Baseball Takes Pair At Parkside

OVERVIEW – PARKSIDE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 9, Parkside Rangers 3 / Northwood 7, Parkside 0

RECORDS: Northwood (25-16-1, 11-7 GLIAC), Parkside (3-28, 1-13 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Historic Simmons Field – Kenosha, Wisc.

RECAP: Baseball picked up a doubleheader sweep over Parkside Friday afternoon (April 29), taking game one 9-3 before taking game two 7-0

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The Timberwolves drove in two runs in the top of the third thanks to RBI singles from Khale Showers and Jacob Rybicki.
• The Northwood offense exploded in the top of the fifth with six runs on four home runs.
• Rhett Evans, Showers, and Rybicki all hit solo shots to extend the NU lead.
• Joey Johnston then put the score at 8-0 with a 3-run homecrun to left center to round out a big fifth inning for Northwood.
• An RBI groundout by Rybicki scored Myles Beale for the 9-0 NU advantage in the sixth.
• The Rangers plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth to cut into the Timberwolf lead.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 9/14/2, Parkside 3/4/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 9, Parkside 5
• Winning Pitcher – Derek Clark (6-2): 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 9 K
• Losing Pitcher – Chris Conrad (0-1): 5 IP, 14 H, 8 R, 2 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Johnston: 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
• Showers: 3-4, R, 2 RBI, HR
• Rybicki: 3-4, R, 3 RBI, HR
• Evans: 2-4, 2 R, RBI, HR

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• The game was scoreless until the top the fourth when NU got on the board thanks to an RBI single from David Jeffers.
• Rybicki followed with a two-run double to make the score 3-0 in the fourth.
• NU broke the game open in the sixth, starting with a RBI from Jeffers on an error.
• Johnston followed with an RBI groundout to push the lead to 5-0.
• Matt Magno finished the three-run rally in the sixth with a RBI single that made the score 6-0.
• Showers got the advantage to 7-0 in the seventh with a run-scoring single from Showers.
• That was all that NU started Jayden Dentler needed. He allowed just three hits – all singles – while striking out nine and walking zero.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 7/12/1, Parkside 0/5/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Parkside 6
• Winning Pitcher – Jayden Dentler (6-2): 8 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 9 K
• Losing Pitcher – Nicholas Schouten (0-7): 7 IP, 12 H, 7 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 2-4, R, 2 RBIs
• Showers: 2-5, R, RBI
• Magno: 2-5, RBI
• Blake Salamon: 2-4, R
• Evans: 2-5, R
• Rybicki: 2B, 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will continue their series at Parkside on Saturday (April 30) with a single game. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. Central Time.