Baseball Splits Home Openers Versus Thomas More

OVERVIEW – THOMAS MORE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 7, Thomas More Saints 6 (10 Innings) | Thomas More 9, Northwood 6

RECORDS: Northwood 6-14, 3-3 G-MAC | Thomas More 8-9, 2-5 G-MAC

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood baseball goes 1-1 to open the home portion of their schedule versus Thomas More Friday afternoon (March 20), as NU took game one 7-6 in 10 innings before TM took game two 9-6

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDUELED NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the opening inning on a Brendan Hammer RBI double.
• The Timberwolves made it 2-0 in the third on a solo home run from Anthony Manganello.
• Thomas More tied the game up in the top of the fifth on a pair of runs.
• The Saints added three more runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to go up 6-2.
• NU responded in the bottom of the eighth, starting with a Caden Duryea solo home run.
• Ben DeVries followed with a sacrifice fly to make the score 6-4.
• Brennan Hallman followed with a clutch two-run double to tie the game at 6-6.
• The score remained tied 6-6 into the 10th when Spencer Fortier scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/10/0, Thomas More: 6/14/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Thomas More: 12
• Winning Pitcher – Connor Kelly (1-2): 2 IP, H, K
• Losing Pitcher – Logan Cones (0-3): 1 1/3 IP, R, 3 BB

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Manganello: 3-5, HR, 2 R, RBI
• Duryea: 3B, 2 R, RBI
• Evan Larson: 2-4
• Hallman: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs
• Tyler Sager: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Thomas More got on the board first in the top of the second with a single run.
• The Saints made it 2-0 in the top of the third.
• Northwood came back to tie the game in the bottom of the third, thanks to RBI singles from Manganello and Hammer.
• Thomas More came right back with a two-run homer in the fourth to go back on top 4-2.
• Evan Larson got Northwood back within one at 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single.
• TMU put up four runs in the top of the sixth to earn an 8-3 lead.
• Northwood responded right away in the bottom of the sixth, starting with an RBI single by Josh Getz.
• Manganello then had a sac fly, followed by an RBI single from Brendan Hammer to get within two at 8-6.
• Thomas More plated an insurance run in the top of the seventh and held Northwood off the board to close out the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/10/0, Thomas More: 9/15/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Thomas More: 11
• Winning Pitcher – Kellen Sandhas (3-2): 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Nicholas Hoorn (0-2): 3 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K
• Save – Aaron Wichmann (1): 2 IP, H, K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Hammer: 3-3, 2 RBI
• Duryea: 2-3, 3B, R
• Manganello: 1-2, R, 2 RBIs, BB
• Getz: H, R, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood will finish their weekend series against Thomas More with a doubleheader Saturday (March 21). First pitch is set for 2 p.m.