Baseball Sees Seven Game Winning Streak End In Doubleheader Split At Kentucky Wesleyan

OVERVIEW – KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 3/Kentucky Wesleyan 1, Northwood 0 (Eight Innings)

RECORDS: Northwood 10-10, 5-1 G-MAC, Kentucky Wesleyan 6-16, 5-1 G-MAC

LOCATION: Panther Stadium - Owensboro, Ky.

RECAP: Northwood baseball sees its seven-game winning streak come to an end in a doubleheader split at Kentucky Wesleyan Saturday (March 23), as NU took game one 6-3 before dropping a tough 1-0 contest in extra innings.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board first in the opening inning on a two-out solo home run by Matt Magno.
• The Panthers responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the first to tie the game 1-1.
• Northwood strung together three hits in a row in the second, capped by a two-run double by Evan Wiegand to put the Timberwolves on top 3-1.
• Kentucky Wesleyan scored one run in the third and one in the sixth to tie things up at 3-3.
• The score remained tied until the ninth when Northwood broke through. After the first two batters were retired, the Timberwolves rallied to score three runs. The first two came home on a Ben Clark single.
• NU then executed a double steal that brought home Clark to make the score 6-3.
• Jake Jekielek was dominant in relief for the Timberwolves. After allowing a single to the first batter he faced, Jekielek retired the final nine batters of the game while striking out five.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 6/9/0, Kentucky Wesleyan: 3/7/2
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Kentucky Wesleyan: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Jekielek (1-2): 3 IP, H, 5 K
• Losing Pitcher – Bryant Byrd (0-2): 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 3 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 2-5, HR, RBI
• Kendall Anthes: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K
• Wiegand: 2B, 2 RBIs
• Clark: 2 RBIs, R, BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN INNINGS)

• Pitching was the story of the game, as the game was scoreless in the sixth when Northwood had a great chance to get on the board.
• The Timberwolves had runners on first and third with nobody out to open the inning. But a strikeout combined with a failed double steal attempt prevented Northwood from getting on the board.
• In the top of the eighth inning, Northwood was unable to score after a runner was put on second to start extra innings.
• KWC came through in the bottom of the inning with a base hit to plate the winning run and earn the doubleheader split.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 0/5/1, Kentucky Wesleyan: 1/6/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Kentucky Wesleyan: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Austin Baugh (1-1): 2 IP, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Carroll (2-2): 2 IP, 3 H, R (0 ER), 4 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Grant LaMarche: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 K
• Benji Alderson: IP, K
• Clark: 2-3

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Kentucky Wesleyan will wrap up its series with a doubleheader Sunday (March 24). First pitch is set for 1 p.m. (ET).