Baseball Earns Series Win With Split At Findlay

OVERVIEW – FINDLAY

SCORES: Findlay Oilers 4, Northwood Timberwolves 2 | Northwood 14, Findlay 6

RECORDS: Northwood 21-29, 17-15 G-MAC | Findlay 32-18, 23-9 G-MAC

LOCATION: Bowling Green, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood baseball finishes the regular season by taking the series against Findlay with a split Saturday (May 2), with Findlay winning game one 4-2 and Northwood taking the nightcap 14-6.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Findlay got off to a fast start in the game, scoring a pair of runs in the first inning.
• The score remained 2-0 until the fifth when the Oilers got one to go up by three.
• Northwood got on the board in the bottom of the sixth, starting with a bases loaded walk by Connor McCartan.
• An Oilers error got the Timberwolves within one at 3-2.
• UF plated an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth to take a two-run lead.
• Northwood was unable to score in the final inning, giving Findlay the win.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 2/5/2, Findlay 4/7/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Findlay: 4
• Winning Pitcher – Aidan Kiessling (6-4): 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, R (0 ER), BB
• Losing Pitcher – Lucas McKinney (6-2): 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, K
• Save – Colin Becker (9): 1 2/3 IP, H, R (0 ER), 2 BB, 2 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Brennan Hallman: 2-3
• McCartan: RBI, 2 BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the second inning, as Ben DeVries brought home a pair with a double.
• Findlay responded with three in the second and three in the third to go up 6-2.
• The key part of the game came in the fifth, as Northwood broke the game open with a big inning. A Findlay error scored the first run of the inning.
• Caden Duryea cut the lead to two with an RBI single.
• A wild pitch scored another NU run, which was followed by another Findlay error that tied the game at 6-6.
• DeVries gave Northwood the lead back on an RBI single that made the score 7-6.
• A Josh Getz bunt brought home another run to give the Timberwolves an 8-6 lead.
• Evan Larson came through with a two-run single to cap an eight-run inning that put the Timberwolves on top 10-6.
• Hallman scored a run on a wild pitch in the seventh to push the advantage to five.
• In the eighth inning, DeVries drove in his fourth run of the day on a sacrifice fly that made the score 12-6.
• Hallman followed with an RBI single in the inning to give Northwood a seven run lead heading to the final inning.
• Evan Kavalick capped the scoring in the ninth with an RBI single that made the final 14-6.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 14/14/1, Findlay 6/11/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 11, Findlay: 3
• Winning Pitcher – Kelly (3-3): 3 1/3 IP, H, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher – Camdon Tuttle (2-2): 0 IP, R, BB
• Save – Ickes (3): 3 IP, 2 H, 5 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• DeVries: 2-3, 2B, R, 4 RBIs
• Hammer: 3-6, 2 R, RBI
• Larson: 2-6, R, 2 RBIs
• Hallman: 2-5, 3 R, RBI, BB
• Duryea: 2-6, 2 R, RBI
• Kavalick: 2-3, R, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood will head to the G-MAC Tournament starting Wednesday (May 6).