Baseball Loses Late Lead At Maryville 6-4

OVERVIEW – MARYVILLE

SCORES: Maryville Saints 6, Northwood Timberwolves 4

RECORDS: Northwood 0-5, Maryville 3-4

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

RECAP: Northwood baseball sees a late lead fall away in a 6-4 loss at Maryville Saturday (February 24).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• After a quiet start to the game for both teams, Northwood got on the board on an error in the fifth to make the score 1-0.
• Myles Beale followed with a two-run homer to give the Timberwolves a 3-0 lead.
• After Maryville got on the board in the sixth with a run, Northwood pushed their lead to 4-1 in the top of the seventh on a Josh Getz sacrifice fly.
• The Saints took over at that point, however, scoring three in the seventh to tie the game 4-4
• Maryville then connected on a pair of solo home runs in the bottom of the eighth to complete the comeback and earn the win.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/7/0, Maryville: 6/8/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Maryville: 4
• Winning Pitcher – Ryan Hoshaw (1-0): 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Jekielek (0-2): IP, 2 H, 2 R, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Kendall Anthes: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K
• Beale: 2-4, HR, R, 2 RBIs
• Blake Salamon: 2-4, 2B
• Logan Voth: 2-4, 2B, R

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Maryville will wrap up their weekend series Sunday (February 25). Game time is set for 1 p.m. (ET).