Brad Baldwin Earns First Career Win As Baseball Downs Winona State 13-8 In 12 Innings

OVERVIEW – WINONA STATE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 13, Winona State Warriors 8

RECORDS: Northwood 1-7, Winona State 0-7

LOCATION: Lake Myrtle Park – Auburndale, Fla.

RECAP: Brad Baldwin picks up his first career victory as Northwood baseball head coach, as the Timberwolves rally back to earn a 13-8 win over Winona State in 12 innings Sunday (March 3).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Winona State was the better team early in the game, scoring one in the second, one in the third and three more in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead.
• Northwood began its comeback in the top of the fifth on a two-run error to make the score 5-2.
• Blake Salamon cut the Warriors lead to one in the top of the sixth with a two-run homer that put the score at 5-4.
• Winona State responded with a run in the bottom of the sixth to get their lead back to two at 6-4.
• Northwood got rolling in the seventh inning, starting with an RBI single from Caden Duryea.
• Myles Beale followed with a two-run double to left that gave the Timberwolves their first lead of the day at 7-6.
• NU then made it 8-6 on an RBI groundout by Alex Jarboe to cap a four-run seventh.
• Winona State did not go away, taking advantage of two Northwood errors to plate a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game 8-8.
• The score remained 8-8 until the 12th inning when the Timberwolves put together another big inning, starting with a Joey Johnston RBI single that brought home Camden Fisher.
• Ben Clark the followed with a two-run single to get the Northwood lead up to 11-8.
• Beale then drove home his third and fourth runs of the day with an RBI single to cap the scoring and give the Timberwolves the win.
• Jake Carroll tossed the final six innings of relief and did not allow an earned run while striking out seven.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 13/17/5, Winona State: 8/9/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Winona State: 8
• Winning Pitcher – Carroll (1-0): 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher – Mason Beltrand (0-1): 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 6 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 3-6, 2B, 4 RBIs, 2 SB
• Clark: 4-7, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
• Salamon: HR, 2 RBIs
• Johnston: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
• Drew Charters: 2-5, 3 R, 2 SB

UP NEXT

• Northwood will take on Minnesota State Monday (March 4). Game time is set for 9:30 a.m.