Baseball Loses At Florida Tech 7-4

OVERVIEW – FLORIDA TECH

SCORES: Florida Tech Panthers 7, Northwood Timberwolves 4

RECORDS: Northwood 9-7, Florida Tech 16-5

LOCATION: Melbourne, Fla.

RECAP: Northwood baseball lost at Florida Tech 7-4 Monday afternoon (March 7).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got off to a good start in the game, plating a pair of runs in the top of the first inning on a Rhett Evans two-run double.
• The score remained 2-0 until the fifth inning, when the Panthers scored three runs to go up 3-2.
• NU nearly went back on top in the top of the sixth, but Evans' fly ball that looked be a two-run homer was brought back by Florida Tech left fielder Jakob Newton, keeping the score 3-2.
• Florida Tech then hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to get their lead to 6-2.
• The Timberwolves had chances for big innings in both the seventh and the eighth, getting multiple runners in to scoring position in both innings.
• NU did get one run in each inning, starting with an RBI groundout from Myles Beale that made the score 6-3 in the seventh.
• Khale Showers cut the lead to 6-4 in the eighth with an RBI single.
• Florida Tech put together a two-out rally to get a run in the bottom of the eighth to send the game to the final inning with the score 7-4, which proved to be the final.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 4/8/3, Florida Tech: 7/7/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 7, Florida Tech: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Mitch Harding (3-1): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher – Logan Lee (0-1): 7 IP, 5 H, 6 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
• Save – Alex Carpenter (3): 1 1/3 IP, 4 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Evans: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBIs, R
• Jeffers: 2-5, 2B, R
• Beale/Showers, H, RBI

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to No. 3 Tampa Tuesday (March 8). First pitch is set for 6 p.m.