 K
• Save – Connor Kelly (1): 4 IP, H, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-2, 2B, 3 R
• Brendan Hammer: 2-5, 2B, 2 R
• Meyer: 2 RBIs
• Narr/DeVries/Garrett/Guilbeaux: RBI each

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Grand Valley State will finish their series with a game Sunday (February 15). Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET).