Baseball Earns 7-4 Road Win Over No. 20 Wayne State

OVERVIEW – #20 WAYNE STATE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 7, #20 Wayne State Warriors 4

RECORDS: Northwood 12-8 | Wayne State 12-3

LOCATION: Harwell Field – Detroit, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood baseball earns its fifth straight win, downing No. 20 Wayne State 7-4 Tuesday (March 21).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood opened the scoring in the top of the second inning on an RBI double from Alex Cole.
• NU then made it 2-0 in the second when David Jeffers was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
• Wayne State got on the board in the bottom of the second to send the game to the third with the score 2-1.
• Northwood responded right way in the third with an RBI double from Blake Salamon followed by a run-scoring single from Myles Beale to make the score 4-1.
• WSU scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 4-2.
• The Timberwolves used the long ball in the sixth to extended their lead. Jacob Rybicki's two-run shot pushed the advantage to 6-2.
• Salamon made it 7-2 in the top of the seventh on a solo home run.
• Wayne State plated a pair of runs in the ninth before Jake Carroll closed out the Northwood victory.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/11/0, Wayne State: 4/8/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Wayne State: 9
• Winning Pitcher: Carson Longstreth (1-1) 2 IP, 2 H, R
• Losing Pitcher: Griffin Kilander (3-1) 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 2-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs
• Beale: 2-4, R, RBI
• Evans: 2-5, R, SB
• Rybicki: HR, 2 RBIs
• Beale: 2-4
• Cole: 1-3, 2B, RBI
• Zach Abbey/Danny Witbeck/Jake Jekielek/Grant LaMarche: One scoreless inning of relief each

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to Tiffin for a four-game series starting Friday (March 24). The nine-inning came will start at 3 p.m.