Baseball Drops Wild 21-15 Contest To Wayne State In 10 Innings

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE

SCORES: Wayne State Warriors 21, Northwood Timberwolves 15

RECORDS: Northwood (23-16-1, 9-7 GLIAC), Wayne State (27-11, 12-6 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Baseball uses big comeback before falling in a wild 21-15 extra inning contest to Wayne State Sunday (April 24).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Wayne State scored five unearned runs on two Northwood errors to take the 6-0 lead in the top of the third.
• WSU added two more in the top of the fifth to make it 8-0.
• Joey Johnston hit a double to right center in the bottom of the fifth, driving in two runs to cut into the Wayne State lead.
• The Warriors pushed the lead to 11-2 in the sixth.
• NU began to comeback with three runs on three hits in the bottom of the inning, starting with an RBI single by Jacob Rybicki.
• Blake Salamon followed with a 2-run double to right field to make it 11-5.
• NU continued to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the seventh. A Myles Beale RBI single drove in Johnston to put the score at 11-6.
• The Timberwolves did have the loading the bases with one out in the inning but were unable to capitalize further.
• Northwood capped its comeback in the eighth, starting with a WSU wild pitch that brought home Jeffers to make the score 11-7.
• Beale then came through with a two-RBI triple with two outs to get Northwood within 11-9.
• Khale Showers kept the momentum going, hitting his third homerun of the weekend with a 2-run shot to left field. This tied the game at 11-11 after NU was down by nine in starting the bottom of the sixth.
• Neither team scored a run in the ninth, taking the game to extra innings.
• Wayne State got some big hits and took advantage of NU miscues in the 10th inning, bringing home 10 runs to go back on top 21-11.
• The Timberwolves responded with four runs in the bottom of the 10th thanks to two-run homers from Rhett Evans and Rybicki.
• Rybicki's homer was the last scoring play of the game, giving the win to the Warriors.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 15/18/3, Wayne State 21/17/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Wayne State 8
• Winning Pitcher – Chad Sommers (3-0): 2 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Jekielek (5-1): 2 1/3 IP, H, 5 R (4 ER), BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-5, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Showers: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
• Salamon: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI
• Johnston: 2-5, 2 R, RBI
• Clark: 2-6, 2 R

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will play a non-GLIAC contest at Dow Diamond against Saginaw Valley on Tuesday (April 26). Game time is set for 6:35 P.M.