Baseball Drops Pair At Florida Southern

OVERVIEW – FLORIDA SOUTHERN

SCORES: Florida Southern Mocs 13, Northwood Timberwolves 2 / Florida Southern 6, Northwood 5

RECORDS: Northwood 3-10, Florida Southern 9-12

LOCATION: Lakeland, Florida

RECAP: Northwood baseball drops a pair of games at Florida Southern, falling 13-1 in game one before falling 6-5 in 13 innings in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR NINE INNINGS)

• Florida Southern set the tone for the game in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs for the early lead.
• The Mocs extended their advantage in the bottom of the fourth with a pair of runs.
• Northwood got on the board in the top of the fifth. Josh Getz got things going with a double and later came home on an RBI groundout by Brennan Hallman to make the score 7-1.
• FSC responded right away, scoring two in the fifth and four in the sixth to go up 13-1.
• The game was ended after seven innings due to the run rule.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 1/4/2, Florida Southern: 13/11/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Florida Southern: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Sachem Ramos (1-2): 6 IP, 3 H, R, BB, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jackson Crittendon (0-2): 1/3 IP, 4 H, 5 R (4 ER), 2 BB

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Getz: 2-2, 2B, R
• Hallman: RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood opened the scoring in the top of the second on an error by the Mocs to go up 1-0.
• Florida Southern Responded right away on a solo home run to tie the score.
• FSC added one in the third, one in the fourth and two in the sixth to go up 5-1.
• The Timberwolves got going in the eighth and put one on the board thanks to a Getz RBI single to get Northwood within three.
• With two outs in the top of the ninth, senior Caden Duryea came through for Northwood. His three-run home run tied the score 5-5.
• The score remained tied all the way until the 13th inning. The Mocs went single/stolen base/wild pitch to put a runner on third with one out. An RBI single gave the FSC the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/10/0, Florida Southern: 6/13/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 10, Florida Southern: 13
• Winning Pitcher – Robert Tracey (1-0) 2 1/3 IP, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Connor Kelly (0-1) 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, R, 4 BB, 3 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Nicholas Hoorn: 2 IP, BB, K
• Duryea: HR, 3 RBIs
• Brendan Hammer: 3-6, R
• Matthew Meyer: 2-4

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Florida Southern will finish their series with a game Saturday (March 6). Game time is set for 1 p.m.