Baseball Advances To G-MAC Tournament Final After Going 1-1

OVERVIEW –  OHIO DOMINICAN/FINDLAY (G-MAC TOURNAMENT)

SCORES: No. 7 Ohio Dominican Panthers 5, No. 1 Northwood Timberwolves 1/Northwood 8, No. 4 Findlay 3

RECORDS: Northwood (39-17)/Ohio Dominican (26-25)/Findlay (32-22)

LOCATION: Prasco Park – Mason, Ohio

RECAP: Top-seeded Northwood baseball advanced to the finals of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Tournament Friday (May 12) after a 1-1 day, falling to No. 7 Ohio Dominican 5-1 before earning an 8-3 win over fourth-seeded Findlay.

OHIO DOMINICAN HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the bottom of the fourth inning, thanks to Blake Salamon. He added to his school-record home run total with a solo shot to right field to put NU on top 1-0.
• Ohio Dominican had two outs and nobody on in the fifth when the put together a walk and a two-run homer to go on top 2-1.
• The score remained that way until the eighth, when the Panthers came through with another two-out home run. The three-run shot put ODU on top 5-1.

OHIO DOMINICAN GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 1/7/0, Ohio Dominican 5/6/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 5, Ohio Dominican 5
• Winning Pitcher: Marshall Flynn – (5-7): 8 IP, 7 H, R, 0 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher: Jayden Dentler – (7-2): 8 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: HR, RBI
• Jacob Rybicki: 2-4
• David Jeffers: 2-3

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Salamon's home run gave Northwood 60 for the season, which matches the program record for home runs in a season. The 2021 team also connected on 60 home runs.
• The loss snapped Northwood's nine game winning streak, its second longest of the season. The Timberwolves won 15 straight from March 16-April 7.

FINDLAY HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• After the offense was held in check by Ohio Dominican earlier in the day, Northwood got going early. After a leadoff double by Rybicki, he later scored on a Salamon RBI groundout.
• With two outs in the first, Rhett Evans made the score 2-0 with an RBI single.
• Northwood kept the momentum going into the second inning, starting with a run-scoring double by Rybicki to make the score 3-0.
• Myles Beale then earned an RBI on an error to get the lead to four.
• Salamon capped the big second inning with a two-run single to make the score 6-0 after two innings.
• The Oilers got on the board in the top of the third with a single run to get within five.
• Joey Johnston got that run back in the bottom of the third with an RBI single.
• Findlay scored another run in the fourth, making the score 7-2.
• Ben Clark came through with an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth to get the lead back up to six at 8-2.
• That is where the score remained until the ninth when the Oilers pushed across one.
• Kendall Anthes started for Northwood and put forth a big effort for the Timberwolves, going 8 2/3 innings while throwing 137 pitches.
• Hunter McShane came in to retire the final batter of the game to finish off the victory.

FINDLAY GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 8/13/1, Findlay 3/3/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 13, Findlay 6
• Winning Pitcher: Kendall Anthes – (6-1): 8 2/3, 3 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher: Carson Mellott – (2-2): 1 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 0 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 3-5, 3 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB
• Salamon: 3 RBIs
• Johnston: 2-4, R, RBI
• Clark: 2-3, 2B, R, RBI
• Beale: 3 BB, 3 SB, 2 R
• Matt Magno: 2-5, 2 SB

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood's 39 wins stand as the second most in program history, trailing only the 46 victories from the 2017 season.
• The Timberwolves set a trio of team school records in the game: most RBIs in a season (396), most doubles in a season (137) and most runs in a season (439).
• NU improved to 5-0 on the season against Findlay.

UP NEXT

• Northwood will face Ohio Dominican in the finals Saturday (May 13). NU will need to win a pair of games to claim the title. First pitch of game one is set for Noon.