Baseball Bounces Back With 17-3 Win At Ashland

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 17, Ashland Eagles 3

RECORDS: Northwood (16-7, 7-5 GLIAC), Ashland (12-11, 7-5 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Donges Field – Ashland, Ohio

RECAP: Baseball bounces back with 17-3 win at Ashland Sunday afternoon (April 18).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The game was scoreless into the fourth when the Timberwolves broke through. Matt Magno got the Timberwolves on the board with a sacrifice fly to plate David Jeffers.
• Rhett Evans then made it 2-0 with an RBI single to make the score 2-0 in the fourth.
• Northwood expanded their lead with a pair of solo home runs in the top of the fifth. Carson Longstreth and Jacob Rybicki each left the yard to make the score 4-0.
• NU then put together a big seventh inning, which got going on a squeeze bunt by Michael Kararm that scored Travis Janes to make the score 5-0.
• Jeffers followed with an RBI single to push the advantage to 6-0.
• Cole Brooks capped the rally with a three-run homer, putting the Timberwolves on top 9-0.
• The Eagles got on the board for the first time in the bottom of the inning with three runs.
• NU came right back in the top of the eighth with another big inning, which got going with a Jeffers RBI single that made the score 10-3.
• Magno plated two more on a two-run single to give Northwood a 12-3 edge.
• NU then made it 14-3 on an Evans two-run single.
• Northwood continued to add on in the ninth with three more runs, thanks to three consecutive run-scoring doubles. Jeffers, Brooks and Magno all brought home runs to put the Timberwolves on top 17-3

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 17/18/0, Ashland 3/7/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 6, Ashland 10
• Winning Pitcher – Alan Labov (1-0): 5 23/ IP, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Justin Dyksma (0-1): 5 1/3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Brooks: 3-5, 4 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBIs
• Jeffers: 4-6, 4 R, 2B, 3 RBIs
• Magno: 3-5, 2B, R, 4 RBIs
• Longstreth: 2-3, HR, 4 R, RBI
• Rybicki: 2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI
• Evans: 2-5, 3 RBIs

GAME NOTES

• The game was delayed for just over three hours due to rain.

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Davenport for a weekend series starting with a single game Friday (April 18). First pitch is set for 3 p.m.