Baseball Wins Pair At Indianapolis

OVERVIEW – INDIANAPOLIS

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 11, Indianapolis Greyhounds 6/Northwood 5, Indianapolis 4

RECORDS: Northwood 7-3, Indianapolis 3-4

LOCATION: Beech Grove, Ind.

RECAP: Northwood baseball extends winning streak to five with a pair of wins at Indianapolis, taking game one 11-6 before earning a 5-4 victory in game two Saturday (February 26)

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the second inning on a solo home run by Carson Longstreth.
• NU added a run in the third on a Matt Magno sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0.
• Khale Showers made it 3-0 with a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning.
• UINDY scored a pair of unearned runs in the fourth to get to within one run at 3-2.
• Magno came up with RBI hits, plating runs on a single in the fifth and a double in the seventh to make the score 5-2.
• Myles Beale added an RBI double in the eighth to push the NU lead to 6-2.
• The Greyhounds rallied in the eighth, plating four runs to tie the game to tie the score.
• Northwood responded with a big ninth inning, scoring five runs. Evan Wiegand plated a pair on a pinch-hit double to go up 8-6.
• Longstreth then clinched the win with a three-run homer to give the Timberwolves the win.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 11/8/1, Indianapolis: 6/8/2
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 9, Indianapolis: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Cam Schuelke (2-1): 1 2/3 IP, 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Austin Bestul (0-1): IP, 2 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Longstreth: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBIs
• Jayden Dentler: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 2 K
• Magno: 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Longstreth continued her hot day with his third home in the third inning. His two-run shot gave the Timberwolves a 2-0 lead.
• David Jeffers made the score 3-0 in the third inning with a solo homer.
• UINDY responded in the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run that make the score 3-1.
• Jeffers got the lead back to three with a run-scoring single in the seventh that pushed the NU advantage to 4-3.
• The Greyhounds got back within one with a two-run homer in the seventh.
• Magno gave the Timberwolves an insurance run in the eighth with a solo home run to get the lead to 5-3.
• Indianapolis plated one in the ninth but were unable to tie the score, as Derek Clark finished off the complete-game win.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 5/6/0, Indianapolis: 4/7/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 6, Indianapolis: 3
• Winning Pitcher – Derek Clark (1-0): 9 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Kase Lawson (0-1): 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 2-5, HR, 2 RBIs
• Magno HR, RBI
• Longstreth: HR, 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Indianapolis will finish their weekend series with a single game Sunday (February 27). Game time is set for Noon.