Posted: Apr 18, 2019
Baseball Drops 6-5 Contest At Davenport
OVERVIEW – DAVENPORT
SCORES: Davenport Panthers 6, Northwood Timberwolves 5
RECORDS: Northwood 24-13, 9-8 GLIAC/Davenport 22-11, 9-7 GLIAC
LOCATION: Farmers Insurance Complex – Caledonia, Mich.
RECAP: Baseball drops tight 6-5 contest at Davenport Thursday night (April 18).
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Northwood took the early lead in the top of the first on an RBI single by Trevor Polewka to score David Vinsky.
- Davenport tied the game in bottom of the second with a run for the early advantage.
- The Timberwolves went back on top in the fourth thanks to a two-run double from Michael Karam that made the score 3-1.
- The Panthers responded in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four runs to take a 5-3 lead.
- NU came right back in the sixth with a pair, starting with an RBI single by Vinsky.
- Colin McClelland tied the game with a sacrifice fly that made the score 5-5.
- The score remained 5-5 until the eighth when the Panthers plated a run on a groundout to take the lead.
- Northwood had plenty of chances over the final four innings but left five runners on base.
GAME STATS
- Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 5/8/1, Davenport: 6/10/1
- Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 11, Davenport: 9
- Winning Pitcher – Pete Zeimis (3-1) 3 IP, H, 2 BB, 4 K
- Losing Pitcher – Peter Joseph (1-2) 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 3 K
TOP NU PERFORMERS
- Karam: 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBIs
- Connor Kin: 2-3, 2 R
- Vinsky: 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
- McClelland: 1-1, RBI, 3 BB
UP NEXT
- Northwood and Davenport will play a doubleheader Friday (April 19). Game time is set for 1 p.m.