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Winner Purdue Northwest PNW 21-21
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Wayne State WSU 35-16
Winner
Purdue Northwest PNW
21-21
7
Final
5
Wayne State WSU
35-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Purdue Northwest PNW 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 13 1
Wayne State WSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 9 3

L: Sommers, Chad (3-1)

CJ Maury
CJ Maury came off the bench on Saturday and tied the game with a two-run single in the ninth.

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Baseball's Comeback Falls Short to Purdue Northwest

HAMMOND, Ind. --  The second-seeded Wayne State University baseball program (35-16) fell 7-5 to Purdue Northwest (21-21) in 12 innings to start day three of the GLIAC Tournament on Saturday.  The Warriors scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to force extra innings before the Pride added a pair in the 12th to send WSU to an elimination game.

The event is being played at the U.S. Steel Yard, home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pride scored first with two runs on a Ray Hilbrich double in the top of the third inning. A 6-3 double play for the Green & Gold in the top of the fourth ended another scoring threat for the Pride.

Another two-run double for PNW extended the Pride's lead to 4-0 in the top of the fifth inning.  The momentum stayed with Purdue Northwest in the seventh inning with a solo home run by Hayden Matulich, making it 5-0.

An error and a walk put two runners on for the Warriors in the bottom of the ninth inning.  A single by Noah Miller (Macomb, Mich. / University Liggett) loaded the bases with one out.  Chris Tanderys (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) kept WSU's hopes alive with a two-run single into center field.  An RBI single by Jacoby Dale (Roseville, Mich.) brought Wayne State within two, 5-3.  Jacob Finkbeiner (Saline, Mich.) walked to load the bases again.  CJ Maury (Brampton, Ont.) delivered the biggest hit of the day, at the time, driving in two runs with a single through the left side, tying the game at 5-5, and forcing

Fast forward to the top of the 12th where PNW's Tyler Schultz and Anthony Fumagalli each singled in a run to make it 7-5.

AT THE PLATE
The top three spots in the Warrior lineup tallied six of the team's nine hits (6-for-16) with two runs scored and an RBI.

Maury and Tanderys each brought in a pair of runs. Dale added an RBI as well.

ON THE MOUND
Seth Marano (Canton, Mich.) took a tough no decision with nine innings pitched and only one earned run surrendered on eight hits.

Chad Sommers (Jonesville, Mich.) and David Thurman (Southfield, Mich. / Detroit Edison) handled the final three innings while Sommers was saddled with the loss (3-1).

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play the winner of Saturday afternoon's Davenport vs. Northwood elimination game tonight at 7:30 p.m. back at the Steel Yard  The winner will advance to Sunday's title round.
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play PNW WSU
PNW TOP 3rd R. Hilbrich doubled to left field, 2 RBI (1-1 BS); J. Gallagher scored; A. Fumagalli scored. 2 0
PNW TOP 5th H. Matulich doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (3-2 BKBSB); B. Matthys scored, unearned; A. Petsche scored, unearned. 4 0
PNW TOP 7th H. Matulich homered to left field, RBI (0-1 S). 5 0
WSU BOT 9th Tanderys singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-0); N Miller advanced to second; DeLanoy scored; Badalamenti scored, unearned. 5 2
WSU BOT 9th Dale singled to right field, RBI (1-1 KB); Tanderys advanced to second; N Miller scored, unearned. 5 3
WSU BOT 9th Maury singled to left field, 2 RBI (1-1 KB); Finkbeiner advanced to third; Dale scored, unearned; Tanderys scored, unearned. 5 5
PNW TOP 12th T. Schultz singled to right center, RBI (2-1 FBB); Montgomery advanced to second; E. Imlach scored. 6 5
PNW TOP 12th A. Fumagalli singled to left field, RBI (0-1 S); T. Schultz advanced to second; Montgomery scored. 7 5

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