Baseball Goes 1-1 Against Saginaw Valley

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 11, Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 2/Saginaw Valley 12, Northwood 8 (10 Innings)

RECORDS: Northwood (29-18-1, 15-8 GLIAC), Saginaw Valley (20-26, 9-14 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Baseball splits a home double header against Saginaw Valley Saturday (May 7), taking an 11-2 win in game one before falling in a tough 12-8 contest in 10 innings in the nightcap.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The Timberwolves offense started the game strong with three runs in the bottom of the first. A Myles Beale RBI double gave NU the 1-0 lead.
• A 2-run single by Matt Magno put Northwood up 3-0.
• The Cardinals drove in two runs in the top of the third to put it at 3-2.
• Khale Showers hit a two-out, two-run double to strengthen the NU lead to 5-2 in the fourth inning.
• Rhett Evans the plated Joey Johnston a run scoring single in the fourth to put the score at 6-2.
• Northwood broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth, scoring five more runs.
• Showers added another RBI with a single through the left side to drive in Jacob Rybicki.
• NU took advantage of a throwing error and a wild pitch to add two more runs.
• RBI singles by Blake Salamon and David Jeffers rounded out the scoring in the inning as the Timberwolves earned the 11-2 victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/13/0, Saginaw Valley 2/8/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 9, Saginaw Valley 5
• Winning Pitcher – Drew Schultz (7-0): 7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher – Kendall Anthes (3-5): 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 4 BB, 5 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Showers: 3-4, R, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Evans: 2-3, 2 R, RBI
• Magno: 2-4, R, 2 RBIs
• Salamon/Jeffers: 2-4, R, RBI
• Beale: 1-2, 2 BB, R, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• The game was scoreless before SVSU took the 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth.
• A Carson Longstreth single to left field brought in two runs for Northwood in the bottom of the fourth.
• Saginaw Valley evened the score with an RBI double in the top of the fifth.
• The Timberwolves added two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Joey Johnston drove in David Jeffers and Jacob Rybicki with a single to center field to go up 4-2.
• Northwood extended their lead to 7-2 in exciting fashion thanks to a two-out, three-run homerun by Khale Showers in the sixth.
• The Cardinals responded with two runs in the top of the seventh to get within 7-4.
• The Timberwolves wasted a chance to extend their lead win the bottom of the seventh, failing to score after having runners on second and third with one out.
• SVSU put the score at 7-5 with one run in the top of the eighth.
• NU again had a chance to add insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, putting runners on second and third with nobody out. But the Cardinals held Northwood scoreless again.
• Saginaw Valley tied the game with two runs in the top of the ninth.
• The Saginaw offense continued in extra innings, plating five runs in the tenth to go up 12-7.
• Northwood got one in the bottom of the inning on a Beale sacrifice fly but got no closer.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 8/12/6, Saginaw Valley 12/13/3
• Runners left on base: Northwood 12, Saginaw Valley 13
• Winning Pitcher – Reed Raymond (2-1): 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, K
• Losing Pitcher – Albert Nagy (0-2): 0 IP, 3 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Showers: 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
• Johnston: 1-3, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI
• Jeffers: 2-4, R
• Longstreth: 2 RBI

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will conclude their home series with Saginaw Valley on Sunday (May 7). Game time is set for Noon.