Baseball Finishes Weekend Sweep With Pair of Wins At Cedarville

OVERVIEW – CEDARVILLE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 13, Cedarville Yellow Jackets 6/Northwood 17, Cedarville 7

RECORDS: Northwood 11-8 (4-0 G-MAC) | Cedarville 3-16 (0-4 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Cedarville, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood baseball finishes four-game sweep at Cedarville with a pair of wins Friday (March 17), picking up a 13-6 victory in game one before taking game two 17-7.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The Timberwolves got on the board in the top of the first inning on a two-run triple by Myles Beale.
• Alex Cole pushed the lead to 4-0 in the first with a two-run single.
• Northwood finished off their big first inning with a two-run single by Jacob Rybicki.
• Cedarville responded in the bottom of the second, putting up five runs to make the score 6-5.
• NU got a run in the fourth on an RBI single from Matt Magno to put the Timberwolves on top 7-5.
• Rybicki brought home two runs for Northwood in the fifth on double that made the score 9-5.
• The Yellow Jackets got back within three in the bottom of the inning.
• Beale came right back in the top of the sixth with a solo homer from Beale to push the advantage to 10-6.
• David Jeffers then made it 12-6 in the top of the seventh on two-run homer.
• Joey Johnston rounded out the scoring with an RBI groundout.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 13/13/2, Cedarville: 6/13/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Cedarville: 11
• Winning Pitcher: Tyler Sager (1-1) 3 IP, 4 H, R (0 ER), K
• Losing Pitcher: Ethan Milburn (2-2) 2/3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 4 BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Jeffers: 2-3, HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Rybicki: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBIs, 2 BB, 2 SB
• Evan Wiegand: 2-4, 2 R
• Cole: 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Hunter McShane/Carson Longstreth: One shutout inning of relief each

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood came out fast in the first once again, starting with an RBI single by Magno.
• Beale followed with a sacrifice fly, which was followed by a Wiegand two-run double to make the lead 4-0 after a half inning.
• Magno earned his second RBI of the game with a run-scoring single in the top of the second that made the score 5-0.
• The Yellow Jackets plated an unearned run in the bottom of the second that got CU within four at 5-1.
• NU plated three runs in the third thanks to Wiegand being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and a Cedarville error. That made the score 8-1.
• A CU balk in the top of the fifth gave the Timberwolves another run and make the lead 9-1.
• The Yellow Jackets put together a big inning of their own in the fifth, bringing home four runs to get within four at 9-5.
• Northwood put the game away in the sixth, starting with a bases loaded walk from Rybicki.
• Johnston followed with an RBI groundout which scored a second run on an error that put NU on top 12-5.
• Beale was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to get the score to 13-5.
• Rhett Evans brought home a pair with a double to get the lead to 10 at 15-5.
• Alex Cole capped the eight-run sixth with a two-run triple, making the score 17-5.
• Cedarville scored a pair in the bottom of the seventh to make the final 17-7.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 17/11/1, Cedarville: 7/8/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 10, Cedarville: 5
• Winning Pitcher: Kendall Anthes (1-1) 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher: David Nairn (0-4) 2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 RBIs, SB
• Cole: 2-2, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 3 BB, SB
• Evans: 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBIs, 3 BB
• Wiegand: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Magno: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Beale: 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Johnston: RBI
• Jake Jekielek/Danny Witbeck: One scoreless inning of relief each

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Wayne State Tuesday (March 21) for a non-conference game. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.