Baseball Goes 1-1 At Purdue Northwest - NU Now 6-1 On The Season

OVERVIEW – PURDUE NORTHWEST

SCORES: Purdue Northwest Pride 6, Northwood Timberwolves 4/Northwood 13, Purdue Northwest 2

RECORDS: Northwood 6-1, Purdue Northwest 1-3

LOCATION: Hammond, Ind.

RECAP: Northwood baseball goes 1-1 on its final day at Purdue Northwest Sunday (February 26), with PNW taking game one 6-4 before NU took the nightcap 13-2.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• The Pride got on the board first on a passed ball and an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead after one inning.
• Northwood responded right away in the top of the second thanks to Blake Salamon. His two-run homer to right center tied the score at 2-2.
• A pair of NU errors in the fourth inning allowed PNW to bring home a pair of runs to take a 4-2 lead.
• After the Pride made it 5-2 in the fifth, the Timberwolves fought back with two runs in the sixth. Jacoby Rybicki came home on a wild pitch, which was followed by a Rhett Evans sacrifice fly to get the Timberwolves within one at 5-4.
• Purdue Northwest plated an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth to get their lead back to two.
• The Timberwolves got the first two batters of the final inning on base but were unable to score, giving PNW their first win of the season.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 4/4/3, Purdue Northwest: 6/10/1
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 5, Purdue Northwest: 6
• Winning Pitcher: Peyton Niksch (1-0) 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Carson Longstreth (0-1) 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), BB, 2 K
• Save: Riley Gallagher (1) 1 2/3 IP, H, BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Salamon: 1-2, HR, 2 RBIs

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• Northwood got on the board three batters into the game of the nightcap thanks to an RBI single from Matt Magno to make the score 1-0.
• The Timberwolves extended their advantage in the fourth, starting with a Caden Duryea RBI single.
• David Jeffers followed with an RBI double and then came home on a Myles Beale RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.
• PNW responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 4-2.
• Salamon continued his big day in the top of the fifth with a solo home run to get the lead back up to 5-2.
• Later in the fifth, Duryea earned his second RBI of the day on a groundout, making the score 6-2.
• The Timberwolves broke the game open in the top of the eighth. The big inning got going with a Rhett Evans two-run double that gave the Timberwolves a six run lead.
• Salamon earned his fourth RBI of the day on a groundout that made the score 9-2.
• Duryea brought home to more with an run-scoring single, giving him four RBIs for the game.
• Jeffers capped the six-run inning with an RBI groundout that gave the Timberwolves a 10-run lead.
• EJ Clark came through in the ninth inning with a pinch-hit RBI single that made the final score 13-2.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 13/13/0, Purdue Northwest: 2/11/4
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 12, Purdue Northwest: 10
• Winning Pitcher: Mat DeFay (2-0) 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher: Conor Pangburn (0-1) 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 2-5, R, 2 RBIs
• Salamon: 2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Evans/Jeffers: 2B, 2 RBIs each
• Johnston: 2-3, 2 R
• Kendall Anthes/Lance Blaszak/Aaron Miller: One shutout inning in relief each

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to No. 17 Quincy for a four-game series featuring two of the top teams in the Midwest Region Friday (March 3). First pitch is set for 4 p.m. (ET).