Baseball Takes Pair At Malone To Move To 17-1 In The G-MAC

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Malone Pioneers 2 / Northwood 4, Malone 2

RECORDS: Northwood (26-10, 17-1 GMAC), Malone (16-19, 4-14 GMAC)

LOCATION: Munson Stadium – Canton, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood earns a pair of hard-fought wins at Malone Friday (April 14), taking game one 3-2 before winning game two 4-2.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Malone manufactured a run in the third, combining a single, a sacrifice bunt, and a two-out single to make the score 1-0.
• Northwood scored all three of their runs in the fifth, getting going on a Joey Johnston two-run single.
• Matt Magno then brought home Johnston with a double to push the NU advantage to 3-1.
• The score remained 3-1 until the ninth, when Malone led off the inning with a solo home run.
• Derek Clark responded to allowing the solo homer, retiring the final three batters to close out the complete game victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 3/9/1, Malone 2/7/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Malone 7
• Winning Pitcher: Derek Clark (7-1) – 9 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher: Jackson Phelps (1-3) – 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Johnston: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBIs, R
• Magno: 2-4, 2B, RBI

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Clark's win was the 20th of his career. He is the second pitcher in school history to have 20 wins for his career, joining Tyler Jandron (21).
• Clark currently leads the G-MAC in wins (7) and innings pitched (67 2/3) and ranks second in the conference in ERA (2.26) and opposing batting average (.199).

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• NU went up 1-0 in the top of the first, Jacob Rybicki led the game off with a triple and was brought home by a Magno RBI single.
• In the top of the second, Rybicki then made it 2-0 with an RBI single in that brought home Rhett Evans.
• Malone got one back in the bottom of the third to make the score 2-1.
• Freshman Caden Duryea came through in the top of the seventh in a pinch-hitting role. His two-run single to center got the advantage up to three at 4-1.
• Malone did not go away in the bottom of the seventh, starting the inning with a walk and a double. The Pioneers did push home a run to get within two and had the tying run on base before Jake Carroll struck out the final two batters to close out the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 4/10/1, Malone 2/6/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 5, Malone 10
• Winning Pitcher: Zach Abbey (1-0) – 5 IP, 4 H, R, 3 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Mitch Maurer (4-3) – 7 IP, 10 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K
• Save: Jake Carroll (4) – 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 2-3, 3B, R, RBI, SB
• Jeffers: 2-3, 2B, R
• Johnston: 2-3, R
• Dureya: 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Malone will finish their weekend series with a pair of games held at Ashland Saturday (April 15). First pitch is set for 1 p.m.