Baseball Defeats Wayne State 13-5

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 13, Wayne State Warriors 5

RECORDS: Northwood (26-10, 17-8 GLIAC), Wayne State (20-13, 12-9)

LOCATION: Harwell Field – Detroit, Mich.  

RECAP: Baseball rides big seventh inning to a 13-3 win at Wayne State to open the final series of the season Friday afternoon (May 14).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• The game was scoreless into the fourth inning when Northwood broke through. Logan Briggs got the Timberwolves on the board with a sacrifice fly to make the score 1-0.
• Michael Karam followed with a run-scoring double to put NU on top 2-0.
• Wayne State responded in the bottom of the fourth with three runs, taking the lead 3-2.
• The Timberwolves tied the score in the fifth on a Rhett Evans RBI single.
• The key part of the game came in the top of the seventh inning. Cole Brooks registered the biggest hit of the game in the inning with a grand slam to make the score 7-3.
• NU was just getting started in the inning, as Lawson Burnett brought home a pair on a double to get the advantage to 9-3.
• Burnett then came home on a throwing error on a bunt that made the score 10-3.
• Brooks finished off the big inning with another big hit with the bases loaded. His three-run double capped a 10-run seventh inning and pushed the lead to 13-3. Brooks had seven RBIs in the seventh alone.
• The Warriors brought home a pair in the final inning to make the final 13-5.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Wayne 3/9/4, Northwood 13/14/0
• Runners left on base: Wayne State 6, Northwood 6
• Winning Pitcher – Alan LaBov (5-0): 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher – Dillon McInernery (5-3): 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Brooks: 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 7 RBIs
• Rybicki: 1-3, 3B, 2 R, 2 BBs
• Karam: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
• Evans: 2-5, 2 R, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Wayne State will continue their weekend series with a doubleheader Saturday (May 15). First pitch is set for 1 p.m.