Baseball Defeats Hawaii Pacific 11-3 - Game Two Suspended In Fifth Inning

OVERVIEW – HAWAII PACIFIC

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 11, Hawaii Pacific Sharks 3/Northwood 9, Hawaii Pacific 6 (suspended - fifth inning)

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

LOCATION: Waipahu, O'ahu

RECAP: Northwood baseball earned an 11-3 win over Hawaii Pacific Sunday (February 19) before game two was suspended due to rain with NU leading 9-6 in the sixth inning.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got off to a great start in the game, as Jacob Rybicki led off with his first home run of the season to give the Timberwolves an early lead.
• HPU came back with a run in the bottom of the second inning to tie the score.
• Rybicki put Northwood back on top in the third with an RBI single.
• The Sharks came right back in the bottom of the third with a solo homer to tie the score at 2-2.
• Northwood broke the game open in the fourth inning, starting with a Blake Salamon RBI double to make the score 3-2.
• Ben Clark then brought home Salamon with a single to get the NU lead to 4-2.
• Rybicki plated his third RBI of the game with a single, which was followed by a run-scoring single by Matt Magno that made the score 6-2.
• Joey Johnston rounded out the five-run inning with a RBI single to put the Timberwolves on top 7-2.
• After Hawaii Pacific got one back in the fifth, Northwood made the score 8-3 when Magno came home on a passed ball in the top of the sixth.
• The Timberwolves plated two runs in the seventh thanks to run-scoring singles by Rybicki and Magno, pushing the NU lead to 10-3.
• Rybicki finished off his huge game with another home run in the ninth to round out the scoring at 11-3.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 11/17/2, Hawaii Pacific: 3/9/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 10, Hawaii Pacific: 9
• Winning Pitcher: Matt DeFay (1-0): 5 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 Ks
• Losing Pitcher: Andrew Hauck (1-1): 3 2/3 IP, 8 H, 6 R,  3 Ks

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 5-6, 2 HRs, 4 R, 5 RBIs, SB
• Magno: 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Salamon: 2-5, 2B, R, RBI
• David Jeffers: 2-5, 2B, R
• Josh Getz: 2-5, 2 R
• Lance Blaszak/Danny Witbeck/Aaron Miller: Combined 3 1/3 shutout innings of relief

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood wasted no time getting rolling in game two. Back-to-back doubles from Rybicki and Magno put the Timberwolves on top 1-0.
• Joey Johnston followed with a triple to bring home Magno to make the score 2-0.
• Rhett Evans' RBI single gave Northwood a 3-0 advantage.
• NU finished off the first with a two-run single to give Northwood a 5-0 lead after a half inning.
• The Sharks responded in the bottom of the second inning, plating six runs on four hits and three walks to take the lead 6-5 heading to the third.
• Northwood tied the game in the top of the third when Evans scored on a passed ball.
• Freshman Caden Duryea put Northwood back on top with a two-run double that made the score 8-6.
• Eric Weigand drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the fourth for the Timberwolves gave Northwood a 9-6 lead.
• That is where the score remained in the bottom of the fifth when rain suspended the remainder of the contest.

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Hawaii Pacific will finish their series by concluding the suspended game then playing a full game Monday (February 21).