Baseball Falls At Maryville 13-9 - Matt Magno Sets Northwood Career RBI Record

OVERVIEW – MARYVILLE

SCORES: Maryville Saints 13, Northwood Timberwolves 9

RECORDS: Northwood 0-4, Maryville 3-3

LOCATION: Weber Baseball Field – St. Louis, Mo.

RECAP: On a day senior Matt Magno sets a program record for RBIs in a career, Northwood baseball falls behind early and is unable to recover in a 13-9 loss at Maryville Friday (February 23).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood started the game fast, going up 1-0 in the top of the first on an RBI double by Matt Magno.
• NU made it 2-0 later in the first on a sacrifice fly by Blake Salamon.
• The Saints broke the game open in the second and third innings, scoring seven in the second and three in the third to take a 10-2 lead.
• Northwood got back a pair in the fourth on an error, making the score 10-4.
• The score remained 10-4 until the bottom of the seventh when back-to-back home runs by the Saints plated three runs to push their advantage to 13-4.
• Magno came through in the top of the eighth, hitting a grand slam to right center, getting the Timberwolves back within five at 13-8.
• Caden Duryea connected on his first home run of the season in the top of the ninth, but that proved to be the final run of the contest.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 9/12/1, Maryville: 13/14/3
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 10, Maryville: 7
• Winning Pitcher – Jacob Kroeger (1-0): 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 9 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Carroll (0-1): 1 2/3 IP, 6 H, 7 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 2 K
• Save – Connor Phelan (2): 2 IP, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 4-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBIs
• Benji Alderson: 3 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
• Myles Beale: 3-4, 3 R, BB
• Josh Getz: 2-4, 2 R
• Duryea: 1-2, HR, RBI

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• With his five RBIs today, Magno become the all-time leader in Northwood history in runs batted in. He now has 164 for his career, passing David Vinsky (161), who played at Northwood from 2017-19.

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Maryville will continue their series Saturday (February 24). Game time is set for 2 p.m. (ET).