Baseball Drops 8-5 Contest At Mars Hill

OVERVIEW – MARS HILL

SCORES:  Mars Hill Lions 8, No. 14 Northwood Timberwolves 5

RECORDS: Northwood 1-2, Mars Hill 7-3

LOCATION: Henderson Field – Mars Hill, N.C.  

RECAP: Northwood drops an 8-5 contest at Mars Hill Tuesday (February 20).  

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Mars Hill set the tone for the game in the opening inning, hitting a pair of home runs on their way to a 3-0 lead.
• Northwood got on the board in the third inning on an RBI double by Nick Palmer that scored Travis Janes to make the score 3-1.
• The Lions power came through in the bottom of the third again, hitting two more home runs to extend their advantage to 6-1.
• NU got one back in the top of the fourth on a balk that scored Michael Karam to cut the lead down to 6-2
• Northwood made it 6-3 in the sixth on an RBI single by David Vinsky that scored Palmer.
• After Mars Hill made it 7-3 in the seventh, Northwood got a pair of runs in the top of the eighth. Javier Martinez had an RBI single that scored Ryan McClelland, which was followed by a Brooks Ullery sacrifice fly that scored Vinsky to make the score 7-5.
• The Lions got an insurance run in the eighth to get lead back to three at 8-5.
• The Timberwolves got a pair of runners on base in the ninth but were unable to score.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/10/0, Mars Hill: 8/11/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 16, Mars Hill: 7
• Winning Pitcher: Bryson Bailey (1-0):  2.0 IP, R, 2 Ks
• Losing Pitcher: Matt Pearsall (0-1): 2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 Ks

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Vinsky: 3-5, R, RBI
• Janes: 3-5, R

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to North Greenville for a two-day, two-game series. The first game will take place Wednesday (February 21) at 3:30 p.m.