Baseball Drops Pair To Ashland

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORES: Ashland Eagles 4, Northwood Timberwolves 3 (8) | Ashland 10, Northwood 2

RECORDS: Northwood 18-27, 14-14 G-MAC | Ashland 32-14, 20-8 G-MAC

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Michigan

RECAP: Northwood baseball loses a pair to Ashland Sunday afternoon (April 26), dropping a tough 4-3 extra innings contest in game one before falling 10-2 in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN INNINGS)

• Ashland scored the first run of the game in the top of the third inning.
• The Eagles added another run in the top of the fourth
• Connor McCartan came through with a big hit in the bottom of the fourth, connecting a two-run home run to level the score at 2-2.
• Anthony Manganello gave the Timberwolves their first lead of the day in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single.
• With two outs and a runner on second in the top of the seventh, Northwood was one strike away from earning the victory. But an error on a groundball allowed the tying run to score and force extra innings.
• AU scored a run in the top of the eighth and held NU off the board in the bottom of the inning to give the Eagles the victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 3/6/3, Ashland 4/5/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Ashland: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Chase Carter (2-4): 2 IP, 2 H, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Ickes (1-1): 3 IP, H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 2 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• McCartan: HR, R, 2 RBIs
• Griffon: 2-3, 2B, R
• Manganello: H, RBI
• Lucas McKinney: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Both teams scored one run in the first inning, with Northwood's run scoring on a double steal that brought home Brennan Hallman.
• Ashland's offense exploded in the second, scoring seven runs on eight hits without drawing a walk. That made the score 8-1 after two innings.
• The Eagles kept the momentum going into the third with two more runs to go up 10-1.
• Northwood capped the scoring on a Matthew Meyer RBI single to make the final 10-2.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 2/8/0, Ashland: 10/15/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Ashland: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Griffin Ailes (4-3): 5 IP, 4 H, R, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Nicholas Hoorn (2-3): IP, 7 H, 6 R

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 3-3, 2B
• Hallman: 2-4, R
• Meyer: H, RBI
• Jackson Crittendon: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R
• Adam Wandzel: IP, K

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Davenport for a non-conference game Tuesday night (April 26). First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.