Baseball Finishes 4-0 Weekend At Parkside With Pair Of Wins

OVERVIEW – PARKSIDE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 11, Parkside Rangers 2 / Northwood 17, Parkside 5

RECORDS: Northwood (27-17-1, 13-7 GLIAC), Parkside (3-30, 1-15 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Historic Simmons Field – Kenosha, Wisc.

RECAP: Baseball finished off a weekend sweep over Parkside Sunday (May 1), picking up an 11-2 victory in game one before winning game two 17-5.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• Northwood set the tone for the day with the leadoff batter, as Jacob Rybicki connected on a home run to left field to make the score 1-0.
• Later in the first, Myles Beale made it 3-0 with a two-run homer to center.
• Rybicki extended the lead in the top of the second with an RBI single.
• Joey Johnston then made it 6-0 in the top of the second with a two run single.
• Parkside got on the board with a run in the bottom of the second to make the score 6-1.
• Northwood extended their advantage to 8-1 in the fourth thanks to an RBI single by Johnston and a sacrifice fly by Rhett Evans.
• After the Rangers made it 8-2 in the fifth, Northwood rounded out the scoring in the seventh with three runs. David Jeffers had an RBI single which was followed by a Johnston two-run triple to make the final 11-2

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 11/11/1, Parkside 2/5/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Parkside 4
• Winning Pitcher – Drew Schultz (6-0): 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, BB, 8 K
• Losing Pitcher – Caden Bronkhorst (1-5): 5 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 4 BB, 3 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Rybicki: 3-4, 4 R, HR, 2 RBIs
• Johnston: 4-4, 3B, 5 RBIs
• Beale: HR, 2 RBIs
• Jeffers: 2-4, 2 R, RBI
• Hunter McShane: IP, H, K

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• For the second straight game today, Rybicki led off a contest with a solo home run to put the Timberwolves on top 1-0.
• Khale Showers added on later in the inning with a two-run homer down the left field line that made the score 3-0 after one inning.
• Showers connected on another home run in the third. His solo shot made the score 4-0.
• Later in the third, NU scored a pair of runs on an error that pushed the lead to 6-0.
• Jeffers then made it 7-0 in the fourth with an RBI single.
• Matt Magno claimed an RBI single of his own in the fourth to make the lead eight runs.
• The Rangers got on the board in the bottom of the fifth with a run that got them back within seven.
• Johnston brought home a pair in the top of the fifth with a double to get the Timberwolves to 10 runs for the game.
• Evans pushed the advantage to 11-1 with an RBI single.
• Parkside had their best inning of the day in the bottom of the fifth, plating four runs to make the score 11-5.
• Evans continued his big game for Northwood in the top of the seventh, connecting on a two-run homer to make the lead eight runs once again at 13-5.
• Later in the seventh, Jeffers added an RBI thanks to getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
• Rybicki then picked up an RBI on an error that made the score 15-5.
• Johnston finished off the scoring in the seventh with a bases-loaded walk to get the NU lead to 16-5.
• A Maalik Houston sacrifice fly in the ninth inning for Northwood rounded out the scoring, making the final 17-5.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 17/17/1, Parkside 5/7/3
• Runners left on base: Northwood 13, Parkside 4
• Winning Pitcher – Zach Abbey (1-1): 1 2/3 IP, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Sean Sodaro (0-2): 2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R (4 ER), 2 BB, K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Evans 4-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Showers: 2-6, 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Johnston: 2-4, 3 R, 3 RBIs
• Rybicki: HR, 2 R, 2 RBIs
• Jeffers: 2-5, R, 2 RBIs

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will close out the regular season with a four-game home series against Saginaw Valley. Game one will take place Friday (May 6) starting at 3 p.m.