Baseball Moves to 15-1 In The G-MAC With Sweep Over Hillsdale

OVERVIEW – HILLSDALE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Hillsdale Chargers 2 /Northwood 2, Hillsdale 1

RECORDS: Northwood (24-9, 15-1 GMAC), Hillsdale (13-17, 8-8 GMAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood takes two against Hillsdale to win the series Saturday afternoon (April 8), improving to 15-1 in conference play.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The Timberwolves scored their first run of the contest in the bottom of the third. An RBI double by Evan Weigand drove in Jacob Rybicki to put NU up 1-0.
• The Chargers responded with two runs on four hits to take the 2-1 advantage in the top of the fourth.
• Blake Salamon came up clutch in the bottom of the sixth, tying the game with his G-MAC leading 12^th home run of the season.
• Jake Jekielek then pitched a 1-2-3 inning to keep the Chargers off the board in the top of the seventh, setting up an exciting end to the contest.  
• Joey Johnston began the inning with a single, followed by the Chargers choosing to intentionally walk Rybicki. A fielder's choice advanced Johnston to third with two outs.
• Down to the final out and with an 0-2 count, Matt Magno delivered a walk-off RBI single up the middle to drive in the winning run to give Northwood a 3-2 victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 3/9/0, Hillsdale 2/5/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 5, Hillsdale 2
• Winning Pitcher: Jake Jekielek – (3-1): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher: Tommy MacLean – (0-3): 6.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 2-4, RBI
• Rybicki: 2-3, R, BB
• Salamon: 1-2, HR
• Wiegand: 1-3, RBI
• Johnston: 1-3, R

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• NU went up 1-0 in the bottom of the second as David Jeffers drove in Rhett Evans with a single to left field.
• Hillsdale used three hits in the top of the seventh to plate their first run, tying the game at 1-1 with an RBI single.  
• The bottom of the eighth saw the Timberwolves reclaim the lead. Matt Magno singled to center field and advanced on a groundout. Myles Beale connected on a hard-hit ball to left which was dropped, sending Magno home for the 2-1 lead.
• The Chargers placed runners on first and second in the top of the ninth, but were unable to score the tying run.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 2/7/0, Hillsdale 1/7/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Hillsdale 7
• Winning Pitcher: Jake Carroll – (1-1): 2 IP, 3 H, R, 0 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher: Chad Stevens – (0-2): 1 IP, H, R (0 ER), 0 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jeffers: 2-3, RBI
• Magno: 2-4, R
• Zach Abbey: 7 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 6 K

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Grand Valley State Tuesday (April 11). Game time is set for 3 p.m.