Posted: Apr 20, 2024
Baseball Extends Win Streak To Five With Doubleheader Sweep Over Hillsdale
OVERVIEW – HILLSDALE
SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Hillsdale Chargers 3/Northwood 7, Hillsdale 3
RECORDS: Northwood (22-16, 15-7 GMAC), Hillsdale (15-24, 9-13 GMAC)
LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Baseball extends winning streak to five with a pair of wins over Hillsdale Saturday (April 20), winning game one 6-3 and game two 7-3.
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)
- A solo homerun in the top of the first inning gave Hillsdale an early 1-0 advantage.
- Alex Cole's single to left field drove in Myles Beale in the bottom of the second to tie up the contest.
- The Timberwolves took the lead in the bottom of the third. Ben Narr started the inning with a triple to right center and was brought home with an RBI groundout from Logan Voth.
- Hillsdale tied the game with an RBI single in the fourth.
- The Chargers added another solo homerun in the top of the fifth inning to go up 3-2.
- In the bottom of the fifth, the Timberwolves responded with three runs to jump on top. Narr plated Joey Johnston with a groundout for the first run. Ben Clark's two-run single then scored Voth and Caden Duryea.
- Evan Wiegand reached on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the eighth to extend the Northwood lead to 6-3.
- The Timberwolves' duo of Tyler Sager and Jake Jekielek pitched well to lead the way for NU.
GAME ONE STATS
- Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 6/9/2, Hillsdale 3/10/1
- Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Hillsdale 4
- Winning Pitcher – Sager (2-0): 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K
- Losing Pitcher – Tommy MacLean (3-5): 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K
- Save – Jekielek (6): 3 IP, 2 H, 6 K
TOP NU PERFORMERS
- Clark: 2-4, 2 RBI
- Cole: 2-4, RBI
- Narr: 1-3, R, RBI
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)
- A Myles Beale RBI single plated Logan Voth to get the scoring started for the Timberwolves in the bottom of the first.
- Later in the first, Alex Cole drew a walk with bases loaded to score Matt Magno, giving NU the 2-0 lead.
- Hillsdale responded with three runs on four hits in the top of the third for the 3-2 lead.
- NU added four runs on three hits and an error in the bottom of the second. A single to left center by Matt Magno scored Voth, followed by a Myles Beale bunt single to plate Drew Charters.
- A bases loaded hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice fly rounded out the scoring in the inning as Northwood took the 6-3 advantage.
- The Timberwolves extended their lead to 7-3 in the fourth inning with a Blake Salamon home run to center field.
- After allowing three runs in the third, Kendall Anthes held the Chargers scoreless over his final three innings of work. Jake Carroll then tossed a scoreless seventh to close out the victory.
GAME TWO STATS
- Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 7/12/1, Hillsdale 3/8/1
- Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Hillsdale 9
- Winning Pitcher – Kendall Anthes (4-0): 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K
- Losing Pitcher – Drew Olssen (0-1): 4 IP, 9 H, 7 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 6 K
TOP NU PERFORMERS
- Beale: 3-4, RBI, R, 2 RBIs
- Magno: 2-4, 2 R, RBI
- Voth: 2-4, 2 R
- Salamon: 1-2, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Cole: 2 RBIs
- Charters: 2-3, 3B, R
UP NEXT
- Northwood and Hillsdale will finish their weekend series with a doubleheader Sunday (April 21). Game time is set for Noon.