Baseball Downs Wayne State 8-1

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 8, Wayne State Warriors 1

RECORDS: Northwood (21-15-1, 7-6 GLIAC), Wayne State (26-10, 11-4 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Baseball rides big performances from Derek Clark and Khale Showers to an 8-1 win over GLIAC-leading Wayne State Friday afternoon (April 22). 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• NU took advantage of three hits in the bottom of the second to take the 1-0 lead. Carson Longstreth doubled down the left field line to score Khale Showers to put the Timberwolves on the board.
• A sacrifice fly by Rhett Evans drove in one run in the third, putting the score at 2-0.
• Evans added another sac fly in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead.
• Khale Showers followed with a two-out, three-run homerun down the left field line to give the Timberwolves the 6-0 lead.
• Northwood added two in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a Myles Beale RBI triple and a Showers sacrifice fly.
• The Warriors got on the board in the eighth with an unearned run to make the final score 8-1.
• Derek Clark was the story of the game on the hill for Northwood. He allowed only three hits and struck out twelve, throwing 80 strikes out of 111 pitches.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 8/12/2, Wayne State 1/3/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 6, Wayne State 3
• Winning Pitcher – Derek Clark (5-2): 9 IP, 3 H, R (0 ER), BB, 12 K
• Losing Pitcher – Nicholas O'Dea (2-3): 6 IP, 10 H, 6 R (2 ER), 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Showers: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI
• Beale: 3-4, 2 R, RBI
• Blake Salamon: 2-4, 2B
• Ben Clark: 2-5, R

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves continue their home series with Wayne State with a doubleheader tomorrow (April 23). The first game is set to begin at 1 p.m.