Baseball Improves To 5-0 With Pair of Wins At Purdue Northwest

OVERVIEW – PURDUE NORTHWEST

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 4, Purdue Northwest Pride 3/Northwood 9, Purdue Northwest 8

RECORDS: Northwood 5-0, Purdue Northwest 0-2

LOCATION: Hammond, Ind.

RECAP: Northwood baseball moves to 5-0 on the season with a pair of wins at Purdue Northwest Saturday (February 25), taking game one 4-3 before earning a dramatic 9-8 victory in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Purdue Northwest got the scoring going in the bottom of the second with a single run to take a 1-0 lead.
• Northwood took the lead in the fourth with a pair of runs, starting with a Caden Duryea RBI double.
• Duryea then scored on an RBI single to give NU a 2-1 lead.
• Myles Beale made the score 4-1 in the top of the fifth with a two-run homer.
• The Pride got two runs in the bottom of the fifth to get within one at 4-3.
• NU starter Derek Clark shut the door on the Pride the remainder of the way, holding PNW off the board to earn the complete game.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/8/0, Purdue Northwest: 3/7/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 7, Purdue Northwest: 6
• Winning Pitcher: Derek Clark (2-0) 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 7 K
• Losing Pitcher: Noah Burgh (0-1): 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 3-4, HR, 2 RBIs,
• Duryea: 1-3, 2B, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• The game was scoreless in the top of the third inning when Beale continued his big day. His RBI single gave Northwood a 1-0 advantage.
• Blake Salamon made it 2-0 later in the third on an RBI single.
• Northwood scored a pair in the fourth, starting with an RBI double from Jacob Rybicki.
• Matt Magno then had a sacrifice fly that scored Rybicki from second base that made the score 4-0.
• In the fifth, the Timberwolves scored a pair of runs for the third straight inning, scoring on an error and a while pitch to push the lead to 6-0.
• PNW got two back in the bottom of the fifth to send the game to the sixth with Northwood leading 6-2.
• Rhett Evans broke the game open in the top of the sixth with a 3-run homer to get the NU lead to seven at 9-2.
• The Pride put together a big rally in the ninth give themselves a chance, scoring six runs to get within one before NU closed out the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 9/12/4, Purdue Northwest: 8/9/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 9, Purdue Northwest: 6
• Winning Pitcher: Jayden Dentler (2-0): 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Joe Buikewma (0-1): 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 BB, K
• Save: Jake Jekielek (1): 2/3 IP, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Evans: 2-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Rybicki: 2-5, 2B, R, RBI
• Salamon: 2-5, 2B, R, RBI
• Carson Longstreth: 2-5, 2B

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Purdue Northwest will finish their series with a doubleheader Sunday (February 26). First pitch is set for 1 p.m. (ET)