Baseball Goes 1-1 On Final Day In Florida

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE (NEB.)/MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 7, Wayne State (Neb.) Wildcats 2/Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles 9, Northwood 3

RECORDS: Northwood 10-9/Wayne State 4-6/Minnesota-Crookston 7-11

LOCATION: Auburndale, Fla.

RECAP: Northwood baseball finishes their spring trip to Florida by going 1-1, defeating Wayne State (Neb.) 7-2 before falling to Minnesota-Crookston 9-3 Friday afternoon (March 11).

WAYNE STATE GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Evan Wiegand got Northwood on the board first in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single.
• Northwood broke the game open in the fourth, bringing home five runs. EJ Clark started the scoring with an RBI single to make the score 2-0.
• Jacob Rybicki extended the NU advantage to 3-0 with a bases loaded walk
• Myles Beale brought home two with a single, which was followed by a Khale Showers sacrifice fly to put Northwood on top 6-0
• The Wildcats got on the board with a run in the top of the fifth.
• Rybicki got that run back in the bottom of the sixth by scoring on a wild pitch, making the score 7-1.
• Wayne State scored one in the ninth to round out the scoring.

WAYNE STATE GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 7/9/3, Wayne State: 2/4/0
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 5, Wayne State: 11
• Winning Pitcher – Jayden Dentler (3-0): 5 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Brody Sintek (1-1): 4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 3 K
• Save – Jake Jekielek (2): 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Showers: 2-3, 2B, R, RBI
• Wiegand: 2-4, R, RBI
• Beale: 1-3, 2 RBIs
• Logan Lee: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K

CROOKSTON GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• The first two innings of the game were the key to the win for the Golden Eagles, as they plated three in the first and four in the second to take a 7-0 lead.
• Crookston then made it 9-0 with two in the fourth.
• Northwood got one back in the fifth on an RBI double from David Jeffers.
• Matt Magno drove home a run in the seventh on an RBI single, which was followed by a run-scoring single from Blake Salamon.
• That proved to be the last run of the contest, making the final 9-3.

CROOKSTON GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 3/12/1, Crookston: 9/13/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 9, Crookston: 11
• Winning Pitcher – Jake Osowski (1-0): 6 IP, 6 H, R, 3 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Carson Longstreth (0-1): 1 2/3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 0 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 2-5, R, RBI
• Showers: 2-4
• Rhett Evans: 2-4, R
• Beale: 2-4, 2B, BB
• Wiegand: 2-4
• Jeffers/Salamon: H, RBI
• Zach Abbey/Grant Smith: 2 IP each, 0 R

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Cedarville for a three-game set Friday (March 18). First pitch is set for Noon.