Baseball Drops 11-5 Contest At Montevallo

OVERVIEW – MONTEVALLO

SCORES: Montevallo Falcons 11, #22 Northwood Timberwolves 5

RECORDS: Northwood 0-2, Montevallo 7-3

LOCATION: Bob Riesener Stadium – Montevallo, Alabama

RECAP: Northwood baseball sees an early lead fall away in an 11-5 loss at Montevallo Saturday (February 17).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood got on the board in the first inning when Evan Wiegand came home on a passed ball to put the Timberwolves up 1-0.
• Blake Salamon extended the lead in the top of the fourth with an RBI single that brought home Ben Clark to make the score 2-0.
• Alex Jarboe then doubled the NU advantage with a two-run single, putting the Timberwolves on top 4-0.
• Montevallo got their offense going in the fifth and sixth innings, scoring one in the fifth and four in the sixth to take their first lead of the day at 5-4.
• Northwood tied the score in the seventh thanks to a Logan Voth RBI groundout that made the score 5-5.
• The Falcons offense kept the momentum going the rest of the game, however, scoring five in the seventh and one more in the eight to take the 11-5 victory.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 5/10/2, Montevallo: 11/14/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 12, Montevallo: 10
• Winning Pitcher – Connor Phelan (1-0): 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Trevor Crawford (0-1): 2/3 IP, 3 H, 5 R (2 ER), 2 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Kendall Anthes: 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, R, BB, 5 K
• Clark: 3-5, R
• Wiegand: 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB
• Salamon: 2-4, RBI
• Jarboe: 1-2, 2 RBIs
• Voth: 1-3 R, RBI, 2 BB

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Montevallo will wrap up their series with a game Sunday (February 18). Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET).