Derek Clark's Record-Breaking Day Leads Baseball To Sweep At Tiffin

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 13, Tiffin Dragons 6/Northwood 2, Tiffin 0

RECORDS: Northwood 14-8 (6-0 G-MAC) | Tiffin 9-13, (1-5 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: A record-breaking day for Derek Clark highlights a doubleheader sweep for Northwood baseball at Tiffin Friday afternoon (March 24) as the Timberwolves push their winning streak to seven.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• The game was scoreless in the top of the sixth when Jacob Rybicki led the inning off with a double. He later came home on a Matt Magno sacrifice fly that made the score 1-0.
• Northwood expanded their lead in the seventh, starting with a wild pitch that plated Myles Beale.
• Caden Duryea then made it 3-0 with a sac fly in the seventh.
• Tiffin plated an unearned run in the seventh to get back within two runs.
• Alex Cole got the advantage back to three with a bases loaded walk that made the score 4-1.
• The Dragons got another one back in the eighth but were unable to get any closer, making the final 4-2.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/8/5, Tiffin: 2/6/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Tiffin: 11
• Winning Pitcher: Derek Clark (4-1) 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R (0 ER), BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher: Kyler Archual (2-1) 6 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K
• Save: Jake Carroll (2) IP, H, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 3-4, R, 2B, SB
• Magno: 1-2, RBI, BB
• Rhett Evans: 2-3, 2B, R
• Cole: 1-2, 2B, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood got going right away in game two, as Blake Salamon's RBI single in the first made the score 1-0.
• NU doubled the lead in the second when Cole came home on a wild pitch.
• Myles Beale made it 3-0 in the top of the fifth with an RBI single.
• Evans rounded out the scoring in the seventh with a run-scoring double.
• Jayden Dentler finished off his second-straight complete game shutout to move to 5-0 on the season.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/8/0, Tiffin: 0/6/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Tiffin: 7
• Winning Pitcher: Jayden Dentler (5-0) 7 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher: Noah Kandel (1-1) 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 5 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 2-4, 3B, R, RBI
• Beale: 2-3, RBI, BB
• Evans: 2B, RBI

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Derek Clark's eight strikeouts give him 197 for his career, setting a new Northwood record for strikeouts in a career. The old mark was set by Tyler Jandron, who had 194 K's in 2017-18.
• Over the last two weekends, Derek Clark and Dentler have combined to go 4-0, throwing 29 innings without allowing an earned run. The duo has struck out 30 while allowing just 17 hits and six walks.

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Tiffin will conclude their weekend series with a doubleheader Saturday (March 24). First pitch is set for Noon.