Baseball Extends Win Streak To Nine With Doubleheader Sweep At Tiffin

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

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

RECORDS: Northwood 16-8 (8-0 G-MAC) | Tiffin 9-15, (1-7 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: Baseball extends its winning streak to nine games with a pair of wins at Tiffin Sunday (March 26), taking game one 11-4 before winning game two 14-3.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood wasted no time getting rolling in game one, getting on the board first on a Matt Magno RBI single in the top of the first.
• NU made it a three-run opening inning thanks to Blake Salamon. His two-run homer made the score 3-0 after a half inning.
• Tiffin got one back in the bottom of the inning to get within two at 3-1.
• David Jeffers got his big day going with a two-run homer in the top of the second to get the NU lead to four runs.
• Joey Johnston added a solo homer of his own in the fourth.
• Magno drove home Northwood's seventh run of the game on a sacrifice fly later in the fourth to make the score 7-1.
• Alex Cole gave the Timberwolves a seven-run lead in the fifth with an RBI single.
• Tiffin fought back, scoring two in the fifth and one in the sixth to get within four at 8-4.
• That proved to be the last time the Dragons would score, however, as the Timberwolves finished strong in the seventh. Rhett Evans got the lead back to five with an RBI single.
• Cole brought home another run with a single, which was followed by Jeffers RBI double to make the final 11-4.

GAME ONE STATS

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

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Magno: 2-3, 2 RBIs
• Salamon: 1-3, HR, 2 RBIs
• Cole: 2-4, 2 RBIs
• Johnston: HR, 3 R
• Aaron Miller: IP, 3 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• It was Tiffin who got off to a fast start in game two, hitting a pair of home runs in the opening two innings to lead 3-0.
• Northwood put together a two-out rally in the fourth to turn the game around, starting with a Cole RBI single.
• Jeffers continued his hot day with a three-run homer to put Northwood on top for the first time at 4-3.
• The Timberwovles broke the game open in the fifth, starting with a Magno RBI single.
• Evans than brought home three runs in with an RBI hit that made the score 8-3.
• Rybicki followed with a two-run double that got the Timberwolves to 10 runs.
• An error by the Dragons made it 11-3 and rounded out NU's seven-run inning.
• Northwood's offense stayed hot in the sixth thanks to RBI doubles from Cole and Jeffers that pushed the Timberwolves lead to 13-3.
• Salamon rounded out the scoring with a solo homer in the seventh.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 14/13/1, Tiffin: 3/6/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Tiffin: 5
• Winning Pitcher: Jake Jekielek (1-1) 2 IP, 2 H, BB, K
• Losing Pitcher: Gunnar Boehm (1-4) 4 IP, 6 H, 7 R (2 ER), 2 BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBIs
• Salamon: 2-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, RBI
• Evans: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Cole: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Rybicki: 2B, 2 RBIs
• Magno: 2 RBIs
• Salamon: 2-4, 3B, R, RBI
• Zach Abbey: 2 IP, 5 K

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood's nine-game winning streak is the longest for the program since the 2019 season when NU also won nine straight from February 23-March 10.
• This is the best start in conference play for Northwood in school history (8-0).
• Jeffers finished the day 6-8 with two home runs and seven RBIs.
• Salamon's two homers on the day give him nine for the season, which ties him for the G-MAC lead with Curtis Zach of Kentucky Wesleyan.

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host its home opener Saturday (April 1) against Findlay. The doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m.