Baseball Splits Pair At Malone To Take Series

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORES: Malone Pioneers 4, Northwood Timberwolves 3 (Eight Innings) / Northwood 11, Malone 5

RECORDS: Northwood (27-11, 18-2 GMAC), Malone (17-20, 5-15 GMAC)

LOCATION: Tomassi Stadium – Ashland, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood baseball goes 1-1 against Malone, with the Pioneers taking game one 4-3 in extra innings before the Timberwolves won game two 11-5.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board in the top of the second on a Rhett Evans RBI groundout.
• Malone leveled the score in the top of the third inning.
• NU plated a pair in the fourth, starting with an Evans triple.
• Evans then came home on an Alex Cole RBI single to make the score 3-1.
• The Pioneers got one back in the fifth to get within one run.
• Northwood was within one strike of closing out the win, only to see Malone tie the score in the bottom of the seventh.
• The Timberwolves had a runner in scoring position with one out in the eight but were unable to take the lead.
• Malone then scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth to close out a 4-3 win.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 3/7/0, Malone 4/12/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 9, Malone 9
• Winning Pitcher: Danny Miller (3-0) – 1/3 IP, K
• Losing Pitcher: Grant LaMarche (0-2) – 2/3 IP, 4 H, R

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-4, 2 R
• Evans: 1-3, R, 2 RBIs
• Cole: 2-4, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• After scoring 10 runs in the first three games with no home runs, the Timberwolves scored four runs in the first inning of game two with two home runs. Caden Duryea and Rhett Evans both connected on two-run homers to give Northwood the early lead.
• Malone got one back in the first to make the score 4-1.
• Blake Salamon gave Northwood its third two-run home run of the game in the top of the third to get the lead to 6-1.
• After Malone got a pair back in the bottom of the third, an error by the Pioneers in the fifth plated a run for the Timberwolves and made the score 7-3.
• Joey Johnston pushed the lead to 8-3 for Northwood with a sixth-inning double.
• In the seventh, Evans registered his second triple of the day, scoring two runs.
• Cole rounded out the scoring for Northwood with a single to bring home Evans and make the score 11-3.
• Malone scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning before Northwood closed the door on the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/9/1, Malone 5/8/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 3, Malone 6
• Winning Pitcher: Carson Longstreth (2-2) – 3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher: Ayden Hall (0-4) – IP, 3 H, 4 R

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Evans: 3-4, HR, 3B, 3 R, 4 RBIs
• Salamon: HR, 2 RBIs
• Duryea: HR, 2 RBIs
• Johnston: 2-3, R
• Magno: 2B, 2 R

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to Central Michigan Tuesday (April 18). First pitch is set for 3 p.m.