Baseball Opens Season With Doubleheader Sweep Over Hawaii Pacific

OVERVIEW – HAWAII PACIFIC

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 7, Hawaii Pacific Sharks 2/Northwood 11, Hawaii Pacific 4

RECORDS: Northwood 2-0, Hawaii Pacific 3-3

LOCATION: Waipahu, O'ahu

RECAP: Northwood baseball opened its 2023 season with a pair of wins at Hawaii Pacific, earning a 7-2 win in game one before taking game two 11-4 Thursday (February 16)

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Freshman Caden Duryea got Northwood on the board in the fifth inning on an RBI triple to bring home Blake Salamon.
• David Jeffers followed with an sacrifice fly that scored Duryea to make the score 3-0.
• Matt Magno made it 3-0 in the top of the sixth with NU's first home run of the season.
• The Sharks hit a homer in the sixth and plated an unearned run in the seventh to get within one at 3-2.
• NU came through in the ninth with four runs, starting with a Ben Clark RBI single to score Myles Beale.
• Duryea brought home a pair with an RBI single to make the score 6-2.
• Jacob Rybicki rounded out the scoring with a sacrifice fly that brought home Duryea.
• Hawaii Pacific loaded the bases in the ninth, but Hunter McShane retired the final two batters to close out the victory.
• Derek Clark started his junior season strong on the hill, allowing one run in eight innings of work for his 14th career victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/11/3, Hawaii Pacific: 2/5/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Hawaii Pacific: 11
• Winning Pitcher: Derek Clark (1-0): 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 Ks
• Losing Pitcher: Jack O'Brien (0-1): 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 6 Ks

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 3-5, 2B, HR, R, RBI
• Duryea: 2-4, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Ben Clark: 2-4, R, RBI
• Jeffers/Rybicki: RBI each

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Hawaii Pacific got the scoring going in game two with a run in the bottom of the first to go up 1-0.
• Northwood went on top with a clutch two-out hit by Jeffers. His two-run triple brought home Josh Getz and Ben Clark to put the Timberwolves on top 2-1.
• The Sharks responded right away with a run to tie the score 2-2 heading to the third.
• NU came through with a five runs in the third, with all of the runs coming with two outs. Rhett Evans got the scoring going with a solo home run.
• Beale then came home on an error, which was followed by a Ben Clark RBI single that made the score 5-2.
• Getz followed with a run-scoring triple to bring home Ben Clark and push the lead to four.
• Jeffers then finished the rally with an RBI single that gave Northwood a 7-2 lead.
• HPU got two back in the top of the third to send the game to the fourth with Northwood leading 7-4.
• Northwood came up with another two-out rally in the sixth. After the opening two batters were retired, Solomon came through with a three-run homer that pushed the NU lead to 10-4.
• Rybicki used his speed to make the score 11-4 in the top of the seventh. He scored all the way from first on a single from Magno.
• After giving up four runs in the first three innings of the game, Jayden Dentler allowed just two baserunners over his final three innings to earn the win.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 11/12/0, Hawaii Pacific: 4/7/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Hawaii Pacific: 7
• Winning Pitcher: Dentler (1-0): 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 Ks
• Losing Pitcher: Daniel Cortez (0-1): 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R (1 ER), BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 3-4, 3B, 3 RBIs, 2 SB
• Salamon: HR, 3 RBIs, 2 R
• Getz: 2-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI
• Ben Clark: 2-4, 2 R, RBI
• Beale: 2-4, 2 R
• Rybicki: 3 BBs, SB
• Lance Blaszak: IP, K

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Hawaii Pacific will play a single game Friday (February 17). Game time is set for 7 p.m. Eastern.