Baseball Drops Pair At Kentucky Wesleyan

OVERVIEW – KENTUCKY WESLEYAN

SCORES: Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers 6, Northwood Timberwolves 4/Kentucky Wesleyan 8, Northwood 7

RECORDS: Northwood 10-12, 5-3 G-MAC, Kentucky Wesleyan 8-16, 7-1 G-MAC

LOCATION: Panther Stadium - Owensboro, Ky.

RECAP: Northwood baseball drops a pair of close games to close out a four-game set at Kentucky Wesleyan Sunday (March 24), as the Panthers earned 6-4 and 8-7 victories.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood plated the opening run of the day in the top of the first on a Matt Magno RBI double to bring home Ben Clark.
• The Panthers responded with an unearned run in the bottom of the first to tie the score.
• Magno brought home a pair of unearned runs for Northwood in the top of the second on a double to put the Timberwolves on top 3-1.
• Kentucky Wesleyan responded right away in the bottom of the second with a two-run single to tie the game back up at 3-3.
• Northwood took the lead right back in the top of the third thanks to a Joey Johnston RBI single.
• After the two teams scored in each of the first five half innings of the game, the score remained 4-3 until the bottom of the sixth when the Panthers took advantage of Northwood miscues. A leadoff walk and a pair of throwing errors keyed a three-run rally which featured just one hit. That put the Panthers on top 6-4.
• Northwood put the tying run on base in the top of the seventh before coming up short.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/7/3, Kentucky Wesleyan: 6/6/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 6, Kentucky Wesleyan: 2
• Winning Pitcher – Nick Judd (1-2): 2 IP, H, BB, K
• Losing Pitcher – Dominic Mauro (2-2): 6 IP, 6 H, 6 R (2 ER), BB, 5 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBIs
• Johnston: 1-3 RBI
• Blake Salamon: 2-2, R
• Wiegand: 2B, 2 RBIs
• Clark: 2 RBIs, R, BB

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• KWC got on the board with a run in the top of the first to go up 1-0.
• After the Panthers made it 2-0 in the second, Northwood plated a run in the top of the third in a Logan Voth RBI single.
• The Panthers responded right away in the bottom of the third with a pair of runs to make the score 4-1.
• Northwood got a pair back in the bottom of the sixth thanks to Salamon. His two-run opposite field home run got Northwood within one at 4-3.
• Kentucky Wesleyan came right back with a run in the bottom of the sixth to get their advantage back to two at 5-3.
• Voth keyed the Timberwolves getting one back in the top of the seventh, opening the inning with a double. He later scored after a pair of KWC wild pitches.
• As they had throughout the game, Wesleyan came right back after the Timberwolves cut the lead to one in the seventh. A two-run homer by the Panthers made the score 7-4 heading to the eighth.
• Northwood did not go away quietly, putting up a three-spot in the eighth. NU scored a pair on a Voth two-run single.
• The score was 7-6 with the bases loaded and nobody out but Northwood was only able to plate one more run on a double play. That did tie the score for the first time since the first inning.
• The Panthers took advantage of Northwood mistakes in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead back. KWC used a hit batter, a passed ball and a throwing error to go back on top 8-7.
• The Timberwolves went 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth, giving KWC the doubleheader sweep.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 7/10/3, Kentucky Wesleyan: 8/9/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Kentucky Wesleyan: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Tavien Tigg (1-0): 2 IP, H
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Carroll (2-3): IP, 2 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Voth: 4-5, R, 3 RBIs
• Salamon: HR, 2 RBIs
• Joey Johnston: 2-3, 2 R
• Benji Alderson: 1 1/3 IP, H, 3 K
• Tyler Sager: IP, K

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Findlay for a four-game series, starting with a doubleheader Friday (March 29). First pitch is set for 1 p.m.