Matt Magno Sets Northwood Hits Record As Baseball Splits At Walsh

OVERVIEW – WALSH

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 10, Walsh Cavaliers 1/Walsh 11, Northwood 10 (Eight Innings)

RECORDS: Northwood 17-16, 11-7 G-MAC, Walsh 19-10, 12-4 G-MAC

LOCATION: Biery Stadium – North Canton, Ohio

RECAP: Matt Magno sets the program record for hits in a career as Northwood baseball splits pair at Walsh Saturday (April 14).

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Walsh scored the opening run of the game in the bottom of the third inning to go up 1-0.
• Northwood responded right away in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Matt Magno to bring home Ben Clark and make the score 1-1.
• The score remained 1-1 until the seventh when the Timberwolves began to break the game open on a historic hit. Magno connected on a solo home run to right center to put the Timberwolves on top 2-1. The hit was the 277th of Magno's career, setting a new school record for hits in a career.
• Caden Duryea expanded the Timberwolves lead in the top of the eighth with a two-run homer that made the score 4-1.
• Northwood took control of the game in the ninth inning, starting with a sac fly by Myles Beale to push the advantage to 5-1.
• Blake Salamon connected on a solo home run, which was followed by a two-run homer by Joey Johnston that put the Timberwolves on top 8-1.
• Logan Voth capped the six-run ninth inning with a two-run single, making the score 10-1.
• Northwood got great pitching in the game, as the combo of Tyler Sager and Jake Jekielek held the Cavs to jus three singles over the final six innings.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 10/11/0, Walsh: 1/6/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 2, Walsh: 7
• Winning Pitcher – Sager (1-0): 6 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 6 K
• Losing Pitcher – Nick Lallathin (5-2): 8 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 5 K
• Save – Jake Jekielek (5): 3 IP, 3 H, 6 K

GAME ONE TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R
• Johnston: 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R
• Voth: 2-5, 2 RBIs
• Duryea: HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R
• Salamon: HR

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood kept the momentum going from game one early in the nightcap, scoring in the top of the first on an RBI single by Magno.
• Duryea and Voth then had RBI singles in the second to make the score 3-0.
• In the third, Salamon made the score 4-0 on an RBI single.
• Ben Narr then came through with a three-run double that extended the advantage to 7-0.
• Northwood capped the five-run third with a Voth RBI single that made the score 8-0.
• With NU up 8-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth of a seven-inning game, it appeared the Timberwolves were on their way to a sweep. But the Cavaliers responded in the fourth, putting up eight runs to tie the game.
• Walsh took their first lead of the day in the bottom of the sixth with a run to go up 9-8.
• Down to their final two outs, Alex Cole connected on an opposite-field home run in the seventh to tie the score at 9-9.
• In extra innings, Magno came through with an RBI single that put Northwood back on top 10-9.
• Walsh came through with two runs in the bottom of the eighth to earn the comeback victory 11-10.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 10/17/2, Walsh: 11/10/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 8, Walsh: 5
• Winning Pitcher – Zach Thompson (2-1): 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Jake Carroll (3-5): 3 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 5 K

GAME TWO TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Magno: 4-5, 2B, R, 2 RBIs
• Cole: 3-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI
• Duryea: 3-4, 2R, RBI
• Narr: 2-4, 2B, R, 3 RBIs
• Voth: 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBIs

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Magno now has 282 hits for his career. He passed David Vinsky, who played at Northwood from 2017-19 and had 276 hits for his career.

UP NEXT

• Northwood host Madonna Tuesday (April 2). Game time is set for 3 p.m.