Baseball Makes It Six Straight Victories With 9-4 Win At Indianapolis

OVERVIEW – INDIANAPOLIS

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 11, Indianapolis Greyhounds 6

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

• Northwood got off to a fast start in the top of the first inning, starting with an Alex Cole RBI double.
• Khale Showers made it a three-run first inning with a two RBI single.
• NU added two more in the second, starting with a Myles Beale RBI single.
• David Jeffers then made it 5-0 on a sacrifice fly.
• The Greyhounds began to comeback in the bottom of the second, plating a pair of runs.
• UINDY added single runs in the third and the fifth to get within one at 5-4.
• Northwood got one back in the top of the sixth thanks to a Carson Longstreth RBI single.
• NU then made it 7-4 in the top of the seventh thanks to Rhett Evans, who was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
• Evans then came through with an RBI triple in the top of the nine with an RBI triple, which was followed by a Ben Clark run-scoring single made the final score 9-4.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 9/15/0, Indianapolis: 4/6/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 9, Indianapolis: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Albert Nagy (1-1): 2 IP, H, R, 2 BB, K
• Losing Pitcher – Logan Peterson (1-1) 6 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 6 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Evans: 4-4, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBIs
• Cole: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
• Showers: 1-4, 2 RBI
• Benji Anderson: 2 IP, H, 3 K

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood has now swept their series at Indianapolis two straight seasons. NU is now 6-0 against the Greyhounds the last two seasons.

UP NEXT

• NU will head to Florida for its annual spring trip, starting Friday (March 4) with a doubleheader against Malone in Auburndale, Florida. First pitch is set for 11 a.m.