Baseball Falls To Saginaw Valley 12-5 At Dow Diamond

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORES: Saginaw Valley Cardinals 12, Northwood Timberwolves 5

RECORDS: Northwood (23-18), Saginaw Valley (29-12)

LOCATION: Dow Diamond – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood falls to Saginaw Valley 12-5 at Dow Diamond (April 23).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The Cardinals used a strong start to the contest to jump out to an early lead, plating four runs on three hits in the top of the first inning.
• Northwood responded in the bottom of the inning, beginning with a single to right field by Joey Johnston. Matt Magno delivered a home run to right field to make the score 4-2. 
• Saginaw Valley added two runs in the top of the second to extend their advantage to 6-2.
• A leadoff home run down the left field line by Drew Charters put Northwood within three runs during the bottom of the second inning.
• An RBI single for SVSU in the top of the third put the score at 7-3.
• Blake Salamon's 13^th homerun of the season was hit to right field in the bottom of the third, as Northwood put the contest back within three.
• The homeruns continued in the top of the fourth, as Saginaw added a solo shot and a fielder's choice RBI to extend their lead to 9-4.
• After a high scoring start to the contest, both teams were held scoreless until the ninth. SVSU scored three runs to make the score 12-4.   
• In the bottom of the ninth, Magno capped the scoring with an RBI double down the left field line to plate Johnston.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 5/10/1, Saginaw Valley 12/14/0
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Saginaw Valley 10
• Winning Pitcher – Nick Bastian  (1-1):  3 IP, 2 H, R, 0 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Dominic Mauro (3-4): 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 2-4, HR
• Charters: 2-4, HR
• Magno: 2-5, 3 RBIs, HR
• Metzger: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Ohio Dominican for their final road series of the regular season, starting with a doubleheader Saturday (April 27). First pitch is set for 1 p.m.