Baseball Takes Pair Versus Lake Erie To Take G-MAC Regular Season Title Outright

OVERVIEW –  LAKE ERIE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 8, Lake Erie Storm 1/Northwood 12, Lake Erie Storm 2

RECORDS: Northwood (36-16, 27-5 GMAC), Lake Erie (7-40, 6-26 GMAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Baseball takes Great Midwest Athletic Conference regular season title outright with pair of wins over Lake Erie Friday (May 5), taking game one 8-1 before winning game two 12-2.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Two Northwood errors in the top of the first allowed the Storm to plate the opening run of the contest.
• In the bottom of the third, Myles Beale delivered an RBI single to left field to even the score.
• With the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth, the Timberwolves took advantage of a throwing error to plate two unearned runs.
• Joey Johnston added a sacrifice fly to drive in Carson Longstreth and take the 4-1 lead.
• NU drove in four runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth. With loaded bases, Alex Cole hit a chopper to right field to drive in two runs.
• Longstreth added a deep double to left field to bring in two more, pushing the lead to 8-1.
• Northwood starter Jayden Dentler tossed a complete game to earn the win and clinch the outright regular season title.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 8/9/2, Lake Erie 1/6/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 5, Lake Erie 5
• Winning Pitcher: Jayden Dentler – (7-1): 7 IP, 6 H, R (0 ER), 0 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher: Jake Vasil – (0-8): 5 IP, 8 H, 8 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 0 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

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

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULE FOR NINE INNINGS)

• With three straight walks from Joey Johnston, Jacob Rybicki, and Myles Beale, Northwood loaded the bases in the bottom of the third. Matt Magno delivered a single to center field to plate two runs.
• Beale then reached home on a groundout to make the score 3-0.
• An RBI single up the middle for Lake Erie put the score at 3-1 in the top of the fourth.
• Alex Cole led off the fourth inning with a single to right field. Caden Duryea  then drove him in with a double down the left field line.
• A bunt single by David Jeffers advanced Duryea to third, who then reached home with an RBI single from Joey Johnston.
• Jeffers reached home on a wild pitch, followed by Johnston reaching home on an error by the pitcher to make it four runs in the inning for NU, extending their lead to 7-1.  
• The top of the fifth saw Lake Erie add one run in the top of the fifth with an RBI single.
• Northwood added two runs on a wild pitch and an RBI groundout from Joey Johnston to make the score 9-2 NU in the fifth.
• To activate the final game run rule, the Timberwolves plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Duryea started the scoring with an RBI double to plate Cole.
• Jeffers brought home Duryea with a single up the middle to get Northwood within one of ending the game.
• Malik Houston stepped up to the plate to pinch hit and delivered an RBI single to right field to give NU the series sweep over Lake Erie.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 12/12/3, Lake Erie 2/5/2
• Runners left on base: Northwood 5, Lake Erie 7
• Winning Pitcher: Kendall Anthes – (5-1): 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher: Robert Helt – (1-6): 3.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R (6 ER), 5 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Magno: 2-3, 2 RBI
• Cole: 2-3, 3 R
• Jeffers: 2-3, 3 R, RBI
• Johnston: 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood will be the top seed in the upcoming G-MAC Tournament, which will take place in Mason, Ohio May 10-13.