Baseball Sweeps Tiffin To Finish Opening Weekend

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 4, Tiffin Dragons 2/Northwood 14, Tiffin 4

RECORDS: Northwood 2-2, Tiffin 2-2

LOCATION: Johnson City, Tenn.

RECAP: Northwood baseball bounced back with a pair of wins against Tiffin Sunday afternoon (February 13), earning a 4-2 comeback win in game one and a 14-4 victory in game two.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Tiffin got a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth to go up 2-0.
• In the final inning, Northwood rallied for a comeback victory. NU got on the board first on an error to make the score 2-1.
• The Timberwolves then tied the score on an RBI fielder's choice from Ben Clark to tie the game.
• Myles Beale then came through with the biggest hit of the game, connecting on a two-run homer to make the score 4-2.
• Jake Jekielek recorded the final six outs to earn the Timberwolves' first win of the season.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 4/5/1, Tiffin: 2/4/1
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 5, Tiffin: 3
• Winning Pitcher: Jekielek (1-0) –  2 IP, H, BB, 4 K
• Losing Pitcher: Mat Carden (0-1) – IP, H, 3 R (0 ER), BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: HR, 2 RBIs
• Jayden Dentler: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), 4 K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood set the tone for game two right away, scoring three runs without a hit. NU drew five walks, two which came with the bases loaded. NU's final run came in on a balk, making the score 3-0 after half an inning.
• Tiffin got one back in the bottom of the first to make the score 3-1.
• The Timberwolves plated two in the second, scoring on a Beale double and a Blake Salamon RBI fielder's choice.
• Beale continued his big day with a two-run homer to get the lead to 7-1.
• Northwood broke the game open in the fourth, starting with a Rhett Evans RBI single.
• Khale Showers then made it 9-1 with an RBI single, followed by a Alex Jarboe run-scoring double.
• Beale drew a bases-loaded walk to get the score to 11-1.
• Jeffers finished out the sixth-run fourth with a two-run single to get the lead to 13-1.
• Tiffin plated single runs in the fourth and the fifth to make the score 13-3.
• NU's final run of the day came on a Salamon run-scoring double in the top of the sixth.
• The Dragons finished the scoring with a run on the sixth to make the final 14-4.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors – Northwood: 14/8/0, Tiffin: 4/9/2
• Runners Left on Base – Northwood: 11, Tiffin: 6
• Winning Pitcher – Drew Schultz (1-0): 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Harry Colon (0-1): 0 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 4 BB

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 2-3, HR, 3 R, 4 RBIs
• Salamon: 2-4, 2B, R, 3 RBIs
• Evans: 1-3, 2 RBIs
• Jeffers/Evans: 2 RBIs each

UP NEXT

• Northwood will return to Johnson City, Tennessee to play a four-game series against Hillsdale February 19-20.