Baseball Extends Win Streak To Five With Doubleheader Sweep Over Hillsdale

OVERVIEW – HILLSDALE

SCORES: Northwood Timberwolves 6, Hillsdale Chargers 3/Northwood 7, Hillsdale 3

RECORDS: Northwood (22-16, 15-7 GMAC), Hillsdale (15-24, 9-13 GMAC)

LOCATION: Gerace Stadium – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Baseball extends winning streak to five with a pair of wins over Hillsdale Saturday (April 20), winning game one 6-3 and game two 7-3.

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS (NINE INNINGS)

• A solo homerun in the top of the first inning gave Hillsdale an early 1-0 advantage.
• Alex Cole's single to left field drove in Myles Beale in the bottom of the second to tie up the contest.
• The Timberwolves took the lead in the bottom of the third. Ben Narr started the inning with a triple to right center and was brought home with an RBI groundout from Logan Voth.
• Hillsdale tied the game with an RBI single in the fourth.
• The Chargers added another solo homerun in the top of the fifth inning to go up 3-2.
• In the bottom of the fifth, the Timberwolves responded with three runs to jump on top. Narr plated Joey Johnston with a groundout for the first run. Ben Clark's two-run single then scored Voth and Caden Duryea.
• Evan Wiegand reached on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the eighth to extend the Northwood lead to 6-3.
• The Timberwolves' duo of Tyler Sager and Jake Jekielek pitched well to lead the way for NU.

GAME ONE STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 6/9/2, Hillsdale 3/10/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 7, Hillsdale 4
• Winning Pitcher – Sager (2-0):  6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Tommy  MacLean (3-5): 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K
• Save – Jekielek (6): 3 IP, 2 H, 6 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Clark: 2-4, 2 RBI
• Cole: 2-4, RBI
• Narr: 1-3, R, RBI

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS (SEVEN INNINGS)

• A Myles Beale RBI single plated Logan Voth to get the scoring started for the Timberwolves in the bottom of the first.
• Later in the first, Alex Cole drew a walk with bases loaded to score Matt Magno, giving NU the 2-0 lead.
• Hillsdale responded with three runs on four hits in the top of the third for the 3-2 lead.
• NU added four runs on three hits and an error in the bottom of the second. A single to left center by Matt Magno scored Voth, followed by a Myles Beale bunt single to plate Drew Charters.
• A bases loaded hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice fly rounded out the scoring in the inning as Northwood took the 6-3 advantage.
• The Timberwolves extended their lead to 7-3 in the fourth inning with a Blake Salamon home run to center field.
• After allowing three runs in the third, Kendall Anthes held the Chargers scoreless over his final three innings of work. Jake Carroll then tossed a scoreless seventh to close out the victory.

GAME TWO STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors: Northwood 7/12/1, Hillsdale 3/8/1
• Runners left on base: Northwood 8, Hillsdale 9
• Winning Pitcher – Kendall Anthes (4-0): 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K
• Losing Pitcher – Drew Olssen (0-1): 4 IP, 9 H, 7 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 6 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Beale: 3-4, RBI, R, 2 RBIs
• Magno: 2-4, 2 R, RBI
• Voth: 2-4, 2 R
• Salamon: 1-2, HR, RBI, 2 BB
• Cole: 2 RBIs
• Charters: 2-3, 3B, R

UP NEXT

• Northwood and Hillsdale will finish their weekend series with a doubleheader Sunday (April 21). Game time is set for Noon.