Baseball Drops Pair To Malone

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORES: Malone Pioneers 5, Northwood Timberwolves 0/Malone 13, Northwood 3

RECORDS: Northwood 8-5, Malone 7-1

LOCATION: Auburndale, Fla.

RECAP: Northwood baseball opened its spring trip to Florida by dropping a pair of games to Malone Friday (March 4), with the Pioneers winning game one 5-0 and taking game two 13-3.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The game was scoreless in the third inning when Malone came through with a pair of runs to go up 2-0.
• The score remained 2-0 until the seventh when the Pioneers came up with three two-out runs to go up 5-0.
• NU was unable to get their offense going in the game, picking up just two hits in the game.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 0/2/0, Malone: 5/6/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 3, Malone: 2
• Winning Pitcher – Michael Cook (3-0): 7 IP, 2 H, BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Derek Clark (1-1): 6 IP, 6 H, 5 R, BB, 8 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• David Jeffers: 2B
• Matt Magno: 3B

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood took the early lead in game two. After a single by Jeffers and a double by Magno, Alex Jarboe had an RBI on an error to give the Timberwolves a 1-0 lead.
• A two-out rally for Malone in the bottom of the first set the tone for the remainder of the game. The Pioneers put up two singles and a home run, scoring four runs to make the score 4-1 after one.
• NU got one back in the top of the third on a Magno RBI double to get within two at 4-2.
• The Pioneers responded in a big way, scoring two in the third, one in the fourth and six in the sixth to take an 13-2 lead.
• Northwood did get one back in the top of the seventh thanks to an RBI single from Ben Clark to make the final 13-3.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 3/5/2, Malone: 13/10/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 3, Malone: 7
• Winning Pitcher – Danny Miller (2-0): 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Zach Abbey (0-1): 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 3 BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 3-3, 2 2B, RBI
• Jeffers: 1-2, R
• Ben Clark: 1-3, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood will face Ashland Saturday night (March 5). Game time is set for 6 p.m.