Blake Salamon Sets Northwood Home Run Record In 5-4 Loss To Saginaw Valley

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORES: Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 5, Northwood Timberwolves 4

RECORDS: Northwood (29-15), Saginaw Valley (22-18)

LOCATION: Dow Diamond – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Blake Salamon sets the Northwood single-season home run record in a 5-4 loss to Saginaw Valley Tuesday night (April 25).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• SVSU took advantage of an error in the bottom of the second inning to go up 1-0.
• Northwood tied the game in the top of he third on a wild pitch that scored Jacob Rybicki.
• The Timberwolves' defense let them down in the fourth inning. NU had two errors in the inning, allowing the Cardinals to score four unearned runs on just one hit.
• Blake Salamon got Northwood back into the game with a three-run homer to right center in the top of the sixth. That was his 16th, a new school record for home runs in a season.
• The Timberwolves had runners in scoring position in both the seventh and the eighth but were unable to plate the tying run.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 4/6/4, Saginaw Valley 5/4/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 9, Saginaw Valley 10
• Winning Pitcher: Christopher Schmees (3-2) – 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher: Matt DeFay (2-3) – 3 1/3, 2 H, 4 R (0 ER), 4 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBIs
• Rybicki: 2-5, R, SB
• Carson Longstreth: 2 2/3 IP, 0 H, R (0 ER)
• Jake Jekielek: 2 IP, 2 H, K

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• The old Northwood single-season home run record of 15 was set by Bill Gorski (1983) and Ed Dreslinski (1990).
• All five of SVSU's runs in the game were unearned.

UP NEXT

• Northwood begins an eight-game home stand to finish the regular season with a four-game set against Walsh. The first game is set for Friday (April 28) at 3 p.m.